5:24 Fun Fact: Ian Corlett (The voice actor of Ruby Spears Mega Man) also did the voice of Goku in the Ocean dub. Despite his other roles he has played in other shows sounding differently, I wonder why Ruby Spears Mega Man and Ocean Dub Goku sound similar… (Besides the fact that they have the same voice actor)
Excellent review of this show, dude. Honestly, despite its numerous issues, the Ruby Spears Megaman cartoon is a show that has a great deal of nostalgic value for me. Its not a perfect show. But I still hold it in high regard despite my mixed feelings for it. To the show's credit, it had some great material, and I like how they explored the material. But I feel that this show had wasted potential. Especially since it only lasted 27 episodes in total.
Yeah, I noticed that too, bought them on DVD and watched it last month. Noticed several weren't featured, but that's okay. Found out I had watched the show just a little more than I remembered.
Other notes: * Other characters from the games at the time of production not to appear include Mikhail and Kalinka Cossack, Enker, Quint, Punk, Beat, and the Yellow Devil. The Stardroids, Genesis Unit, and Ballade would come around during the show’s production and would also not appear.
This show is so nostalgic too me. I don't regret getting into MegaMan at an early age. I first started with the MegaMan Legends games. Than moved onto the MegaMan NT Warrior Saturday mornings Kids WB Anime series. Once I found out about the Classic Mega Man games and shows I got so addicted to them. Espically the Ruby Spears MegaMan TV show. I regret nothing. One of the best childhoods anyone can have is with the Mega Man/Rockman shows and vide games. One of the best parts of my childhood. And I'll never forget it.
I binge watched Ruby Spears Megaman with a friend. It was such a fun time to see how they sometimes ruin our favourite robotmasters or just happen to make them amazing (Top Man, Snake Man, Pharaoh Man and Quick Man were our favourites).
I had that Mega Man bow toy 👀 I remember beggin' my mom to get it for me in a general store in my hometown. You've awakened some kind of forgotten, core memory deep in my consciousness. Wild.
Hitoshi Ariga also made a manga series about mega man! There are three different series’, mega man mastermix,mega mix,and gigamix. I only own book one of mastermix and the entirety of gigamix but I hope to get more soon!! It’s an awesome series and I love the characters. Mega man has been a huge part of my childhood and I love visiting it whenever I can.
Ruby Spears Mega man happens to be a good cartoon based on a hit video game series and I wish they continue with the series back in the 90s but they only gave us the total of 27 episodes of 2 seasons, the best episode was he team up with Mega Man X and the worst episode was the Cruse of the Lion men
9:19 That's not a gun. That's a drill. Obviously Wily uses it to create robots, or in Megaman 1 & 6, reprogram robots (he would probably use it to unscrew some hatch that's on the robot, then start reprogramming).
I know a lot of people rip this show up, but since it aired in 94, I'm letting something slide. But these were the best reasons why I like this show 1) accurate to the video game 2) simple plot 3) character design 4) toys 5) I got Bomb Man
So I was like, 5 years old when this show was new. There were times when I was sick as a kid and my aunt bought these cans of, I think it was pediasure? It was like chocolate milk in small metal can. I used to imagine myself being Megaman drinking his plasma power recharge thing when I cracked one of those open.
Thanks for the great video! I remember renting the show on VHS in the mid-90s, after playing the first three games, and really enjoyed it, though I don't remember it airing on TV here in Australia. I never did see the toys though, otherwise I would have definitely asked some for my birthday or Christmas, haha.
Can I say that the workaround for Mega Man changing colors with new weapons was actually kinda cool? It was like he'd just downloaded the weapon's schematics straight into his robot brain. And hey, I had that DVD box set! ADV put it out, right? They also covered a few other old English anime dubs, including Sailor Moon, given the opening ads. For some reason I thought the 27th episode was only shown on that box set first, but appears I was wrong! Good to know.
Loved this show. Hate that its history is contentious, though, since we'll probably never have another like it. Fully Charged was okay, but you could tell it leaned a bit too heavily into the "for kids" part of things, which I understand but can't get over, since it was almost Sonic Boom-levels of good at times...
Surprisingly this RS Mega Man show got me into Dragon Ball back when it was airing on TV. Because Mega Man's VA, Ian James Corlett, also voiced Goku during their dubbing of DBZ and hearing the same music was used, it introduced me to DBZ while channel surfing sat morning cartoons as a kid back in the day.
