The Brazilian Mega Man | St1ka's Retro Corner

[@st1ka]

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[@bensoncheung2801]

42nd 👍

[@felicitagonzalez9623]

I gave you thumbs up button mega man video because even though it was comefuseing

[@SomeOrangeCat]

This comic is why the phrase "Haha, fucking WHAT!?!" exists.

[@st1ka]

hahah! Okay, this comment wins

[@dudenamedzelda3179]

@@st1ka Yeah and now I have so many questions like why did it end on a woman being sacrificed? Why did they give Roll Rockman and Rockman X's feature and being the first robot with free will? Why did X become a bad guy? Why did they Rockman and Roll incestuous lovers and have a love triangle between Rockman, Roll and X where the trying to mix the localized canon and the Japanese canon together or did the writers have an incest fetish? Why is Calinka a communist? And how the hell does this make the dreamwave Rockman comic look better in comparison?

[@st1ka]

@@dudenamedzelda3179 I wish I knew...

[@OttoniSaulo]

@@dudenamedzelda3179 I can give you a simple answer: this series is a top tier fanfic

[@renzokufc]

Communism, Capitalism, Sex, Aliens, Violence... this comic has everything.

[@st1ka]

Yep kind of xD

[@victor_silva6142]

Brazil inearly internets was like that.

[@weelzneal4768]

With wincest!

[@alanfalleur6550]

Pretty much what you'd expect to happen when you let the fans decide what's going to happen.

[@dk9024]

"After defeating the Metallic beings that weren't shown because Princess interrupted the story, our heroes left to São Paulo. Motive? Dunno, didn't think about one. We'll come up with one when the time arrives." That's pure Monty Python humour.

[@st1ka]

haha yep

[@kosherx]

indeed

[@Elyseon]

Needs more killer rabbit.

[@vulpixsmi]

The whole aliens thing at the end feels like they saw the final boss of Mega Man 2 without realising that it was just a hologram trick that Wily played

[@st1ka]

I have to admit I never thought of that

[@magolor-3100]

The reason why this was licensed is because the licenser thought they were translating a mega man manga but they did this instead.

[@st1ka]

Oh wow that I did not know. Now I wish I had included that in my video xD

[@kosherx]

not really, no. in fact, Romstar did not care at all, IF Peixoto is really telling the truth.

[@DuoDynamo]

I had these as a child. I blame them for making me think for the longest time that Bass was called "Slasher".

[@st1ka]

Oof! That's pretty bad. If it helps, I still refer Usagi from Sailor Moon as "Bunny" because of the awful Portuguese dub lol

[@DuoDynamo]

@@st1ka I know, right? I found it very odd the first time I saw the name "Bass" in the games (Mega Man: The Power Battle to be exact), to the point I even thought it was the game who got "Slasher's" name wrong, and not the other way around. To this day, every time I see a mention of Bass' name, my brain kinda wants to tell me "BZZZT, wrong! That's Slasher!"

[@Sageleef]

To be fair its no different than calling Rockman megaman, or calling Blues Protoman, or calling Forte and Gospell Bass and Treble. Actually prefer Slasher than Bass hahaha

[@CptJistuce]

​@@st1kaAs an american of a certain age, I still try to call Usagi "Serena" because of the Dic dub.

[@PressStartToContinueYT]

This is absolutely insane and one of my favorite Mega Man related stories by far. I mean, how in the heck did Capcom ever think this was a good idea???

[@st1ka]

Well, we still don't know if it was officially licensed or not. It may or may not have been. If it is official though, it was actually sub-licensed through Capcom's distributor in Brazil rather than directly through Capcom itself.

[@PressStartToContinueYT]

@@st1ka yeah that's what I read when I did research on it. Still interesting either way

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah agreed

[@lucasbosco3473]

From what i heard and remember, for some of the first issues they were officially licenced and were originally going to publish the story of the games by translating an already existing megaman comic, but when they published the first issue and started doing their own thing capcom pulled the plug but they continued their story anyway.

[@GarkKahn]

They thought it was just a translation about an existing manga Lots of problem could've been avoided if they just paid attention

[@TheSphereHunter]

It's pretty bold of them starting the series off with Roll buck ass nude on the cover. The literal first thing you see. 🤣

[@st1ka]

They knew their target haha. P.S. Iove your videos! It makes me really happy to see a KZbinr I've been following before I even had a channel watch my stuff :D

[@strain42]

The Princess is such a weirdly fascinating character through this whole ordeal. Like I admit I'm always a sucker for new characters being introduced into lore, but this is such a peculiar story...also communists? *flips through pages* I think I missed something?

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@MissAshley42]

It's especially funny considering how much better Archie did with its original Mega Man characters, Dr. Lalinde and Tempo.

[@Thor-Orion]

Don’t cry for me, Argentina.

[@LucianTheWorldGamer]

Brazil is really a country on its own when it comes to videogames, love it!

[@st1ka]

Yep pretty much! :P

[@nubeyazul]

Mega Man: The unnofficial (but actually official) comic book adaptation (that barely adapts anything)

[@st1ka]

Haha yep

[@raixuh]

That's brazil for ya, a big fat but (pun intended) on everything 🦉

[@RaitoADV]

About the cover art on the first issue: Someone said Roll might actually be wearing a bodysuit that resembles her Ruby Spears attire, but just happened to have the same color of her skin. This could be possible, due to the "costume" having bracelets, a scarf, and the feet not having any detail like fingers. Good video by the way!

