Global InformationMegaMan NT Warrior information
| MegaMan NT Warrior | |
 North American logo of Megaman NT Warrior | |
| ロックマンエグゼ (Rokkuman Eguze) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryo Takamisaki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Volumes | 13 (2001–06) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Kyōko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo) Toshihiro Nakazawa |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Katsumi Horii |
| Studio | Xebec |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
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| Original run | March 4, 2002 – March 31, 2003 |
| Episodes | 56 |
| Anime television series | |
| Axess | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Yoshikazu Beniya Hidenori Miyazawa |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
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| Original run | October 4, 2003 – September 25, 2004 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Anime television series | |
| Stream | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Yoshikazu Beniya Hidenori Miyazawa |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 2, 2004 – September 24, 2005 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Anime film | |
| Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Hidenori Miyazawa |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Released | March 12, 2005 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Beast | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Takatoshi Chino (Animation) |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 1, 2005 – April 1, 2006 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Anime television series | |
| Beast+ | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Produced by | Takatoshi Chino (Animation) |
| Written by | Kenichi Araki |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi |
| Studio | Xebec |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006 |
| Episodes | 26 |
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 the upcoming Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, it was announced that both the Japanese and English dubs (with the first episode of Axess being available with English subtitles, due to unknown reasons) of the anime would be re-released onto the official YouTube channel until September 20.
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