I loved that cartoon so much as a kid, and I still love it. I can pretend that I like it ironically, but the truth is that as cheesy and goofy as it is, it's still a fun cartoon that did a good job of bringing a cult classic franchise to a Western audience.
5:49 i always saw gemini man as the leader of the group tbh, with him not being defeated (or in gyro man's case, having his attack being stopped), and him just talking the most out of the 3 7:05 wait why is Pharaoh Man there hes not even in any episode other than episode 2!
You're laid up in the hospital and the doctor brings you Mega Man 3? That's fucked up, LOL! "Hey kid, I know you're sick... Here's a HARD AS SHIT MEGA MAN GAME for you to play while you recover! GIT GUD!!"
I had the 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea VHS lol, as well as most of the figures with the removable limbs and working Busters. Wish I took better care of em. I also had the Air Raider, shit was dope
Loved the video, and I need to add to the history with some facts about the german dub, since I grew up with it. First of all, the german dub has a completely different intro song, that goes absolutely hard. Also episode 27 was never dubbed in german. The german dub also has some unscripted lines here and there, and a ton of robot related puns (even more than the original american version I think) Last thing is that, even though 26 episodes were dubbed, ProSieben (the TV network in charge of airing the show) only released 8 episodes on VHS ( 4 volumes, containing 2 episodes each). You can find all 26 episodes of the german dub uploaded here on youtube, probably preserving the german dub for future generations. :)
Here's what I actually realized after watching this video. 4 shows of this franchise came and went but none actually survived after season 2 or even made to season 2. The Ruby-Spears version was pulled due to toy sales. NT Warrior made it into Axcess, but it was just a continuation of the first season and it didn't have a second season after the Life Virus battle. AOL-Time Warner just took it off the air for another cartoon. Starforce was a continuation of NT Warrior since they are canonically connected and that didn't last after the first season. It was axed after 25 episodes. Finally, the aforementioned Fully Charged didn't even make it to season and suffered the same fate as NT Warrior. What I think that failed these series are two factors. The first one is linked to toy sales. It's all about looks. If the character design isn't appealing enough on 2d or, in the terms of 3d and CGI, creation through binary code, it's not going to be flying off the shelves. The second reason is the story. Universally, a lot of people like the classic story progression of the Blue Bomber. However, when you really think about it, the canonical time time goes in this order: Classic, X series (Maverick Wars/Elf wars), Zero Series, ZX series, and last but not least, Legend series. There's no transition from one series to the next one outside of the retcon of between the Maverick Wars and the Zero series from X6. In my opinion, I think that, given the right team for animation, Capcom can actually solidify a cohesive storyline from beginning to end. However, the downside is that this leads to a sense of finality where limit of making money on the character will have a cap. In business terms, this path will be a double edge sword.
Like the Mario and Sonic cartoon I would think Mega Man would be produced by DIC animation studio Nothing wrong with Ruby Spears It was all apart of my childhood
I don't like the show apart from laughing at it, but the first episode and the X episode weren't bad, unlike stinkers like the dinosaur park one. But even though it doesn't look like Megaman should, it still looks a lot better than Fully Charged.
People today like to make fun of the series today cause of the memes, but the show was popular and well received by fans, kids and critics. The biggest issues was it never fou d a solid timeslot until landing early morning Sundays when most kids were asleep. And the realy killer was toy sales, the limited production of the toys and they were also limited in stores. If things were handle better the would have had a full third season with a fourth and possibly a fifth. Plus the talks of creating an older kids animated X series. Because of poor executive management the show that was as popular as Ghostbusters has now ben redused to memes. People call the show cheesy, but every cartoon in those days were cheesy. MAny kids shows for a decade ago are cheesy, but people still love them
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I'm going to make paper dolls out of you!!
-Cutman
That sure is something you can do with scissors 🤣
Proceeds to get beaten easily
5:24 Fun Fact: Ian Corlett (The voice actor of Ruby Spears Mega Man) also did the voice of Goku in the Ocean dub. Despite his other roles he has played in other shows sounding differently, I wonder why Ruby Spears Mega Man and Ocean Dub Goku sound similar… (Besides the fact that they have the same voice actor)
To clarify, he was only Goku for some of it. He would eventually be replaced by Peter Kalamis, who would be replaced later on by Kirby Morrow
My introduction to Megaman was actually the Ruby Spears series. It was until later that I discovered it was based on a game.
