Don’t think for a second Mega Man’s influence lies only in anime and comics. A Tennessee rock group called The Protomen has been performing various “rock operas” inspired loosely by the Mega Man series and other video game franchises. Similarly, the nerdcore rapper known as Mega Ran built quite the following after releasing a tribute album to Mega Man in 2007. The album earned the rapper, Raheem Jameel Jarbo, a licensing agreement with Capcom. He’s since released a second Mega Man tribute album in 2009, in honor of Mega Man 9.
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