[@st1ka]

Oh wow, if that's true then damn, that's really not how I looked at xD

[@OttoniSaulo]

No, she's naked, and that's her motif throughout most of the series

[@sonichedgehog6479]

no, shes naked....cant unsee that😰

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

This reminds me of the Street Fighter comic where Ken immediately gets scalped. Also, The Legend of Chun-Li.

[@st1ka]

wait, what comic is that? Is that the Brazilian Street Fighter comic I've been hearing about?

[@rubensretrogamer3445]

@@st1ka Não...essa bomba foi publicada pela Malibu Comis nos EUA. Era tão ruim que a capcom cancelou depois de apenas 3 edições. Como esses quadrinhos estavam sendo publicados aqui no Brasil, os editores resolveram continuar a publicar as revistas eles mesmos depois do cancelamento americano...e ai nasceu os quadrinhos brasileiros de Street Fighter 2. Mas são duas séries completamente diferentes...Ken escalpelado só na revista americana.

[@st1ka]

@@rubensretrogamer3445 Muito interessante. Tenho que ler ambas. Acho que daria um bom video. :D

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@st1ka Please do. From what I've heard, issues 4 and 5 are still in Malibu continuity, but then Nagado just throws all that nonsense in the trash. And what I've heard of his own ideas...I really want to know if he made the most of that opportunity? It's hard to find information in the English speaking internet.

[@sonataonmymind]

Os anos 90 foram uma época muito ruim para os quadrinhos nacionais aqui no Brasil, Turma da Mônica é uma exceção pois se consolidou como o quadrinho infantil mais popular do país. Tirando quadrinhos infantis a publicação de HQs nacionais de outros gêneros era bastante limitada. Mas é engraçado o cara reclamar de mangás no editorial, eles só começaram a ser publicados com frequência por aqui a partir de 2001.

[@st1ka]

As páginas editoriais atacavam os mangás em quase todas as edições. Era uma atitude muito estranha

[@sonataonmymind]

@@st1ka Lamentável isso :/

[@st1ka]

@@sonataonmymind Sim é uma pena. Mas de facto, nao sabia que a industria de quadrinhos estava a ter dificuldades no Brasil durante essa época. Eu lembro-me que o Zé Carioca e a Mónica eram populares cá, mas realmente, penso que eram os únicos.

[@sonataonmymind]

@@st1ka atualmente a situação está um pouco melhor em termos de produção por causa das plataformas de financiamento coletivo e de algumas editoras que apostam em material nacional, como a Pipoca & Nanquim, Darkside, Skript e Conrad

[@mayconlcruz]

Os ataques aos mangás eram de fato uma atitude mega bizarra. Mas olhando em retrospecto, parece que era mais uma tentativa de tentar afugentar a indústria estrangeira antes que ela se consolidasse no país... mas sem largar o osso das tropes que fazem mangás serem o que são.

[@Geno746]

For some reason this made me think about the really bizarre Russian TMNT comics. It's pretty awesome for how strange it is like when they fought the Predator.

[@st1ka]

The whatnow?!

[@Geno746]

@@st1ka It's super weird and definetly something to look up. I cant do it justice with describing it. It's made by a Russian company called Mink Publishing.

[@Endriu192]

Oh Hello. I didn't hear so much about Russian TMNT comics, but maybe I need to research for it. And Hello from Russia

[@almaelma11]

Jesus christ this comic is absolutely insane. It's like someone had a fever dream about megaman and tried to make a comic out of it from memory. It's interesting as hell though, thank you again for an incredible video :)

[@st1ka]

Glad you liked it! But yeah it's probably the weirdest MegaMan related media I've ever seen

[@Rationalific]

Yeah... Like trying to make a comic out of Megaman from memory...but making sure to stay away from following the game or cartoon. 😵🥴

[@st1ka]

@@Rationalific right?! Such a weird decision

[@efxnews4776]

As a brazilian, i safely say: Brazil is a weird place.

[@vwts]

I vaguely remember reading this as a kid in Brazil and thinking it was SO MUCH COOLER than the plot of the cartoon and games - I think I never really got into the cartoon and games because I thought they were way too kiddy without all the ecchi torture and death

[@Pixxeria]

Hey, nice video! Just a few minor corrections/comments: You mentioned that both editorials by José Roberto Pereira and Sérgio Peixoto verged on being xenophobic towards Japan. I don't think they were - Peixoto, who is still alive, was a very important figure for the anime scene in the 90s. He was one the organizers of the first big anime convention in São Paulo - Animecon. So I'm guessing the tone of those editorials was more in line on trying to make the Megaman comic more important and prestigious and, of course, they used the "patriotic" rhetoric as a way of justifying using cheap, amateur labor. But they were not wrong in saying that the editorial market was very much dominated by foreign comics. Yes, there was Mônica and José Carioca, but Mônica is the ultimate exception, they are a media empire. José Carioca is still owned by Disney so even if they were making the comics in Brazil (not anymore) back then, it's still a Disney-owned product. Other titles like the atrocious Blue Fighter and this very series were usually very short lived. Nowadays, the comic scene in Brazil has shifted to creator-owned, crowd funded projects and is in a very different state, while Abril, the biggest name in the publishing market, went out of business. Also, a little factual mistake: Zé Roberto Pereira and Peixoto did have a falling out, but the magazines you showed were made by both of them together. Japan Fury was their first anime-related project together and after it was cancelled they created Animax together, which was a very sucessful magazine (for the standarts of the time). Both were actually very good compared to the competition. Zé Roberto Pereira was actually not a very liked person at all - just like his prose shows, he had a mouth and could easily anger his superiors, which led to his career after splitting up with Peixoto being very sporadic. He'd become notorious on fan message boards, but he could not really gather a fan following that could help him finance anything because he had zero people skills. Also, Peixoto angered one of the competitors when his magazine criticized the rival's story on Evangelion (new and exciting at that time!) and the competitor proceeded to find him and beat him up! Peixoto then... published the police report for his assault on his own magazine! Such crazy people lol

