MegaMan NT Warrior

MegaMan NT Warrior (Full Name: MegaMan Net Transmission Warrior), known as Rockman EXE (ロックマンエグゼ Rokkuman EGEZE) in Japan, is an anime and manga series based on the MegaMan Battle Network series of video games. It has spawned two sequels, Rockman.EXE Axess and Rockman.EXE Stream.

Related Topics:
Japan - Anime - Manga - MegaMan Battle Network - Video games

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The manga is made by Ryo Takamisaki. The manga in Japan is serialized in Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics. The anime in Japan is aired on TV Tokyo. The manga is published in English by VIZ Media and retains its right to left format. The anime, licensed by VIZ Media (formerly by ShoPro Entertainment), is shown on Kids WB in the United States and Teletoon in Canada.

Related Topics:
Ryo Takamisaki - Shogakukan - Coro Coro Comics - TV Tokyo - English - VIZ Media - Kids WB - United States - Teletoon - Canada

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The series has also spawned a feature-length film, taking place within the Stream storyline. The movie was shown together with the Duel Masters feature-length film as part of a double-billing. Although the two films are independent of each other, promotional material for the double bill seemed to indicate a fictional crossover between the two series. There are no plans to release an English version of the film.

Related Topics:
Film - Duel Masters - Fictional crossover

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The English adaptation, like many English adaptations of other anime series, has edits due to Americanization and the shifting of the target demographic towards a younger audience. Among one of the more notable edits made were the editing out of words such as "fire", "bomb", and "napalm" (not "flame" or "flare"), which were thought to be inappropriate for younger viewers, which led to the change in names for FireMan, BombMan, and NapalmMan for the anime (it is to be noted, however, that the original names were retained in the English games). Other inconsistencies between the English game and anime resulted from similarities in name to American superhero characters: an example is AquaMan becoming SpoutMan in the English anime to avoid confusion with the DC Comics superhero of the same name. Curiously, subsequent airings of the same episode reveal that some of the original edits were changed back - most notably, the FireTower BattleChip being originally edited to "FlameTower" and subsequently back to "FireTower".

Related Topics:
Americanization - DC Comics - The same name - BattleChip

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As with the WB's other previous and current dubbed series (such as Pokémon and Cardcaptors), some episodes were aired out of order, edited together, or skipped entirely, although this phenomenon only occurs in the United States - viewers elsewhere saw the series in its entirety in the correct order. The show is slated to be released on DVD, but in edited format only. The English manga names match the English anime names.

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Pokémon - Cardcaptors - DVD

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One of the more humorous aspects of Rockman.exe's dub is the fact that 4Kids Entertainment (a company infamous for Americanizing various shows) are often accused of producing the dub. Whilst the series does share some of the trappings of 4Kids' dubs (ie: Edits, out of order episodes, weapon edits, etc.) the show was produced by Viz Media.

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4Kids Entertainment - Viz Media

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On October 2003, Rockman.EXE Axess aired on TV Tokyo. The sequel, Rockman.EXE Stream, aired on October 2004. MegaMan NT Warrior: Axess aired in January 2005 in the US and April 2005 in Canada.

Related Topics:
October 2003 - Rockman.EXE Axess - Sequel - October 2004 - January 2005 - April 2005

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