MZD has a couple cameos in the animations of other playable characters in pop'n. Often times, he is wearing an outfit totally unique to that animation.
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In Mary's WIN animations, MZD is seen chilling with her and Judy. It seems like MZD is placed slightly differently between 1P and 2P. Another error is that the chair MZD 1P is sitting on is colored brown when it should be white like the rest of the chair. Compare to the pink chair in 2P, which is colored correctly.
MZD also cameos in ?'s FEVER WIN. By the way, those gifs have their own pages here (1P) and here (2P). The outfit he's wearing seems to be a variant of his 15 outfit, just shortsleeved. Also interestingly, 1P ? features MZD with a palette similar to his in ANTHEM TRANCE REMIX—while in 2P his palette is more like his original, with brown hair, though the color of the clothing does not match any existing palette, AND his ring appears to be black. What gives!! Although the choices are probably due to aesthetics and are ultimately arbitary, as someone who enjoys 2P interacting with 1P it makes me want to think, lol...
In pop'n 16 PARTY, Rie's WIN animation, the final frame is of a corkboard with many photos and clippings. A picture of MZD with Miminyami is on it. The writing on the photo reads, "Party party!! Yayyy!!" This asset is notably larger than what would fit in-game, so it was shrunk down. Enjoy it in it's original size, all the details are neat. ♥ I may have .gifs later.
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In Nova's FEVER WIN animations, Nova is showing MZD his celestial abilities. Not much to say, but i super duper love this outfit in particular. It's so comfy and plus it's green, while 2P is pink! good colors on M...
In cup-kun's FEVER animation, cup-kun is passed onto MZD from Nina, who had it passed to her from Reo and Sugi. "Have a break!"
cup-kun's OJAMA also features the same animation, with an extra frame where MZD passes cup-kun onward to Reo, starting the loop (i'll hopefully have the gif for you all ♥).
In Rasis' WIN animation, MZD is confronting Sekishi Soul (a character from SOUND VOLTEX, like Rasis). Prior to Soul's official debut & naming, many fans likened him to MZD based on the jacket artwork for "SOUL EXPLOSION" and "VISION". This animation is likely in reference to this.
While on this topic, it's worth noting that MZD, Murakumo version, appears in the jacket art for "少年は空を辿る Prog Piano Remix" in SDVX II. Along side him are both Soul and Aosame Rain, appearing as young children. big brother M mode (':
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MZD cameos once again in ?'s new animations for Usaneko, FEVER and WIN (same exact animation is used for both normal WIN and FEVER WIN). And as expected, I have individual pages for these here (1P) and here (2P). I have to edit together the sprite assets to show M and ? doing their lil bump thing, but for now i zzz.
MZD can be found in these lil movies that play during specific songs, in place of the usual reactive character animations.
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pop'n Xmas: in pop'n 10 CS there was a xmas song, then a similar one in pop'n 12 AC (
Frames from this movie animation was also shown on the former official websites in the pop'n peace pages.
pop'n dream: in pop'n 16 PARTY, the ending song features MZD at the very end, his shadow carrying a blanket over to a snoozing Miminyami, as he watches over them. "Hush-a-bye, sweet children."
EPILOGUE: in pop'n 20 fantasia, the ending song features MZD at the very end, once again, as a pixelly boy. Sort of blink and you'll miss it, as he teleports in and out.
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pop'n 22 Lapistoria, Harmonia: MZD is seen chillin with a red lapis and whatnot. It's the same scene as the official animated trailer for Lapistoria, but in the original pop'n style.
Anelis: the frames used to animate MZD in this movie are the same found in his own player sprite for Lapistoria (see here), save for two new assets exclusive to this movie. A new frame shows larger, slightly more detailed view of MZD, who has his hand extended. A red lapis appears in his palm while the camera zooms in during the scene change. Because of how the assets are zoomed and stretched in the animation, I made the sprite you see making a guess at what looks best, lol.
These two songs serve as the "opening" and "ending", respectively, for Lapistoria, playing into the animated series parody.
Other instances MZD can be found during song play, in the background and miss animation here!
currently do not have the miss image itself, while i do not have a gif example of the bg image for GLORIA.
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normally i would put the still images here, lol.