Toonman - Sakuga (Patreon)

Alright, here's the fully completed design for our newest Toonman character, an anime cartoon ally called Sakuga.

The premier anime protagonist in the NRGVerse whose popularity rivals Solman’s. His series tells the story of a samurai’s disgrace who is transformed into an oni demon and travels feudal Japan as a wandering ronin seeking redemption while battling warlords, ninjas, monsters and more. Despite being one of the main protagonist cartoons who defends Toontopia, Onikage has long held prejudice against western cartoons, viewing many of them as idiots without honor. He especially regarded Toonman for this, blaming both him and Simon Says for the suffering of Toons after they both accidentally caused the release of Helvira, despite joining up with the initial Toon Force team out of depth to Toonman for saving his life. Eventually, however, he comes to regard Toonman with great respect and slowly begins to let go of his prejudice. Eventually leaves Toonforce to join the Rising Sons Superhero team in Japan, becoming Toonman’s equal as a cartoon hero, where he takes the superhero name of "Sakuga".

Yep, so Toonman now has another cartoon ally who is of the Anime variety. Honestly, I've long to give Toonman an anime cartoon character in his series for a while now, but originally all my ideas have been for villains. Ultimately I could never make that work without bringing cultural wars into it, so instead I decided to make him an ally to Toonman instead, feeling that would make the character much stronger rather than being a villain. But his relationship with Toonman is someone antagonistic in the beginning, if only one sided due to his prejudice towards Western Cartoons. Easter Cartoons vs. Western Cartoons is something I want to eventually explore in Toonman's series, and it will be interesting to do so with these two working side by side. But yeah, Onikage/Sakuga is the premier Anime cartoon character in NRGVerse. He's essentially the Goku to Solman's Superman, but it's ironic given that the inspirations for his character were inspired by Anime shows such as Naruto, Bleach and Demon Hunter. Like many cartoons, he has multiple power levels that can make him an omega-level threat, but thankfully he's wise enough to keep it in check for the sake of the people he protects.

Big shout out to our Artist David for his incredible Design work on NRG's first anime cartoon! Let us know what you think with a comment below!

Toonman: The Animated Ace © NRG Comics

Art and Design by David Velasquez