The Rockman EXE (ロックマンエグゼ, Rokkuman Eguze) television anime series, known in North America as MegaMan NT Warrior, is produced by Xebec.
It is composed of five series and a feature film, Rockman EXE the Movie: Program of Light and Dark.
The first series began airing on March 4, 2002 in Japan, with the fifth series concluding on September 30, 2006, totaling 209 episodes.
EXE and Axess were adapted in English by Viz Media and aired on Kids' WB in the United States, beginning May 17, 2003.
The episode releases in Japan are vastly different from the English ones in both aesthetics and content.
The Japanese volumes are also released in two not-for-sale "rental" formats, DVD and a VHS, but with identical contents.
These versions have slightly different box designs.
The first six volumes were also released in VHS format; however, they only contained three episodes each (skipping the fourth episode that appeared on the DVDs).
Presumably, the VHS versions stopped releasing due to poor sales.
The DVDs were originally released somewhat sporadically, but since Volume 5, a new volume had been released every January, April, July, and October in a tri-monthly pattern.
The Japanese DVDs typically contain the episodes themselves with occasional bonus material (such as clean intro sequences or special trailers), as well as (in some cases) promotional merchandise (like wristbands or playing cards).
The English DVDs only provide the English-dubbed and edited episodes with optional Spanish voice-track, and they all come with the same bonus features (trailers of Mega Man Battle Network video games or promotional screens for merchandise).
They also come with occasional promotional merchandise (like Battle Chips for the PET toys).
Additionally, the episodes featured are the Canadian versions; in certain instances, the versions that aired on Kids' WB in the United States were heavily altered (including the combination of certain episodes into one) or were not aired at all.
The 50-minute feature film, Rockman EXE the Movie: Program of Light and Dark, also received a DVD release on September 21, 2005, in Japan.
[28] The DVD includes a trailer for the sixth video game, a teaser for the fourth anime series (Beast), and a BassCross E-Reader card for use on Mega Man Battle Network 5.
The DVD does not include the Duel Masters movie (which premiered in theaters as a double-feature alongside the film).
The episodes included go by the English version's numbering.
VHS releases only include the first six volumes, and they only contain the first three episodes from their DVD counterparts (so every fourth episode was missing in the VHS releases).
"Wacky Madness & Blazing Battles!
"Wacky Madness & Blazing Battles!
"DenTech City's Deep Freeze!"
"Don't Mess with Mama Zap!"