[@st1ka]

Hi there! Thank you so much for the corrections! I will admit that at times I had difficulty researching some stuff as I wasn't sure where to go. So any corrections are most definitely welcome! :D

[@KevinKess]

Wow. To hear all of this makes it sound like the Brazilian comic book industry was both a time for wild creativity, yet instability and uncertainty in the 1990s. I wonder... have things improved for the Brazilian comic book industry, since then?

[@zzamorano1717]

I thought so, from the looks of it these guys sound a bunch of bitter, insensitive, whiny Manga/Anime fans who got really fucking salty on not just on their financial situation but whole state of the comic industry they were in. What you described about Pereira read like he comes off as some borderline narcissist who probably also socially handicapped and Peixoto sounds like a little sensitive bitch with anger and trust issues. You tell me this guy was responsible for bringing the Anime/Manga scene in Brazil, I wouldn't believe it from that racist, xenophobic and hypocritical shit he's spewed in the editorial, so what you said they sound like fucking posers desperate for a quick buck. Fucking losers.

[@samuelrocha8652]

@@KevinKess just a lil bit, there's some new publishers who try to give artists a chance, but it's not an industry who can support itself freely, at least for now.

[@xtremekirby07]

according to the Mega Man Knowledge Database, the editor of this comic was originally given the rights to translate and publish the Rockman 7 Manga in Brazil, but they instead went with this trainwreck for...some reason...I guess.

[@st1ka]

Embarassingly, I actually missed that bit. Whoops!

[@xtremekirby07]

@@st1ka don't worry, we all ignore different things, complementing each other's knowledge is what fans do.

[@st1ka]

@@xtremekirby07 true ^^

[@RazielBR]

11:37 Reader: Points to an obvious continuity issue Writer: That's one of our PURPOSELY WELL WRITTEN MYSTERIES DONE TOTALLY ON PURPOSE. You wanna find out? Guess you'll have to keep reading to learn the truth about THIS COMPLETELY INTENTIONAL MISDIRECTION.

[@st1ka]

haha pretty much

[@robertlupa8273]

The "Princess" thing is possibly one of the craziest things I've ever seen in a [semi-]official comic. Heck, I'd even go as far as to say it's the craziest thing in _any media._ Like, how did it even get approved to be printed? Did noone read this before publishing? Or did they _do_ and said "yeah this is fine. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this"? Not that the rest of the comic is any better... It seems to run on stupidium :P Even _Jorge Joestar_ is more coherent than this!

[@st1ka]

This entire run is basically a dumpster fire, but it's an entertaining dumpster fire haha

[@FenexTheFox]

Honestly... I'd say the Princess thing is very in line with typical Brazilian humor

[@saidi7975]

Actually I found JORGE JOESTAR pretty coherent. I think it got a bum rap.

[@kosherx]

no one in Romstar, or Capcom for the matter, ever CARED to follow and disapprove what those wackos were doing at the time.

[@ericlensher7936]

A "Princesa" é de uma obra chamada "Elementais". O cara inseriu um personagem próprio em uma franquia internacional. 😖

[@doozy5184]

I like how in the translated version, there are translators notes that make it better. Add that to the meta jokes, and this is one enjoyable ride.

[@st1ka]

Yep true :P

[@adamborresen7226]

"Don't come!" Best advice for this whole situation

[@st1ka]

Hehe, I added that running gag at the last minute. Just hope I'm not demonitized for it xD

[@st1ka]

@@adamborresen7226 hopefully some day I can make some real money off of this xD

[@adamborresen7226]

@@st1ka Same buddy. Those MFers should be paying you

[@LordProteus]

If I wanted to come I'd look for some proper Roll smut.

[@Adinan0803]

Nice video! I'm from Brazil and I remember getting a few of those comics. I was becoming a Megaman fan because of the X series I was playing in SNES and the Megaman cartoon was popular here. But yikes, these comics were awful. I wanted to enjoy them because of Megaman, but the inconsistent quality and dark themes (I was a kid at the time and I couldn't sleep after reading issue 4) got me away from it quickly! Even with brazilian comic market being hard for newcomers to join, these national Megaman comics were simply too terrible to support.

[@st1ka]

It's a shame too, because according to the editor pages they could have distributed the official Megaman manga in Brazil, but instead, decided to focus on a 100% Brazilian Megaman. They also said that they hated the fact that Japan wouldn't let them color in the Manga.