Excellent review of this show, dude. Honestly, despite its numerous issues, the Ruby Spears Megaman cartoon is a show that has a great deal of nostalgic value for me. Its not a perfect show. But I still hold it in high regard despite my mixed feelings for it. To the show's credit, it had some great material, and I like how they explored the material. But I feel that this show had wasted potential. Especially since it only lasted 27 episodes in total.
I’m working on reviving the series
Thanks for this retrospective! I always thought the Ruby-Spears cartoon featured EVERY robot master. But no, 4 are missing! 5:06
Don’t forget Splashwoman.
Yeah, I noticed that too, bought them on DVD and watched it last month. Noticed several weren't featured, but that's okay. Found out I had watched the show just a little more than I remembered.
@rogersstinson4019 The show was made at the same time as Mega Man 6, so it could only feature characters from up to Mega Man 5.
@@RokuroCarisu Season 2 should've have been a tournament arc with the MM6 Robot Masters. Would've been epic!
Other notes:
* Other characters from the games at the time of production not to appear include Mikhail and Kalinka Cossack, Enker, Quint, Punk, Beat, and the Yellow Devil. The Stardroids, Genesis Unit, and Ballade would come around during the show’s production and would also not appear.
This show is so nostalgic too me. I don't regret getting into MegaMan at an early age. I first started with the MegaMan Legends games. Than moved onto the MegaMan NT Warrior Saturday mornings Kids WB Anime series. Once I found out about the Classic Mega Man games and shows I got so addicted to them. Espically the Ruby Spears MegaMan TV show. I regret nothing. One of the best childhoods anyone can have is with the Mega Man/Rockman shows and vide games. One of the best parts of my childhood. And I'll never forget it.
I binge watched Ruby Spears Megaman with a friend. It was such a fun time to see how they sometimes ruin our favourite robotmasters or just happen to make them amazing (Top Man, Snake Man, Pharaoh Man and Quick Man were our favourites).
I had that Mega Man bow toy 👀 I remember beggin' my mom to get it for me in a general store in my hometown. You've awakened some kind of forgotten, core memory deep in my consciousness. Wild.
Hitoshi Ariga also made a manga series about mega man! There are three different series’, mega man mastermix,mega mix,and gigamix. I only own book one of mastermix and the entirety of gigamix but I hope to get more soon!! It’s an awesome series and I love the characters. Mega man has been a huge part of my childhood and I love visiting it whenever I can.
Oh I loved Megamix and Gigamix. I only wish it was longer
@@joegreen3802 same here :’)
My favorite version of the MM universe. Love to see more.
@@justinscott7546 same here ! :)
anyway life update I got book 2 of mastermix. It’s very good :)
Ruby Spears Mega man happens to be a good cartoon based on a hit video game series and I wish they continue with the series back in the 90s but they only gave us the total of 27 episodes of 2 seasons, the best episode was he team up with Mega Man X and the worst episode was the Cruse of the Lion men
9:19 That's not a gun. That's a drill. Obviously Wily uses it to create robots, or in Megaman 1 & 6, reprogram robots (he would probably use it to unscrew some hatch that's on the robot, then start reprogramming).
Nope, that's totally a gun. Wily was tired of Protoman's shit and decided he was going to shoot Dr. Light in the face himself.
You're both wrong. It's a handheld soldering iron, a basic tool for anyone into robotics.
Poor Roll, uses a vacuum cleaner and gets scolded by Mega Man.
As much as its memed on, it exudes good ol 90's action charm and seems pretty nice for how toon adaptations of games at the time tended to go.
Agreed.
It was way better than Street Fighter or that AWFUL Darkstalkers cartoon.
This was my childhood. I played Megaman 1, 2 and 5 on my NES bootleg, and watched the RubySpears cartoon on German TV. It was a blast.
Plenty of fun on my peagus in yuogoslavia. I had bootleg MegaMan 1-6 on one cart. Played them in between wars.😂
@@gjergjaurelius9798 Wow, wee, all in one?! That sounds so rad!!!!
This was a really interesting history! It's cool to see so many little details
This Show is unironically better than mega man fully charged. I know we can all agree on that.
3 was also my first Megaman game :)
I know a lot of people rip this show up, but since it aired in 94, I'm letting something slide.
