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Another entry into my 'Kiryuku ' concept.

One of the oldest heroes of Kiryuku, to adequately describe Cosmos, would be to say "Astro Boy if put through the filter of both Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns".

His early career (as "Boy Cosmos") more or less mirrors that of his obvious inspiration, (to a degree) till his adopted father "Dr. Shiranui" died of old age. Giving the young robot boy his first taste of true loss. Then things in his life began to spiral out of control, ultimately culminating in his true 'father'/creator (Dr. Astro) going insane and attempting to replace humanity with his new 'children'.

Cosmos managed to put a halt to these plans, but not before losing his step-sister Galata to his crazed father's wrath, followed soon by said parent in the resulting battle. Needless to say, this left a traumatic impression on him. In the years that followed this dark night, Boy Cosmos began to gradually upgrade his body. He had come to realize that, despite all he's done... all that he's proven... people would still not take him seriously due to his child-like appearance. So as he added more upgrades to himself, he also began to make himself look more and more older as he went. For a while he attempted to replicate an actual growth/development cycle... but eventually stopped at about his current form twenty or so years later.

In that time, he's used his amazing knowledge and analytical skills to go into politics and civil service, this path eventually culminating in him becoming the Governor of the prefecture. Now simply known as 'Cosmos', or 'Elder Cosmos' by some, his responsibilities to his prefecture have taken priority over superheroics. Though will not hesitate to step into dire situations should he feel his presence needed. His stance on criminals has become VERY black-and-white since his 'childhood'. Talking "Mr. A and Rorschach" levels of Black-and-White.

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If this had become something similar to , Cosmos wouldn't exactly be someone I'd frequently use. He's more or less like a heroic counter to a character like, say, for example. He's meant to rarely get involved with heroics in the present day unless it passes a certain 'danger/damage threshold' or something to that nature/role.

Probably because he's quite possibly the most powerful hero I've made so far. Hell Astro Boy himself was already pretty Superman-esque to begin with, and Cosmos follows that type of example. And no, he doesn't have Machine Guns in his Butt.

Hope it looks, and sounds good.

Made these sprites using Capcom and SNK characters. For 'adult' Cosmos I used the upper torso and face of Zankuro from Samurai Shodown, mixed with arms of King Lion from the Savage Reign series, legs and suit from Urien of Street Fighter 3, and the boots of Maxima from King of Fighters. Took a bit of facial inspiration from King Vegeta, btw.

For 'Boy Cosmos', used Cecil (Phobos/Huitzil's human child companion from Darkstalkers) with the legs of MegaManX.

EDIT: Made some fixes to Boy Cosmos's sprite.

EDIT 2: Went and made a version for a more 'adolescent' version of Cosmos, when he was still upgrading and 'aging' himself. Used Monkey Boy from 'Martial Masters' as the main base, and added boots from Sigma, circa "Mega Man X5". Really tried to keep his appearance simple, looking more like a teenage Astro Boy than anything really 'drastic'. Hope it looks good.

Description
Another entry into my 'Kiryuku ' concept.

One of the oldest heroes of Kiryuku, to adequately describe Cosmos, would be to say "Astro Boy if put through the filter of both Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns".

His early career (as "Boy Cosmos") more or less mirrors that of his obvious inspiration, (to a degree) till his adopted father "Dr. Shiranui" died of old age. Giving the young robot boy his first taste of true loss. Then things in his life began to spiral out of control, ultimately culminating in his true 'father'/creator (Dr. Astro) going insane and attempting to replace humanity with his new 'children'.

Cosmos managed to put a halt to these plans, but not before losing his step-sister Galata to his crazed father's wrath, followed soon by said parent in the resulting battle. Needless to say, this left a traumatic impression on him. In the years that followed this dark night, Boy Cosmos began to gradually upgrade his body. He had come to realize that, despite all he's done... all that he's proven... people would still not take him seriously due to his child-like appearance. So as he added more upgrades to himself, he also began to make himself look more and more older as he went. For a while he attempted to replicate an actual growth/development cycle... but eventually stopped at about his current form twenty or so years later.

In that time, he's used his amazing knowledge and analytical skills to go into politics and civil service, this path eventually culminating in him becoming the Governor of the prefecture. Now simply known as 'Cosmos', or 'Elder Cosmos' by some, his responsibilities to his prefecture have taken priority over superheroics. Though will not hesitate to step into dire situations should he feel his presence needed. His stance on criminals has become VERY black-and-white since his 'childhood'. Talking "Mr. A and Rorschach" levels of Black-and-White.

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If this had become something similar to , Cosmos wouldn't exactly be someone I'd frequently use. He's more or less like a heroic counter to a character like, say, for example. He's meant to rarely get involved with heroics in the present day unless it passes a certain 'danger/damage threshold' or something to that nature/role.

Probably because he's quite possibly the most powerful hero I've made so far. Hell Astro Boy himself was already pretty Superman-esque to begin with, and Cosmos follows that type of example. And no, he doesn't have Machine Guns in his Butt.

Hope it looks, and sounds good.

Made these sprites using Capcom and SNK characters. For 'adult' Cosmos I used the upper torso and face of Zankuro from Samurai Shodown, mixed with arms of King Lion from the Savage Reign series, legs and suit from Urien of Street Fighter 3, and the boots of Maxima from King of Fighters. Took a bit of facial inspiration from King Vegeta, btw.

For 'Boy Cosmos', used Cecil (Phobos/Huitzil's human child companion from Darkstalkers) with the legs of MegaManX.

EDIT: Made some fixes to Boy Cosmos's sprite.

EDIT 2: Went and made a version for a more 'adolescent' version of Cosmos, when he was still upgrading and 'aging' himself. Used Monkey Boy from 'Martial Masters' as the main base, and added boots from Sigma, circa "Mega Man X5". Really tried to keep his appearance simple, looking more like a teenage Astro Boy than anything really 'drastic'. Hope it looks good.