MegaMan NT Warrior: Axess

Japanese logo of the anime.

MegaMan NT Warrior Axess, known as Rockman.EXE Axess in Japan, is the second season in the MegaMan NT Warrior anime series. It borrows story elements from Mega Man Battle Network 3 and Mega Man Battle Network 4, but has its own original story. It was followed by Rockman.EXE Stream, where the series only aired in Japan from then on. Axess aired in Japan from October 4, 2003 to September 25, 2004.

In America, the series aired similarly to the first two seasons: sporadically and out-of-order, running from February 28 through September 10, 2005, before abruptly disappearing after 35 episodes, ending on episode 22 (aired out of order). The series returned three months later, airing another ten episodes (having skipped six episodes throughout its run) and concluding the season at 45 episodes. After this, the dubbed version of the series was cancelled altogether.

Plot

Taking place a few months after MegaMan NT Warrior, Lan Hikari and his friends fight against the mysterious Nebula and ShadeMan.EXE’s Darkloids as SciLab attempts to find a way to create Cross Fusion. They are initially unsuccessful until they manage to capture a dimensional area converter, and Lan and MegaMan at first are the only ones who can Cross Fuse, though later Chaud Blaze and ProtoMan.EXE gain the ability to Cross Fuse as well, and the two fight the Darkloids in the cyber world and the real world. MegaMan also gains the ability to use Double Soul, which lets MegaMan combine with another Navi gain their powers.

ShadeMan and the Darkloids are the primary antagonists in the anime, with Nebula acting behind the scenes, eventually becoming the main antagonists for the second half of the series.

Characters

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Main Cast

• Lan Hikari
  • MegaMan.EXE
• Mayliu Sakurai
  • Roll.EXE
• Chaud Blaze
  • ProtoMan.EXE

Minor and Supporting Characters

• Keifer
• Manuela
• Gorou Misaki
  • PrismMan.EXE
• Anetta
  • Silk.EXE
• Tamako Shiraizumi
  • HeavyMetalMan.EXE
• Shuko Kido
  • SpoutMan.EXE
• Raika
  • SearchMan.EXE
• Ran Igarashi
  • WindMan.EXE
• Tensuke
  • TopMan.EXE
• Kosuke
• MistMan.EXE
• JunkDataMan.EXE
• Shuuseki Ijuuin
• Other characters

Antagonists

Darkloids

• ShadeMan.EXE
• SavageMan.EXE
• BubbleMan.EXE
• FlashMan.EXE
• BowlMan.EXE
• PlantMan.EXE
• BurnerMan.EXE
• DesertMan.EXE
• VideoMan.EXE
• GravityMan.EXE
• SparkMan.EXE
• ColdMan.EXE
• SwordMan.EXE
• BrightMan.EXE
• StarMan.EXE

Nebula

• Dr. Regal
  • LaserMan.EXE
• Ms. Yuri
  • SpikeMan.EXE

Other antagonists

• Bass.EXE
  • Allegro

List of episodes

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1. Cross Fusion!
2. NetCity No More!
3. Bubble Trouble!
4. DoubleSoul!
5. Metal Hot Spring! Ow It's Hot!
6. A Dangerous Bowling Game!
7. The CyberGarden of Doom!
8. Friendship in the Mirror
9. Dex Returns!
10. Threat of the DarkChips!
11. The Unsafe Safe!
12. Code of Conduct
13. CrossFusion for All!
14. The Purloined Princess!
15. The Incredible Guts!
16. It's All How You Look at It!
17. SavageMan Returns!
18. The Man from Sharo
19. SearchSoul!
20. Dark Secret
21. ShadeMan's Ambition
22. BubbleMan's Plan
23. The Super Power of Shiver
24. Magma Battle
25. VideoMan Returns!
26. Anetta's Revenge
27. Nebula's Secret Base
28. Wavering Heart
29. Chaud VS ProtoMan
30. SpoutMan's New Hero!
31. Space Junk!
32. Commander Beef Returns!
33. The BattleChip Gate
34. Wanted: PrismMan
35. Nebula's Great Invasion!
36. The New PET
37. Mysterious Masked Navi
38. Flying to Shiisaa Island
39. Go to Hell by Train?!
40. Underground Hero
41. Allegro
42. Meiru's First Date
43. Top and Grandchild
44. MistMan's Tower
45. Rush Runs Away
46. The Great NetPolice Battle!
47. Get Dr. Regal!
48. Ms. Yuri's Mission
49. ProtoMan Returns
50. Dark VS Dark
51. Dr. Regal’s Rampage

Music

• Opening Theme: "二つの未来 (Futatsu no Mirai; Two Futures)" by Michihiro Kuroda

• Ending Theme: "光とどく場所 (Hikari Todoku Basho; The Place Where Light Reaches)" by Kumiko Higa & Akiko Kimura

DVD release

Despite having been dubbed to completion, MegaMan NT Warrior Axess did not receive any home media releases in any territories, though the Japanese version was released in Japan in 17 volumes of 2-3 episodes each between 2004 and 2005.

Gallery

MegaMan.EXE Proto Soul eye catch.

MegaMan.EXE Aqua Soul eye catch

Guts Soul eye catch.

Metal Soul eye catch.

Search Soul eye catch.

External links

• Rockman.EXE Axess webpage

Trivia

• NT Warrior Axess is believed to have cancelled the further dubbing of the Rockman.EXE anime series into the West due to, among falling viewership of the Kids' WB block into the mid 2000s, censorship of various scenes believed to be too "graphic" or "inappropriate" for Western audiences, and changes to the soundtrack. Alternately, a rising sentiment in the growing and thriving anime fan community around this time outright shunned dubbing and licensing companies that engaged in censorship and the alteration of original material; one such company that gained infamy from this was that of 4Kids Entertainment, who had previously done dubbing and changes to the Pokemon anime and held a programming block on other nationwide basic branch channels such as UPN that inadvertently showcased their work.