[@suntaxis]

It will be so easy to sleep, now. Really, what even is this. What is this. Is this already a nightmare? Man, great research but this was outright crazy!

[@st1ka]

It's absolute insanity!

[@rafaelroma1657]

Incredible story. 90s in Brazil were wild... Actually, things are even wilder nowadays in many other aspects.

[@st1ka]

Yep agreed :D

[@GilesFAhrun]

"Come here, girl. Let's do some plug-n-play." X to Roll Yeah, he REALLY says that.

[@st1ka]

Yeeep. This comic goes places XD

[@polytanksan5761]

Isn't roll technically an ancestor of X

[@st1ka]

@@polytanksan5761 Yes she is. Megaman and Roll predate X by quite a lot.

[@polytanksan5761]

@@st1ka that makes it even weirder that X tried to sleep with her

[@st1ka]

@@polytanksan5761 Oh I think the writers just didn't take into consideration at all lol

[@LamunesADV]

As a Brazilian comic artist for 20+ years, yes, our comic industry was trash (even today is not that good, but better). We are conditioned to not like our own industry, culture AND artists to be honest. Ask everyone and i think they would probably confirm, a huge majority of fans would overpay for a foreigner comic and would not pay 2 bucks for a national one (with exceptions)

[@st1ka]

That's a shame. :\

[@Thor-Orion]

But you have top shelf women.

[@hugoleonardoamaral586]

I absolutely LOVED these comics. It inspired me a lot to start drawing myself. It was pretty fun despite all the... Issues

[@st1ka]

Oh man that is really awesome to hear. I know the creators would be happy to know the influence it had on you :D

[@strengthcolossal5538]

*Dr.Wavi: ROCKMAN! YOU ARE GOING TO BRASIL!!!* 🇧🇷 *Rock:* WAHHHHHH! (Megaman 8 death sound)

[@gustavocve1779]

As a brazilian who grew up in the 90's, I used to love this comics (i was 7 or 8 at the time). I had no idea what the story in the games were, but through the comics I got to know all the characters. Till this day i have the whole run of these comics and i treasure them very much, even considering how bad and weird some decisions were.

[@st1ka]

Understandable 😅

[@TvJogo]

this Brazilian comic served as an incubator for several novice artists from the time of Brazil in a time without internet it was the way the first fanfic traits began in the country, because each chapter was drawn by a different artist there was this visual mess even in the script, including references of our country. Érica Awano who drew holy avenger avengers comes out of these comics, which I believe is one of our most popular "Brazilian mangas" out there. At the time, I was a child and thought it was incredible.

[@st1ka]

I do admit that the fact that the comic was where a lot of Brazilian comic book artists got started is pretty damn cool :D

[@segenshin1894]

I never thought I would see a officially licensed comic book series based on a video game franchise for children have nudity based on one of the primary characters on the front cover OF THE FIRST DAMN VOLUME. Brazil is fucking based.

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@wrayday7149]

That might be a interesting plot point of having Princess kill everyone off. Then have her take over and oppose her will on the world. Then an underground resistance finds Mega Man and fixes him and he goes around getting upgrades to fight against Princess.

[@st1ka]

Now that would have been an interesting spin

[@FallenAngelZero00]

What a wild ride. It almost demands a fan fic tying up all the loose ends. Which honestly would be kinda fun.

[@st1ka]

Imagine if Capcom officially acknowledged this lol

[@yoonvsaechao]

I love this channel. Learning about these obscure games is a great way for me to pass time. Also your accent makes it all better

[@st1ka]

Awww thank you :D

[@Safersephiroth777]

If I knew that Megaman games were so wild I would have played them for sure!

[@st1ka]

Sadly the games themselves are nowhere near as wild

[@lightyearpig12]

After hearing about how most of the artists were college or high school kids, the risque content of this comic makes tons more sense now.

[@st1ka]

to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if that sort of content was mandated from above though

[@phj9894]

17:37 He was about to be a Ken Penders in Megaman but had stopped.

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@yansproductions]

These brazilian megaman comics are a piece of pure comedy gold. They might be weird and sometimes do some really questionable stuff but it's really fun and unique in the end.

[@st1ka]

Reading this was wild! xD

[@yansproductions]

@@st1ka the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.

[@st1ka]

@@yansproductions haha very true

[@JammerRammy]

I knew about those weird comics before, but its the first time I see someone fully jumping on that rabbit hole and explaining the whole story in such details. Nice work!

[@st1ka]

Thank you! I tried my best! :D

[@raknay]

True, Jose Roberto Pereira tried to launch WITHOUT RIGHTS "Encouraçado Espacial Yamato" and some manga WITHOUT PAYING RIGHTS, besides MANY HQ's of HENTAI that he released and without paying rights. I met both of them and I can say that they are two people of dubious reputation and suspicious character... (Jose Roberto died of cancer in 2012, but that doesn't take away from this TERRIBLE job.)

[@BenjaMan64]

Wow. I didn't know about the head writer and editor in chief ranting against anything foreign and outright accusing their own readers of harming the Brazilian Comics Industry. Way to alienate your fanbase. Thanks for this mini documentary. Always interesting to learn more about this crazy, crazy comic. Greetings from Mexico.

[@st1ka]

yeah those editors notes are wild!

