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Mega Man: Fully Charged Reaction

Aug 3rd, 2018
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  1. So the first episode of Mega Man Fully Charged is available on the Cartoon Network app.
  2. First and foremost, this isn't even slightly a product for me. Any egregious traits I tend to see and dislike about CN's brand of work is on full display here, and to elaborate further, the show isn't even frustratingly bad. All in all, it is nothing short but an unremarkable product. In the long comprehensive history of the entire Mega Man franchise, this is nothing short of a minor tag note
  3. A product with utterly no form of even subtle passion behind it, and had it not borne the Mega Man name, I certainly wouldn't bother to learn of it and I doubt anyone here would either
  4. The writing is just dribble, with uninspired threats ad nauseam being countered with "nah but equality tho". For a first episode, there is nothing in terms of explanation or world-building; this goes so far as to the simplest bits of lore, such as Aki really only ever clarified as being a robot through a quick throwaway line. If I wasn't aware of the Mega Man mythos beforehand, I'd have no clue as to what or why any of this is the way it is, ultimately forming a poor introduction. Notably, we don't even get our origin as to why Mega Man is... well, Mega Man. No "strong sense of justice" here folks, Aki hasn't much to justify why he needs to be Mega Man, especially as the introduction is composed with an oddly thrown-about "in media res". Hope this will be elaborated on further, but much like any hope I've had with this show, the showrunners seemingly wouldn't care.
  5. The animation's exactly what I expected. Utterly weightless. No surprise there. When hit by fire, Mega Man seemingly shrugs off every attack because there's no sense of impact whatsoever. The only remotely complimentary statement is that Mega Man sorta moves well, and the transformation sequence is handled well enough beyond one or two blemishes.
  6. Storyboarding's uninspired and flat. Nothing notably bad, but again there's no apparent desire to display something remarkable. We're presented with scenes with flat shots, flat character acting, and never are we introduced to a proper sense of scale or urgency. It's all, all, all, all so bland.
  7. Ultimately, kids will love it and that is fine; the show never loses sight of who its demographic is. In contrast to other orthodox CN efforts that can still retain a sense of entertainment regardless of core concepts and maturity level however, it's a tad disappointing for anyone accustomed to the Mega Man mythos or just any other run-of-the-mill CN show (it's more Paw Patrol than an O.K KO-- or hell, a Teen Titans Go), and seeing its poor timeslot, I'm not seeing Mega Man here fighting oh so many more robot masters in his near future. It's probably a fine beginner's cartoon, but seeing as Sonic Boom reinvented the wheel much like Fully Charged did here and came across as much less gauche, this is a poor first introduction for the "little blue streak" Aki
  8. I'll try to avoid the series from now on knowing it isn't for me, but because I'm stupidly dedicated to my own sense of Mega-nostalgia, no doubt I'll watch the next episode. And the next episode. And the next
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  10. I know I came across as harsh, but it by no means ever marks itself as bad. But you'll watch it, feel nothing afterwards, and forget it tomorrow. As mentioned prior, it truly is just unremarkable. Not quite bad, certainly not good, just.... there.
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