But these were the best reasons why I like this show
1) accurate to the video game
2) simple plot
3) character design
4) toys
5) I got Bomb Man
So I was like, 5 years old when this show was new. There were times when I was sick as a kid and my aunt bought these cans of, I think it was pediasure? It was like chocolate milk in small metal can. I used to imagine myself being Megaman drinking his plasma power recharge thing when I cracked one of those open.
Thanks for the great video! I remember renting the show on VHS in the mid-90s, after playing the first three games, and really enjoyed it, though I don't remember it airing on TV here in Australia. I never did see the toys though, otherwise I would have definitely asked some for my birthday or Christmas, haha.
Can I say that the workaround for Mega Man changing colors with new weapons was actually kinda cool? It was like he'd just downloaded the weapon's schematics straight into his robot brain.
And hey, I had that DVD box set! ADV put it out, right? They also covered a few other old English anime dubs, including Sailor Moon, given the opening ads. For some reason I thought the 27th episode was only shown on that box set first, but appears I was wrong! Good to know.
Loved this show. Hate that its history is contentious, though, since we'll probably never have another like it. Fully Charged was okay, but you could tell it leaned a bit too heavily into the "for kids" part of things, which I understand but can't get over, since it was almost Sonic Boom-levels of good at times...
Surprisingly this RS Mega Man show got me into Dragon Ball back when it was airing on TV.
Because Mega Man's VA, Ian James Corlett, also voiced Goku during their dubbing of DBZ and hearing the same music was used, it introduced me to DBZ while channel surfing sat morning cartoons as a kid back in the day.
Great video. This cartoon is one of my favorites. It's good to see it get appreciated!
What an origin story RUclipsr! I love that intro to Megaman life story you’ve got. Megaman4life✌🏾❤️😎
Great review. I enjoyed watching that a lot. Also liked the mega man 3 soundtracks in the background
Amazing video! pro quality work! me and my niece watch the classic ruby spears one all the time!
Late to this party I know but I just to say I was having a crap day until I stumbled upon this video
brought back alot of great memories ❤ thank you
I loved that cartoon so much as a kid, and I still love it. I can pretend that I like it ironically, but the truth is that as cheesy and goofy as it is, it's still a fun cartoon that did a good job of bringing a cult classic franchise to a Western audience.
5:49 i always saw gemini man as the leader of the group tbh, with him not being defeated (or in gyro man's case, having his attack being stopped), and him just talking the most out of the 3
7:05 wait why is Pharaoh Man there hes not even in any episode other than episode 2!
you know why
'Cause he's awesome.
He would easily stop megaman
You're laid up in the hospital and the doctor brings you Mega Man 3? That's fucked up, LOL!
"Hey kid, I know you're sick... Here's a HARD AS SHIT MEGA MAN GAME for you to play while you recover! GIT GUD!!"
I had the 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea VHS lol, as well as most of the figures with the removable limbs and working Busters. Wish I took better care of em. I also had the Air Raider, shit was dope
Loved the video, and I need to add to the history with some facts about the german dub, since I grew up with it. First of all, the german dub has a completely different intro song, that goes absolutely hard. Also episode 27 was never dubbed in german. The german dub also has some unscripted lines here and there, and a ton of robot related puns (even more than the original american version I think) Last thing is that, even though 26 episodes were dubbed, ProSieben (the TV network in charge of airing the show) only released 8 episodes on VHS ( 4 volumes, containing 2 episodes each). You can find all 26 episodes of the german dub uploaded here on youtube, probably preserving the german dub for future generations. :)
Thank you for this information...
Wait, the German theme song goes even harder than the English one? I've gotta find that one... :o
@@raziyatheseeker here's the link to the German intro:
ruclips.net/video/l_c2qZmWn-Y/видео.html
I swear the alternate German themes always go hard for no reason.
This intro song is so different from what we were used to in germany.
Great video! Love Mega man, my first mega man game was also 3. That snake man sound track damn!
Here's what I actually realized after watching this video. 4 shows of this franchise came and went but none actually survived after season 2 or even made to season 2.
The Ruby-Spears version was pulled due to toy sales.
NT Warrior made it into Axcess, but it was just a continuation of the first season and it didn't have a second season after the Life Virus battle. AOL-Time Warner just took it off the air for another cartoon.