[@zanegandini5350]

From the title, I just expected a Mega Man Sega Master System game, but this is much more interesting. Wow, that plotline is awful. Sounds like a really bad fanfiction by someone very oddly obsessed with Roll. But I kind of like this design for mature Roll, she kind of reminds me of Winry Rockbell, sometimes drawn well, other times not so much. Even the Princess's design was kinda cool when she was introduced.... and then the art took a shit in the panel where she went on about Brazilian nationalism. But yeah, it's astonishing anyone even thought of releasing this, it's such a terrible mishmash of ideas that you'd think someone would have went "No, stop, we can't release this!" but yet, no one did.

[@st1ka]

Roll's design is pretty good in some of the issues, but yeah, they pretty much only did that so they woudn't get in trouble lol. The weird thing is, in one of the Editorial pages they specifically said they could have brough the Megaman manga but chose against it because they wanted to make a 100% Brazilian Mega Man comic

[@novomundo7559]

Brazil in that time was (and still is) very obcessed on making a National industry of mangas, Comoc, movies and more, i think that it's strong now because in brazilians movies you barely find something that passes in another country, or in a fantasious place, they always try to praise national identity, so Princess Dialogue makes sense nowadays, and that's boderline creepy

[@zanegandini5350]

@@novomundo7559 I get that but supporting local industry doesn't excuse something of this quality.

[@novomundo7559]

@@zanegandini5350 Yeah i know, unfortunally, today, the only brazilian medias with Superior quality are comedy movies, like, i know only Three Brazilians Movie with Quality compared to international media (Tropa de Elite 1, it's sequel, and Cidade de Deus)

[@novomundo7559]

And still, none of these movies had international reconigtion.

[@ParanoidThalyyMVS]

It had to be Brazil lmao, I never knew this existed even though I am brazillian and like the Mega Man games, I can get past the more mature themes and incest but, the gore just throws me off, might give it a read someday though, great vid!

[@st1ka]

Anytime! Glad you liked it :D

[@kosherx]

could be Japan instead, but it was Brazil

[@ShmupJunkie]

I'm watching this and wondering, why are 15yr old kids who got the job to draw an issue, drawing all this nudity lol. I know not all were drawn by underage kids, but I have to imagine each issue had some degree. Either way I found the whole episode fascinating just like the last one on mega man. Not only did I enjoy it, but I also learned something of absolutely zero usefulness to me that I am yet somehow still glad I learned haha. I hope this one and your last video keep getting a lot of views, they deserve it.

[@st1ka]

Aww thank you! Sadly the view boost is over, but it was good while it lasted ^^

[@ShmupsBR]

When I say Brazil is not for amateurs, people think I'm exaggerating...

[@rafaelrenno]

You need to see what kind of entertainment we had on 90's TV. lol

[@EnzoRoberto]

@@rafaelrenno I was about to coment the same 🤣

[@EnzoRoberto]

@@ShmupsBR Brazil is not even for professionals 😆

[@Meximagician]

23:30 If anyone wants these from a reputable site, you can find them on Internet Archive, listed as "New Adventures of Megaman Comic Book Collection".

[@st1ka]

Oh! It didn't even ocur to me to look on the Internet Archive! D'oh xD

[@tipoc]

A correction: Japan Fury and Animax were not competitors. First came Japan Fury with José Roberto and Peixoto as editors, then Japan Fury ended and Animax was born with José and Peixoto as editors. José Roberto left after 20 editions I believe. Both magazines were great, much better than mainstream ones like "Herói".

[@st1ka]

Aaaah thank you for that

[@Jetblast01]

Fact is often stranger than fiction...but sometimes they intertwine. "Go make your own comic book." oh my sides!

[@st1ka]

yeeeep! Those editorial pages were something

[@fernandolorenzon]

I had one of these when I was a kid and always wanted to find the rest, but I never found the other issues. A month ago I downloaded them all in digital format. I always have been a fan of Mega Man and the cartoon helped a lot to explain the lore of the Mega Man universe.

[@st1ka]

I actually would love to own a few of these comics. They're so weird that I kinda love them

[@leogmg]

If it was officially licensed for the first four issues but then unlicensed for the rest then that would explain a lot of things. Not everything but a lot.

[@st1ka]

to be fair, I'm not sure myself

[@leogmg]

@@st1ka Yeah, I saw you clarified that in the video. I'm just saying it's a really, REALLY plausible theory.

[@vigo2669]

Not gonna lie, Dr. Wily with a robot body looks kinda badass.

[@st1ka]

I agree, oh mighty Vigo!

[@halisterfernando9160]

What the hell was that? Glad I've never heard about that as kid here in Brazil hahahaha, also, nice channel, I'm loving the retrogames compilations! , I noticed your accent but couldn't figured out where was it from! Saudações do Brasil!!

[@Dovah_Jay]

That "Oh hi" caught me off guard. I was like "Is this a Comic Tropes reference?" Then you played the damn intro lol

[@st1ka]

haha yep, it's a reference. I asked comic tropes ahead of time if I could parody him and he was onboard with the idea :D

[@Mike_Jones1980]

This is the comment I've been looking for. I was thinking there's no way nobody else caught that for 1 year.

[@Morgil27]

I did have the unfortunate experience of reading a translation of this a long time ago. It nearly broke my brain. The issue dealing with Roll's backstory, in particular, left me feeling very dirty afterwards.

