History Trivia / MegaMan

** [[https://twitter.com/Protodude/status/1353028351183769602 Early concept art suggests that the series almost resembled a more anime-styled show]]. With the art style being closer to [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Mega Man 7's]] character designs.

* HeAlsoDid: You may recognize Spaz as an artist for ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', or even [[ComicBook/DreamwavesMegaMan the old]] ''[[ComicBook/DreamwavesMegaMan Mega Man]]'' [[ComicBook/DreamwavesMegaMan comic from Dreamwave]].

** Another ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie Sonic]]'' connection, Ian Flynn is the current head writer of both this and ''Archie Sonic''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Out of all the fan-submitted Robot Master designs, one name in particular stands out: Yusuke Murata, creator of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' and artist for the ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' manga, who created [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/6/6e/DustManYusukeMurata.png/revision/latest?cb=20141201144829 Dust Man.]]

** As mentioned below, this is the reason for the MarketBasedTitle (''Mega Man'' is known as ''Rockman'' in Japan and most of Far East Asia). A Capcom USA executive simply didn't like the name ''Rockman'' and demanded a name change before he'd allow it to be published in the region.

* MarketBasedTitle: The franchise is known as Rockman in Japan. They changed it because the rest of the world because a Capcom USA executive didn't like the name and vetoed until they changed it.

* MarketBasedTitle: The franchise is known as Rockman in Japan. They changed it because the rest of the world would’ve expected a caveman as the protagonist, not understanding the musical genre naming motive Inafune went with.

* CashCowFranchise: One of Creator/{{Capcom}}'s {{mascot}} series, alongside ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', and ''Franchise/MonsterHunter''.

* CashCowFranchise: One of Creator/{{Capcom}}'s {{mascot}} series, alongside ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: See WhatCouldHaveBeen.

** An earlier pitch for the series featured a much more faithful {{anime}} art direction inspired by the Japanese artwork of the games. ''Anime/MegaManUponAStar'''s first episode, "Appearance in Japan," would've been a VerySpecialEpisode. From that OVA, Gregory Smith and Kaj-Erik Erikson were intended to play Mega Man and Proto Man respectively, while Light and Wily kept their voices for the final product.

* FakeAmerican: Almost, if not, all of the voice actors are Canadians voicing Americans.

** "Scooby Rush" for this interpration of Mega's robo-canine Rush, who acts a lot like ScoobyDoo.

* ScrewedByTheMerchandise: Despite great ratings, the series was cancelled after two seasons partially because Creator/{{Bandai}} cut several toy lines due to poor sales and were putting merchandising pressure on Capcom.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Out of all the fan-submitted Robot Master designs, one name in particular stands out: Yusuke Murata, creator of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' and the ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' manga, who created [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/6/6e/DustManYusukeMurata.png/revision/latest?cb=20141201144829 Dust Man.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Out of all the fan-submitted Robot Master designs, one name in particular stands out: Yusuke Murata, creator of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' and the ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' manga, who created Dust Man's initial design.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwPBWGrFaw And he's called]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the Blue Bomber]] [[CaptainObvious because he's blue!]]

** The Blue Bomber title was [[AscendedFanon actually used]] in ''Star Force 2''. It's also used as one of the achievements in ''9''.

** The Blue Bomber title was [[AscendedMeme actually used]] in ''Star Force 2''. It's also used as one of the achievements in ''9''.

!!Trivia for the [[Film/MegaMan The Film Version]].
* DoingItForTheArt: A lot of work and money went into this movie considering that (A) the the creators cannot legally make any money off of it and (B) Capcom could destroy it at any time with a single phone call.
** Capcom hasn't officially endorsed this movie, but they have actively said that they don't mind it, during the production, so at least they were decently safe from B partway through filming.
** Capcom is one of the more laid back companies when it comes to this sort of thing. They're almost certainly aware of, for example, the SpriteComic community started by ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', but have done nothing to stop it. ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'''s author reportedly had some correspondence with Capcom at one point that amounted to Capcom going, "Hey, it's in good fun and you're giving us free advertising. We won't say we approve of it, but we're not going to stop you, so go right ahead."

* SeriesHiatus: Prior to the announcement of ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' (slated for release in October 2018), no new titles in the franchise have been released since ''Mega Man 10'', which was initially released in 2010. ''11''[='=]s producer, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, [[https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/13/the-retrobeat-mega-man-11-interview-e3/ said]] that there was a big desire within the company to continue the franchise, but the departure of Creator/KeijiInafune left a void within the company that no one was willing to fill until director Koji Oda finally stepped up to take the reigns for ''11''.

* TheOtherDarrin: In Japan, Mega Man's voice went from Creator/HekiruShiina (''The Power Battle'' and ''The Power Fighters''), to Creator/AiOrikasa (''8'', ''Battle & Chase'', and ''Super Adventure''), to Kaoru Fujino (''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes]]''), to Creator/YumikoKobayashi (''Powered Up''). In English, Ruth Shiraishi ( who was also the voice of X in ''X4'') in ''8'' to Cole Howard (''Powered Up'').

* SeriesHiatus: Prior to the announcement of ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' (slated for release in October 2018), no new titles in the franchise have been released since ''Mega Man 10'', which was initially released in 2010.

** ''Mega Man Mania'' was going to be a GBA compilation with remakes of all the Game Boy games. It ended up being shelved, with one reason of it being due to some of the [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup source code]] for the games being lost, although an ex-Capcom employee said this wasn't true and claimed it was [[https://www.neogaf.com/threads/they-lost-the-source-code-to-what.344208/#post-13859927 "much stupider reasons".]]

* SeriesHiatus: Prior to the announcement of ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', slated for a 2018 release, no new titles in the franchisehave been released since ''Mega Man 10'', which was initially released in 2010.

* FanNickname: The Blue Bomber, used for every incarnation with the sole exception of Zero, who is sometimes called the Crimson Red Reploid (some artbooks and fanfics dub him the Red Ripper). Also Mr. Clean for Sigma, and the Wily Eyebrow Thing for Dr. Wily's unusual taunt. Zero's weird green chest lights are also called the Booblights.

* SeriesHiatus: Prior to the announcement of ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', slated for a 2018 release, no new titles have been released since ''Mega Man 10'', which was initially released in 2010.