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The Mike Toole Show - Reed All About It

I always disliked the Ruby Spears' Mega Man series, since the opening made it looked like a more exciting show than it actually was.I always figured the show was animated by a Japanese studio, even if the character designs were a bit too westernized compared to the games at the time.

I always disliked the Ruby Spears' Mega Man series, since the opening made it looked like a more exciting show than it actually was.

I've had the luck to see the original Chon Senshi Borgman, which, had actually at least one non Japanese release in one EU country (Italy). It was forbidden to sell it outside Italy though because at the time the series didn't even have a Japanese DVD release (recently it was released as a BD box including all the sequels and spinoff).
I think, despite its age, that is still a nice series. Despite adding some annoying side characters for younger audience there are some interesting choices. For example,

spoiler[in the end, the brother of one of the characters who was brainwashed into fighting against the Borgman never recovers and is killed still believing he is the "fake persona"]

Sadly none of the sequels (which is the US basically got) really managed to work well. Last Battle really was a mess, and Lover's Rain tried to inject drama over an event that had zero in the ending of the series. The "sequel", Borgman 2 was a 3 OAV affair that went nowhere.
Of all the "guy in armor" series of the period Ashi's Borgman is probably one of I like more, along with Shurato.