[@mmpsp693]

The last Comictropes intro was very dark. "Hey, you caught me dying."

[@st1ka]

Oh I saw that, thankfully the dude is doing okay. I actually emailed him asking if it was okay to parody him and he replied super fast saying that he's fine with it and wished me the best of luck.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Those headwriter and editor in chief rants are something else, jeez louise lol

[@st1ka]

Haha right?

[@Pridetoons]

NGL the princess is a pretty hilarious villain.

[@st1ka]

She is xD

[@whitewing2]

We can all agree that this comic is just a overly exagg Fan fiction about Editor's Fantasizing on Roll

[@st1ka]

kinda yeah xD

[@puresugah]

AHAH! I love that you said some fans are in their 40s now.

[@st1ka]

Time sneaks up on us, but I'm ever ready :P

[@puresugah]

@@st1ka I just appreciate the representation.

[@st1ka]

@@puresugah aww glad I could help! ^^

[@Rationalific]

I'm 40. I was honestly wondering how many traditional Mega Man fans are still in their 20s. Maybe they played Mega Man Legends 2 one time... But those in their mid-30s to 40s were '80s and '90s kids!

[@st1ka]

@@Rationalific Well, I assume there's still quite a few Mega Man fans in their 20s because of the Battle Network Series for the GBA. I know the Mega Man Battle Network games and anime was pretty popular.

[@TBoneTony]

They may not have played the Megaman games, but looking at the art and what they designed they sure did have good taste in early 90s Anime.

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@diegocrusius]

I remember reading those back in the day and I agree with all criticism you bring, like character sexualization and everything. We didnt like that either back then, but to us it was essentially Megaman in a comic book and we love it.

[@st1ka]

Oh I can understand that. Reading the editor pages, it's pretty clear they were receiving a LOT of criticism, but just kept doubling down on how they are.

[@Rockhead84]

This...was a ride. Thanks for teaching me something new about the Blue Bomber😅

[@st1ka]

Glad I could help haha

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

I love seeing this kinda content from your channel. I guess almost all of it is this kind of thing though, lol. But yeah, it's super fascinating to see the officially licensed takes on characters from countries besides the US, Japan, and sometimes Europe. Like, when I first discovered the weird (non-Archie/IDW) Sonic comics in Europe, I was blown away. Just a whole new thing to dive into and it was just really interesting. So this kind of thing with Brazil's Mega Man - despite being a messy production (or maybe _because_ it's so unusual) - is awesome to discover! I mean honestly, this story has it all - a guy who died but there's no record of it so people are theorizing he faked it, art for the comic drawn by the readers of the comic, crazy rambling rants from the head writer, nudity, aliens, ritualistic sacrifices... dude, if I didn't see it, I wouldn't believe it! This was an incredible story to sit through. And the comic itself has some really cool art in places depending on the artist like you pointed out! Thanks for the deep dive on another cool and too-obscure thing, St1ka!

[@st1ka]

Oh I remember reading one of those Sonic comics. Isn't that the one that talks about Dr. Robotnik's origin story and how he created Sonic?

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

@@st1ka Yeah yeah - that! And they spelled his name backwards some times for some reason - "Kintobor." Metal Sonic was also named Metallix, and Super Sonic was a beast. Like... a literal monster version of Sonic. His spines and eyes went all crazy and he had fangs. I also have memories where they inserted stories and cameos of other games like Decap Attack into the comic at the time, all willy-nilly. But mostly when I dove into these things, I noted the art on the covers being a bit off model and particularly "edgy" with sharper spines and angry expressions. Usually that's what WE did here in the 'States (good ol' "angry eyes Kirby" can attest to that!), but our Sonic was always a brash, little chubster on comic covers back in the day. It was quite a shock when I learned about _Sonic the Comic,_ lol :)

[@st1ka]

@@barry-allenthe-flash8396 Oh yeah! It's all coming back to me now! I guess I could make a video looking at those comics, but I assume it's all fairly well known at this point?

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

@@st1ka Yeah probably. A lot of Sonic stuff isn't obscure anymore; the fandom eats it all up. But I still think you hit a good vein with these old video game comics as far as good content goes. I know there's gotta be more weird ones with that janky, bootleggy, "How is this really official?"-feel (^-^) I remember one time when I was a kid, my Mom came home from grocery shopping and brought me home a few issues of something she spotted at the store called the "Nintendo Comic System" that Valiant Comics did that featured a Mario Land cover on one side and a Zelda cover on the other (the two stories were each one half of the book), and I've never seen it before or since, and I've never heard anyone talk about it, and it felt like a fever dream reading it, lol. I'm fairly certain it involved some real life kid getting shrunk down or all the tiny characters from the game boy coming out and flying around his room? It was baffling. I'm sure more odd comics exist, and that every country's gotta have 'em. If you DO find any other good ones, please continue to share them with us! Even if it's just a general "Several Weird Retro Video Game Comics from Around the World!"-type video instead of a deep dive on a single series like with Mega Man here. I can't imagine anything is going to give you _quite_ as much to work with as the Brazilian Blue Bomber ;)

[@st1ka]

@@barry-allenthe-flash8396 Oh yeah, the Nintendo Valiant comics have an interesting story. Basically Jim shooter was the man in charge of Marvel Comics, but when he was fired, he formed Valiant and because they didn't have anything ready to publish yet, they started doing a lot of tie-ins, which included Nintendo

