Author Archives: #20

More Q-bans!

Written by #20 on 2015/06/20 Saturday — 4 Comments

They’re back!

Posted in Q-ban, rare art, rockman, X

A Most Irregular Manga

Written by #20 on 2015/06/19 Friday — 6 Comments

When most fans think of Rockman X manga, they think of Yoshihiro Iwamoto. And quite rightfully so, as his work is iconic and the way it established a clear separation of tone between the original Rockman and Rockman X was mind-blowing at the time. I want to write about those mangas in-depth someday, but today […]

Posted in manga, rare art, X

Q-bans!

Written by #20 on 2015/06/14 Sunday — 1 Comment

Pretty soon Capcom is going to be selling cutesy Rockman stickers. Would you believe there was slightly similar merchandise for sale 20 years ago? Wow, what a segue.

Posted in Q-ban, random, rare art, rockman, X

Infinite Remix

Written by #20 on 2015/06/13 Saturday — 2 Comments

As has occurred quinquennially since time immemorial (aka roughly every 5 years since the late nineties), Hitoshi Ariga is hard at work putting out yet another repackaging of his Rockman Megamix manga series. These latest versions of Megamix 1 and 2 and Gigamix 1 and 2 are already available in Japan, while Giga 3 is […]

Posted in blues, manga, rare art, rockman

Not just another day.

Written by #20 on 2015/06/09 Tuesday — 2 Comments

6/9 is Rokku Day! And the day Rockman 2 happens. I wasn’t expecting too much this year, but we already had a TV show announcement this month and now there’s another game collection coming! Not bad. Now, let’s look at a 20 year old Carddass Card because that’s the kind of thing you came here […]

Posted in Carddas, rare art, rockman

Mega TV

Written by #20 on 2015/06/03 Wednesday — 8 Comments

So in two years, we’ll have another Mega Man cartoon… you know, maybe. It’s the first sign we’ve been given in recent times that Capcom isn’t planning to just sit on the franchise and continue to squeeze out anniversary/nostalgia products. They are attempting to take an active direction, so that’s interesting. Especially that it’s going […]

Posted in anime, blogging, capcom, MM2017, random, rockman

Comic to Card: Ikehara x Adali

Written by #20 on 2015/06/02 Tuesday — 2 Comments

Back around 1996 when China ran out of Japanese Rockman Carddas cards to import, they decided to make some of their own. Collectible card kingpin Adali took images from Shigeto Ikehara’s popular Rockman mangas (most of which had been released in China already), colored them, slapped some holographic foil on there and ba-da-boom, you’ve got […]

Posted in capcom, Carddas, manga, rare art, rockman

Pile Up Pipe Dreams

Written by #20 on 2015/05/29 Friday — 1 Comment

Hey, here’s a thing.

Posted in capcom, Carddas, rare art, rockboard, rockman, translation

25 Years, Still Uncharted

Written by #20 on 2015/05/24 Sunday — 3 Comments

Here’s something I’d been searching for for quite a while. This page from Japanese gaming magazine Marukatsu Famicom‘s coverage of Rockman 3 sheds a little more light on something I have long been musing about regarding Rockman published art. Translation and analysis beyond.

Posted in rare art, retromags, rockman, translation

Punk’d

Written by #20 on 2015/05/21 Thursday — 6 Comments

Punk, Rockman Killer No. 2, is one bad mutha. He has an interesting design that breaks the mold of your average Mega Man boss while also staying true to the series’ style. His unconventional construction has been one of designer Keiji Inafune’s personal favorites (which you can read about in Mega Man Official Complete Works […]

Posted in capcom, Carddas, rare art, retromags, rockman, translation