MegaMan NT Warrior

MegaMan NT Warrior, known as Rockman.EXE (ロックマンエグゼ, Rokkuman Eguze) in Japan, is the first season of the Japanese anime series based on the Mega Man Battle Network series. It loosely covers the events of Mega Man Battle Network 1, 2, and 3, though it heavily diverges form the source material in terms of how events are played out when they happen (ie. the N1 Grand Prix, an event from BN3, happening before Gospel becomes a threat, the main antagonist organization of BN2). The series spawned four seasons, the first, Axess, was dubbed in English while Stream, Beast, and Beast+, as well as a movie, Hikari to Yami no Program, set during Stream, only aired in Japan.

The series would later be succeeded by MegaMan Star Force, set 200 years in the future, which spawned a second season that only aired in Japan, Ryuusei no Rockman Tribe.

Music

Opening Theme:

1. Rockman no Theme - Kaze wo Tsukinukete (ロックマンのテーマ〜風を突き抜けて〜) by Hashimoto Jin

Ending Theme:

1. "Piece of Peace" by MIKA (episodes 1-25)
2. "Begin the Try" by Shoutaro Morikubo (episodes 26-56)

List of episodes

Cast

Note: Some characters have different names between the games and anime. For instance, FireMan and ColorMan are named TorchMan and WackoMan in the anime.

Broadcasters who transmitted

Japan: TV Tokyo

USA: Kids' WB and Toonami Jetstream

Canada: TELETOON

United Kingdom: Jetix

Latin America and Brazil: Jetix and Rede Globo (Brazilian broadcast)

Portugal: SIC and Canal Panda

Hungary: A+ and RTL Klub

Poland: Jetix

DVD releases

English releases

The first six volumes were also released in VHS.

	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 1: Jack In!
	Dub episodes	1-4
	Release date
	Cover characters	Lan and MegaMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 2: Log On!
	Dub episodes	5-8
	Release date
	Cover characters	Maylu and Roll.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 3: Power Up!
	Dub episodes	9-12
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and GutsMan
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 4: Download!
	Dub episodes	13-16
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and TorchMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 5: N1 Grand Prix!
	Dub episodes	17-20
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and ProtoMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 6: Upgrade!
	Dub episodes	21-24
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and PharaohMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 7: NetCity!
	Dub episodes	25-28
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and MagnetMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 8: DenTech Troubles!
	Dub episodes	29-32
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and FreezeMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 9: BattleChip In!
	Dub episodes	33-36
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and KnightMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 10: Grave Warning!
	Dub episodes	37-40
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and Bass.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 11: Virus Busters!
	Dub episodes	41-44
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and Gospel.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 12: NetBattle!
	Dub episodes	45-48
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan and ElecMan.
	MegaMan NT Warrior Volume 13: CyberClash!
	Dub episodes	49-52
	Release date
	Cover characters	MegaMan, Roll, GutsMan, Glyde, ProtoMan, and IceMan.

Japanese releases

DVD	VHS	Details
		Rockman.EXE First Area 01
		Episodes	1-2
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	MegaMan and Lan
		Rockman.EXE First Area 02
		Episodes	3-5
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	Roll and Maylu
		Rockman.EXE First Area 03
		Episodes	6-8
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	GutsMan and Dex
		Rockman.EXE First Area 04
		Episodes	9-11
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	ProtoMan and Chaud
		Rockman.EXE First Area 05
		Episodes	12-14
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	Glide and Yai
		Rockman.EXE First Area 06
		Episodes	15-17
		Release date	2002
		Cover characters	NumberMan and Higsby
		Rockman.EXE First Area 07
		Episodes	18-20
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	SharkMan and Commander Beef
		Rockman.EXE First Area 08
		Episodes	21-23
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	WoodMan and Sal
		Rockman.EXE First Area 09
		Episodes	24-26
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	SkullMan and Miyu
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 01
		Episodes	27-29
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan and his friends
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 02
		Episodes	30-32
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, ProtoMan, Lan and Chaud
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 03
		Episodes	33-35
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, Roll, Lan and Maylu
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 04
		Episodes	36-38
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, GutsMan, Lan and Dex
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 05
		Episodes	39-41
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, Glide, Lan and Yai
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 06
		Episodes	42-44
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, IceMan, Lan and Tory
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 07
		Episodes	45-47
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, NumberMan, Lan and Higsby
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 08
		Episodes	48-50
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, SharkMan, Lan and Commander Beef
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 09
		Episodes	51-53
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, WoodMan, Lan and Sal
		Rockman.EXE Second Area 10
		Episodes	54-56
		Release date	2003
		Cover characters	MegaMan, SkullMan, Lan and Miyu

Trivia

• The dub episodes 18 "There's no "I" in Team (Part 2)" and 30 "Crimson Flash!" are absent in the anime's English official site, leaving it with 50 episodes and making the numbering of the dub episodes from episode 18 and onward wrong.
• GutsMan's dubbed voice actor, Scott McNeil, has actually done voice work for the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon where he voiced Proto Man, Dr. Wily, and Eddie.
• The letters "NT" in the anime's title stand for "Network Transmission".
• Although the anime follows the plot of the game in few aspects, most part of the time making it's own plot, one of the most remarkable differences is the fact the world is refered with it's real geography. Electopia is refered as Japan, Netopia as Europe and so on and on. This trait is shared with the follow up Megaman Star Force anime series, while the game also uses the same names the game uses for countries and cities.

See also

• MegaMan NT Warrior Axess
• Rockman.EXE Stream
• Rockman.EXE Beast
• Rockman.EXE Beast+
• Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program

External links

• MegaMan NT Warrior official website (archive)
• MegaMan NT Warrior at VizMedia
• Rockman.EXE official website at TV Tokyo
• Rockman.EXE History of Animation at ShoPro
• MegaMan NT Warrior at Anime News Network
• Rockman.EXE Online