Mega Man: Upon a Star, known in Japan as Rockman: Hoshi ni Negai o (????? ?????, lit. "Rockman: Wish Upon a Star"), is a Japanese anime original video animation (OVA) series produced by Ashi Productions (who also later worked on the American Mega Man cartoon in 1994) and based on the popular Capcom video game franchise Mega Man. Created in 1993, the series was presented by the Japan Center for Intercultural Communications. The OVA is viewed as a series of educational shorts on the culture of Japan. The first episode was intended to be a special episode of the Mega Man cartoon in production at the time, and used the voice actors they had cast for the cartoon at that time, but the cartoon's artstyle changed due to a big budget and the episode was shown as an after school special and in Japan on TV Tokyo. The rest was made in 1995 and didn't get dubbed until 2002, and never was available to the public until 2005, when it finally saw a VHS and DVD release in North America by ADV Films. This OVA is the first appearance of Yuuta and Akane. Though most sources claim the release was in 1993, this is somewhat debatable as the first episode clearly shows the re-designed Famicom AV in which Yuuta was playing Rockman 5, and the Famicom AV was not released until December 1993, and it was intended to be a part of the 1994 Mega Man cartoon as was noted above (the characters call Rockman "Mega Man" in Japanese as well.)
Video Mega Man: Upon a Star
Episode list
Maps Mega Man: Upon a Star
Original Japanese Cast
- Hekiru Shiina as Rockman, Hekideki
- Rie Iwatsubo as Yuuta Kobayashi, Yugi
- Yuri Shiratori as Akane Kobayashi, Koko Niyoko
- Sayuri Ikemoto as Mrs. Kobayashi, Yomoshi Asakura
- Kenichi Ono as Mr. Kobayashi
- Hiroshi Naka as Dr. Right
- Katsumi Suzuki as Eddie
- Kenichi Ogata as Dr. Wily
- Satomi K?rogi as Roll, Lily May
- Urara Takano as Blues, Horushu
- Wataru Takagi as Rush
English Dub Cast
- Brandon O'Bray as Yuuta Kobayashi (Ep. 1)
- Sean Amsing as Yuuta Kobayashi (Eps. 2-3)
- Gregory Smith as Mega Man (Ep. 1)
- Christopher Gray as Mega Man (Eps. 2-3)
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen as Proto Man
- Scott McNeil as Dr. Wily, Beat
- Andrea Libman as Roll, Yugi, Koko Niyoko
- Brent Chapman as Reporter
- Cathy Weseluck as Mrs. Kobayashi, Hekideki, Yomoshi Asakura
- Campbell Lane as Mr. Kobayashi
- David Kaye as Policeman/Teacher
- Jim Byrnes as Dr. Light
- Kathleen Barr as Mrs. Kobayashi, Horushu
- Kelly Sheridan as Akane Kobayashi, Lily May
- Paul Dobson as Eddie
- Terry Klassen as Rush/Newscaster
External links
- Information at the Mega Man Home Page
- Megaman: Upon a Star (OAV) (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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