MegaMan NT Warrior

MegaMan NT Warrior
North American logo of Megaman NT Warrior
ロックマンエグゼ (Rokkuman Eguze)
Genre	Adventure, Science fiction
Manga
Written by	Ryo Takamisaki
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA Viz Media UK Viz Media
Demographic	Children
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Original run	2001 – 2006
Volumes	13 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Ken'ichi Araki
Studio	Xebec
Licensed by	AUS Magna Pacific NA Viz Media UK Viz Media
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	AU Network Ten CA Teletoon UK Jetix US Kids' WB, Toonami Jetstream
Original run	March 4, 2002 – March 31, 2003
Episodes	56 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Axess
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Ken'ichi Araki
Music by	Gordon McGhie
Studio	Xebec
Licensed by	AUS Magna Pacific NA Viz Media UK Viz Media
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	AUS Network Ten, Cartoon Network CA Teletoon UK Jetix, Boomerang US Kids' WB, Toonami Jetstream
Original run	October 4, 2003 – September 25, 2004
Episodes	51 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Stream
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Ken'ichi Araki
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 2, 2004 – September 24, 2005
Episodes	51 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program
Directed by	Takao Kato
Music by	Shuhei Naruse
Studio	Xebec
Released	March 12, 2005
Runtime	50 minutes
Anime television series
Beast
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Ken'ichi Araki
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 1, 2005 – April 1, 2006
Episodes	25 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Beast+
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Ken'ichi Araki
Studio	Xebec
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

MegaMan NT Warrior, known in Japan as Rockman.EXE (ロックマンエグゼ, Rokkuman Eguze^?), is an anime and manga series based on Capcom's Mega Man Battle Network video game series, part of the Mega Man franchise. The manga series was written by Ryo Takamisaki and ran in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic between 2001 and 2006. The anime series, produced by Xebec, ran for five seasons on TV Tokyo in Japan between March 2002 and September 2006, reaching 209 episodes in total. Viz Media produced English-language versions of the manga and licensed the first two seasons of the anime. Despite the common ground, the stories of the game, anime, and manga versions of the Battle Network series all diverge heavily from each other.

The series focuses on Lan Hikari and his NetNavi, MegaMan.EXE as they build their friendship while dealing with threats from various NetCrime organizations. Along with Lan are friends Maylu Sakurai, Dex Ogreon, Yai Ayano, Tory Froid, and their respective Navis: Roll, GutsMan, Glide, IceMan. Although the series originally remains fairly close to the games in terms of storyline, it begins to diverge greatly partway into the series. For example, there is no evidence showing that Lan and MegaMan were twin brothers in the anime, unlike in the games where it is revealed near the end of the first Battle Network game.