Starforce was a continuation of NT Warrior since they are canonically connected and that didn't last after the first season. It was axed after 25 episodes.
Finally, the aforementioned Fully Charged didn't even make it to season and suffered the same fate as NT Warrior.
What I think that failed these series are two factors. The first one is linked to toy sales. It's all about looks. If the character design isn't appealing enough on 2d or, in the terms of 3d and CGI, creation through binary code, it's not going to be flying off the shelves. The second reason is the story. Universally, a lot of people like the classic story progression of the Blue Bomber. However, when you really think about it, the canonical time time goes in this order: Classic, X series (Maverick Wars/Elf wars), Zero Series, ZX series, and last but not least, Legend series. There's no transition from one series to the next one outside of the retcon of between the Maverick Wars and the Zero series from X6.
In my opinion, I think that, given the right team for animation, Capcom can actually solidify a cohesive storyline from beginning to end. However, the downside is that this leads to a sense of finality where limit of making money on the character will have a cap. In business terms, this path will be a double edge sword.
I want a series of Mega Man toys so bad!
And third seasons of the Mega Man and Street Fighter cartoons.
I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!
Like the Mario and Sonic cartoon
I would think Mega Man would be produced by DIC animation studio
Nothing wrong with Ruby Spears
It was all apart of my childhood
Did you see Captain N?
The Battle for the future boxset was the first DVD I ever owned. Still have it
Cool video! Great bit of nostalgia. Say, do you have a PO Box for fanmail?
Nice review, dude!
Nice Video, very interesting.
Now I've got your power
You might wanna check out the German Version of the Intro. Makes it feel more.. Speedy, I guess. Eurobeat-Esque.
I liked it enough as a kid. It’s not the worst video game to animated series adaptation.
0:28 yellow devil came to finish you off💀💀
Bumo
Nice video, partner
Great video but I think the music in the background is a little distracting, even as a fan of all of it. Make more Mega Man content please
3:52 Germany opening does it better with 1 bar. Congrats on your doctor light introducing this seroes in the beginning.
Dude, my first MegaMan was the 3rd one... At 3. My brother 🥲
...we don't talk about Captain N.
wow thats docter that give you a nes sounds nice
4:56 guess the show was supposed to be the gap between 5 and 6
God I had all those figures…no idea what happened to them lost them somewhere from moving all over the place thanks to my parents divorcing
Megaman's voice actor was one of Goku's original's VAs
Protoman's voice actor went on to be Rattrap in Transformers Beast Wars
The Protoman VA did some work with one of the Gundam series as well.
the world's first Animu
There should be a Megaman X series, other than "Day of Sigma" animated short movie.
Godly doctor
I don't like the show apart from laughing at it, but the first episode and the X episode weren't bad, unlike stinkers like the dinosaur park one.
But even though it doesn't look like Megaman should, it still looks a lot better than Fully Charged.
They need to do a live action Mega Man Movie and have the same comedic tone as the first Iron Man Movie from 2008
They really dropped the ball by aging him up.
People today like to make fun of the series today cause of the memes, but the show was popular and well received by fans, kids and critics.
The biggest issues was it never fou d a solid timeslot until landing early morning Sundays when most kids were asleep. And the realy killer was toy sales, the limited production of the toys and they were also limited in stores.
If things were handle better the would have had a full third season with a fourth and possibly a fifth. Plus the talks of creating an older kids animated X series.
Because of poor executive management the show that was as popular as Ghostbusters has now ben redused to memes. People call the show cheesy, but every cartoon in those days were cheesy. MAny kids shows for a decade ago are cheesy, but people still love them
The toys didn't sell well did they?
2:38 oh
If you ask me the made it work in the sales pitch video
7:27 7:43
This is perfect show for boomeraction on old boomerang instead crap modern boomerang
Mega man 3 is the truth
How is this anime mega man cute I mean I respect mega man
Nah this cartoon was a complete mess I wish the cartoon was more like how megaman 8 anime cutscene was
Not to mention that the intro was very misleading due to it being more violent and action packed than the actual series
@@TransformersFan1991 Come on, that was standard at the time, a holdover from the 80s.
I’m actually working on reviving the show
I never liked the MegaMan cartoon for the music and the art style.
The characters are a little… too muscular for my taste.
WORST DECISION EVER IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOONS 2:28
false
@@maskedmonocle1991 show being cancelled says otherwise 😆