[@LexCoelho]

Hey, an old art of mine i send to the comic appears in minute 3:36 in the video 🤣🤣🤣!!. It was in fact a piece of submission to be an artist in the comic. In fact many of the iluatrations in the letters section are from submissions. As a Brazilian comic book artist, i can say that there was some comic book scene happening in the 90s, but mostly on the Rio - São Paulo axis. Nothing that can compete with foreign translated comics of course. It was the "boom" of the brazilian manga, as many publications like that hitted the shelves, with only few passing the 1st issue. Turma da Monica was already a stablished title for many decades, so it's not in the acount. As you said, many artists rise from this period to become great figs in industry today. Yes, there were many editors who took advantage of young artists. It was a rough time, but now we have a pretty cool independent scene, as it became more easyer to self publish in the last decade or so.

[@st1ka]

Haha that's awesome. Glad I could squeeze your art in

[@acerodons6036]

Ok. This was a ride from start to finish. I need like a movie about this comic. And a game with this EPIC PLOT. Imagine a megaman legends type of game like an action rpg sorta thing and OH NO THE COMMUNISTS WAIT NO ALIENS

[@st1ka]

This series is beyond words

[@azurecorviknight4189]

Megaman: Straight From Brazil

[@AleatorioCanal.]

É sempre bom assistir algum vídeo na qual ele envolva o Brasil, porém é sempre bom colocar no mínimo uma legenda em pt br pra que a gente possa entender, eu digo isso pois ao traduzir automaticamente, acontece alguns erros de tradução

[@shinvaX]

It's bizarre that they managed to steal the open plot from the zero series as an opening long before the game existed.

[@st1ka]

I think when this comic book series was out, the X series was on X3 or X4 by that point.

[@deathsceane]

Thanks for going through all the trouble of making the video. If I tried to describe what happened I'd have to stop a few times to uncross my eyes.

[@st1ka]

haha! Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheKnutification]

Loved the unexpected twist to the intro! Good episode too, it's fun to see these obscure brazilian "gems" *coughs*

[@st1ka]

hehe thank you! Wrestles with Gaming was a huge sport too!

[@ricardoediza2690]

Wow! A Brazilian Megaman comic! I hope it’s a faithful adaptation by authors and leaders who respected the games, its creators, and the fanbase ❤❤❤ I hope…

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@316whatupz]

I didn't expect to be taken on a Mega Man roller coaster today but here I am. Great video, St1ka.

[@st1ka]

You must be this tall to watch my video!

[@TheSelectGaming]

Awesome video my dude. These particular comic book stories of MegaMan seem wild. Wasn't expecting that.

[@st1ka]

haha yep. I also made a video on the Brazilian Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat comics. Those are also pretty wild lol

[@Cloderick]

It's strange how it looks so bad yet some single pages looks so decent. Probably if the producers were decent and interested in making something good it could have gone another direction. Wtf the dude have not even played the games, they were so famous here in Brazil.Most people my age i know, really loves megaman. (Born in early 90)

[@st1ka]

It's due to the ever constant revolving door of artists. Some issues look genuinely good. Others look downright awful

[@boinamedrex_69]

8:40 Nope, you ain't wrong.

[@st1ka]

yeah, this comic series is kinda out there lol

[@alexander_mejia]

Amazing and interesting work man. Just catching up on these but this is so great!

[@st1ka]

aww thanks man! :D

[@jowzeh]

I had one of these comics growing up and it never seemed too weird to me. Perhaps i bought one of the tamer ones, but I mean... as kid that loved the games and didn't know any better, it was just more Mega Man.

[@st1ka]

Maybe back then I wouldn't think they were weird either 😅

[@VTWS]

Same but I think I was just horny and liked torture porn lol

[@Comkill117]

…Are you sure this wasn’t all just some really elaborate April Fools joke? This sounds like the most insane tie in I’ve ever seen! I guess MegaMan and X teaming up is cool, but literally everything else seems like the writers were on every drug they could find when they came up with the story for every single issue. It’s so insanely ridiculous for all the wrong reasons. Anyways good video, definitely an interesting one.

[@st1ka]

Sadly it's not a joke lol

[@the14thgamer31]

When X says Plug and Play, I think it roughly translates to: “Let’s have some bedtime fun” (if you can catch my drift)

[@marianokaz1503]

This comic is gold... Fools gold!

[@st1ka]

hehe yep xD

[@deividilavitz6645]

As a brazilian I recall reading this, thanks for recovering that memory from years ago LOL!

[@st1ka]

Haha, glad I could help

[@thebotbuilder]

Well... at least they made Megaman blue... unlike in Captain N XD

[@st1ka]

Oh man, captain N had so much potential and they ruined it completely

[@ChargemanBaré]

1:48 José Roberto Pereira also have an unnerving history on the late years of the Brazilian internet before his death

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I heard that Sega didn't pay attention to what Archie Comics was doing with Sonic for a long time. If these Mega Man comics really were officially licensed, I suspect something similar happened.

[@st1ka]

In this case, it seems it was a case of loss in translation. Capcom thought they were selling the right to publish the Japanese manga in Brazil and the Brazilian publisher thought they bought the rights to create a comic book series.

