#I don’t feel like tagging anything involved properly since most fans won’t know wtf im saying

[no1ryomafan]

With more older anime I watch that’s specifically about androids the more I noticed all the influence mega man pulled from it despite it not being a anime nor the robot timeline ever getting a proper anime but I think what gets me more then “the basis of mega man is like astro boy, casshern and POSSIBLY kikaider all in a blender with mega man x making the second two inspos more apparent” is realizing how many villain characters inspired proto man.

You have the obvious one, char from Gundam, you have rock holmes from Astro boy who’s not a confirmed one but seems to track given classic takes a lot of Astro boy influence and then you have Saburo from Android kikaider, the most likely inspo for proto in EVERY category- and then you remember how while these characters are evil for a complex reason, proto man really shines to be different as he changed his ways. He’s still a rival to his “brother” in a sense but bass takes more of the role of the evil mega man, while proto just watches from afar and comes in to help when he thinks he’s needed.

I’m going to rotate this red robot fuck for awhile again FUCK

#meg text #I don’t feel like tagging anything involved properly since most fans won’t know wtf im saying #im 90% sure I’m one of the only mm fan educate on old things even if there’s mecha heads who know it #even if I still need to watch more of its actual inspirations #this rants more disjointed because I lost where the fuck I was going but tldr proto man got me again #I hate to admit he’s my favorite classic character bc it’s a basic bitch answer but he really is #Mfs go “I don’t like classic/x that much” then immediately obsess over the red robots in it #bc zero isn’t safe from this EITHER since he’s also confirmed to be based off of char #and his entire character is about defying his intended to be evil past which he ultimately does in the end #but proto took from so many evil rival characters that it’s always fascinating to me how he shifts #even if Archie was the only time this arc got somewhat fleshed out it’s still compelling to think about #not to despite his brother being stronger he’s more advanced because he arguably is the first robot with free will #arguably he was more of a basis for X then rock #just light made sure X would turn out fine because proto ran away #probably why he didn’t give rock the same free will even if it would’ve made sense for his characterization #*rotating robots* GOD