MegaMan NT Warrior

MegaMan NT Warrior
North American logo of Megaman NT Warrior
ロックマンエグゼ
(Rokkuman Eguze)
GenreAction, adventure, superhero, tech noir
Manga
Written byRyo Takamisaki
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicChildren
Volumes13 (2001–06) (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byKyōko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Toshihiro Nakazawa
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byKatsumi Horii
StudioXebec
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run March 4, 2002 – March 31, 2003
Episodes56 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Axess
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byYoshikazu Beniya
Hidenori Miyazawa
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byJunichi "IGAO" Igarashi
StudioXebec
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 4, 2003 – September 25, 2004
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Stream
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byYoshikazu Beniya
Hidenori Miyazawa
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byShuhei Naruse
Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
StudioXebec
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 2, 2004 – September 24, 2005
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byHidenori Miyazawa
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byShuhei Naruse
StudioXebec
ReleasedMarch 12, 2005
Runtime50 minutes
Anime television series
Beast
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byTakatoshi Chino (Animation)
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byShuhei Naruse
Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
StudioXebec
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 1, 2005 – April 1, 2006
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Beast+
Directed byTakao Kato
Produced byTakatoshi Chino (Animation)
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byShuhei Naruse
Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
StudioXebec
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006
Episodes26 (List of episodes)

MegaMan NT Warrior[a] is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network series by Capcom, both using the same name but heavily diverging from each other in terms of plot. The manga series was written by Ryo Takamisaki and ran in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic between 2001 and 2006, while the anime television series, produced by Xebec, Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, ran for five seasons on TV Tokyo in Japan between March 2002 and September 2006, reaching 209 episodes in total, as well as a feature film. Viz Media would license the series for distribution in North America, including all the main chapters of the manga between 2004 and 2008, while the anime would only have its first season and Axess aired on Kids' WB! from 2003 to 2005.

MegaMan NT Warrior takes place in an unspecified year of the 21st century ("200X") in which the internet has rapidly progressed and is now the driving force of everyday life. Users are able to interact with the internet using PErsonal Terminals (PETs) handhelds and Net Navigators, online avatars with special functionalities including the ability to delete Viruses using Battle Chips. NT Warrior focuses on Lan Hikari and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE in which they, alongside their friends attempt to stop the villain (initially the crime organization World Three, before diverging later on) from taking over or destroying the world. Both adaptations were commissioned alongside the first game's development to ensure the series' success.

MegaMan NT Warrior was a success; during its run, the anime drew high viewership in North America and Japan, while the manga adaptation would see monthly sales up to 1.5 million. In 2022, as part of promotion for Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, both the Japanese and English dubs (with the first episode of Axess being available with English subtitles, due to unknown reasons) of the anime were re-released onto the official YouTube channel until September 20.

  1. ^ "Fox Kids Europe adds two hot new properties, Megaman and Jacob two-two, to its programming portfolio". Jetix Europe. March 31, 2004. Archived from the original on July 26, 2004. Retrieved July 8, 2019.


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