[@americanmeowth3336]

Thanks for taking the time to dig into this. It's always interesting to see the how properties get the "official" fanart treatment in different territories, especially with all of the different writers and artists jumping in. It's like a drunken story in round that started with the sentence "Super Fighting Robot" and ended with "....yo, aliens."

[@st1ka]

Haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video though:D

[@fayezfawzi3255]

nice work on this series man!

[@st1ka]

Thank you! :D

[@DeeRhoe]

A friend of mine and fellow artist was actually inspired by these comics, at least the better artists. So it's cool to learn more about it.

[@st1ka]

that's pretty damn awesome

[@nisnast]

No joke, this was the first comic book I've ever bought (or rather, asked my dad to buy it for me lol), I was never a fan of the MegaMan games, but I LOVED the cartoon, so when I saw this on sale at a grocery store, i begged him to buy it for me, it was the very last issue, and even though I had no fucking idea about what was happening, I still loved it because of the art and adult themes. I know it's a mess, but I can't even try to dislike it lol

[@st1ka]

Haha, that's amazing!

[@EdmondDantes224]

The part where you said "I love you Brazil, but this is pretty weird"... I wouldn't blame Brazil for this. I would blame just whoever made this comic and decided Nude Roll was what the world needed. Also I'm personally bothered by how Roll looks like a human woman. Without clothes shouldn't she look like a mannequin or a large Barbie doll?

[@Trialwolf]

I'm going to assume high grade drugs were involved during the writing.

[@st1ka]

involved during the witing process of both the comic AND the editor pages lol

[@daniellehwing4667]

One thing that I have to address over the Sega/Nintendo brazillian debate: I am 41 yo now, and I remember pretty well how it was the gaming scene back then. Most of my friends have NES "replicas" - and that's the whoel point! The Nintendo console was so expensive that we, as a good ol' buccaneers we (still) are, had to develop a BETTER REPLICA (I have proofs from Nintendo on this) to the original NES. And the cartridges was on the same boat. This explains why OFFICIAL SALES CHARTS points very lows sales... they were looking for ORIGINAL CARTRIDGES! I have about twenty games with me and ONLY ONE is an Original Cartridge! I can say the same towards my friends, and only one have a Sega Master System. This even reflect on the specialized magazines from that time, putting even more Nintendo games on their issues than Sega games! Even the renting places had more Nintendo games to rent than Sega's.

[@st1ka]

oh I actually did a video on the Gradiente Phantom System so I have an idea about that^^

[@daniellehwing4667]

@@st1ka Oh, really? I will watch it, for sure! Phantom was EVERYWHERE here. But we had others as Dynavision 3 and 4 (maybe the 2? was it for Atari? dunno), Top Game (which I have to this day) and the INFAMOUS missleading piece of... art (?) "Polystation". Hahahaha!

[@st1ka]

@@daniellehwing4667 oh I mention those too ^^

[@daniellehwing4667]

@@st1ka Hahahaha, I am curious to watch your reaction facing a Polystation! 😂

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Man, this comic would be perfect for Matt McMuscles 'Wha Happun?' series. Also I'd love to see Linkara look at this trainwreck. Also, and this is the fucked up part, this comic probably did more with Roll than any official work ever will. Granted I don't want them to copy this at all, but It would be nice to make her do shit finally.

[@st1ka]

I'll admit I never read the official Megaman manga, but in the games Roll is basically just an afterthought yeah.

[@jdreisneto0902]

This comic is a work of art, a bizarre art, but it is still art. Thank you for that St1ka!

[@st1ka]

Haha right?!

[@wulver810]

Wow, my Mega Man dream became reality?

[@st1ka]

Oh no! Are you having the dreams again?

[@wulver810]

@@st1ka Yeah, have to sleep with a few towels.

[@Cresset]

I bought the issues on magazine stands when they came out. Basically a fanfic (well, fanzine) that happened to be licensed. Then again this was 1996's Mega Man lore so there wasn't a lot to work with. The Dreamwave and Archie series were more...all-ages but they also had to make up 90% of the plot.

[@st1ka]

Well I mean, by 1996, there was a lot of lore to work with imo. By that point, Megaman X3 was aready out

[@HoshiNoPops05]

This doesn't feel like an official comic, this feels like an "ow the edge" parody comic that would be posted on newgrounds around the 2010's.

[@st1ka]

Right?! Yet it exists. The 90s in Brazil were an interesting time

[@redgringa4419]

obrigado por promover a cena comic do brasil, portugal um pais irmao, tmj

[@st1ka]

De nada! Fico feliz que tenha gostado do video :)

Na época, eu desenhei umas páginas de teste pra essa Hq. Felizmente eu não fui aprovado. Hahaha

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@LamunesADV]

Eu tambem não fui aprovado, mas gostaria de ter sido. Imagina que foda participar dessa loucura toda.

[@frankbarrie6785]

The Megaman theme song (for the cartoon) was always one of my most fav

[@st1ka]

I'd argue the opening and the MegaMan X episode are the best things about it

[@frankbarrie6785]

@@st1ka I may have to agree with you lol. I was actually pleasantly surprised with how they handled Protoman too.. Mostly lol

[@StefaNonsense]

Holy fanfiction fever dream, SumolMan!

[@st1ka]

in this video it was GuaranáMan! :D