Rockman.EXE (2002) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set in a near-future world where digital networks are seamlessly integrated into daily life, the story follows Netto Hikari as he navigates his first year of elementary school. His life is profoundly changed by the arrival of Rockman, a personalized net navi who becomes his constant companion and sparring partner. The series explores the evolving relationship between a boy and his digital entity, highlighting themes of friendship, responsibility, and the burgeoning world of online competition known as "Net Battles."

Rockman's pragmatic nature often contrasts with Netto’s youthful exuberance, leading to humorous and insightful interactions. The narrative depicts a society where these virtual partnerships are commonplace, influencing social dynamics and personal growth. The anime offers a glimpse into a world where the boundaries between the physical and digital realms are increasingly blurred, presenting a unique perspective on childhood and connection in a technologically advanced age.

Characters:

Blues.EXE (Main) - Voice Actors: Kaye, David, Matsukaze, Masaya, Schmidt-Foß, Gerrit, Fagundes, Vagner, Varga, Rókus, Mendoza, Ricardo, Hyeon, Gyeng Su, Tiberi, Alessandro, Navarro Torelló, Juan, Gimeno, Manuel
GutsMan.EXE (Main) - Voice Actors: Shimoyama, Yoshimitsu, Amajones, Affonso, Pyo, Yeong Jae, Draghetti, Roberto, Krohm, Uli, Tinoco, Juan Carlos, McNeil, Scott, Dubernat, Bruno, Belda, Francesc
Hikari, Netto (Main) - Voice Actors: Swaile, Brad, Higa, Kumiko, Fortuny, Enzo, Turba, David, Molnár, Levente, Doduk, Alex, Vanni, Alessandro, Castro, Júlia, Lecordier, Brigitte, Trifol Segarra, Albert
Ijuuin, Enzan (Main) - Voice Actors: Saiga, Mitsuki, Switzer, Bill, Schulz, Sebastian, Steiner, Kristóf, Lee, Gye Yun, Nissolino, Alessio, Bezerra, Wendel, Crouzet, Vincent, Gómez, Héctor Emmanuel
Oyama, Dekao (Main) - Voice Actors: Sampson, Tony, Numata, Yusuke, Carrero, José María, Vivio, Paolo, Leite, Roberto, Rönfeldt, Jan-David, Le Madic, Yann, Daayán, Irwin, Ramirez, Luis Daniel, Gimeno, Manuel
Rockman.EXE (Main) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Akiko, Francis, Andrew, Lucindo, Fábio, Crescentini, Stefano, Torres, Diana, Lee, Ji Yeong, Collé, Marcel, Josso, Fabrice, Ramos, Gabriel
Roll.EXE (Main) - Voice Actors: Zann, Lenore, Mari, Valentina, Jou, Masako, Bullara, Fernanda, Kim, Seon Hye, Leroux, Marianne, Torres, América, Insausti, Jaione, Hugo, Uschi, Alexander, Sharon, Valencia, Miriam
Sakurai, Meiru (Main) - Voice Actors: Mizuhashi, Kaori, Ciampa, Letizia, Molnár, Ilona, Yeo, Min Jeong, Noya, Fátima, Sáinz, Marta, Sacquet, Laurence, Wilson, Brittney, Otto, Ilona, Luna, Circe
AirMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu, New, Peter
Aki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nogawa, Sakura, Torres, Diana, Garcia, Melissa, Shoichet, Rebecca, Kaps, Susanne, Donati, Gemma
Aragoma, Torakichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Onosaka, Masaya, Hernández, Carlos, Abell, Alistair
Ayanokouji, Yaito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Loewen, Jocelyne, Yoshino, Hinako, Santos, Angélica, Han, Chae Eon, Naor, Shira, Frenz, Victoria, Garijo, Alexandra, Liberatori, Perla
Bolt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umezu, Hideyuki, Kaye, David
BombMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ugaki, Hidenari, Harrison, Nick, Ornelas, Jorge
BreakMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsubayashi, Daiki, Brown, Don, Ivars, Luis Vicente
ColoredMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji, Toth, Andrew, Sáinz, Marta, Baldini, Nanni, Schaale, Gerald, Fagundes, Vagner, Kayser, Jean-Luc
CutMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shibahara, Chiyako, McNeil, Scott, Goirizelaia, Juan Martín, Manfredi, Aliquò, Ishimura, Tomoko, Kobayashi, Kei, Watanabe, Kumiko, Matoi, Kaori, Ito, Hiroshi
Deep Gray (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Tsuyoshi
Dingo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Mayumi
Dr. Froid (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Takuma, Drummond, Brian
Dr. Wily (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Montalban, Jean-Claude, Chávez, Gabriel, Chou, Katsumi, Dobson, Paul, Biagioni, Dante, Kästner, Thomas, de Moraes, Luiz Carlos
DrillMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katougi, Satoshi, Devall, Trevor
Eguchi, Meijin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Kleter, Gilad, Rufino, Sérgio, Schröder, Frank, Holmes, Jonathan, Goirizelaia, Juan Martín, Ivars, Luis Vicente
ElecMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Chihiro, Morrow, Kirby, Fritzsche, Rainer, Meoni, Francesco, Guetat, Nessym, Mercado, Arturo, Carrero, José María, Marconato, Alexandre
Electel, Jack (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyake, Kenta, Murdock, Colin, Kayser, Jean-Luc, Ballesteros, Leopoldo, Rivera, Rafael, Völger, Bernhard, Rocha, Roberto, Lodolo, Massimo
Electel, Tesla (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nozawa, Masako, Hyatt, Pamela
FireMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katougi, Satoshi, Douglas, Ross, Ramos, Gabriel, Campos, Marcelo, Loddi, Loris, Scheunemann, Reinhard, Yosefsberg, Yoram, Montalban, Jean-Claude, Ghigliazza, Miguel Ángel
Forte.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hill, Matt, Nemoto, Keiko, Lepore, Davide, Podio, Carmen
FreezeMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Soichiro, Oliver, Mark, Ballesteros, Leopoldo, Siebeck, Oliver
Glide.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cole, Ted, Kawazu, Yasuhiko, Előd, Álmos, Marconato, Alexandre, Feld, Oliver, Pallini, Enrico, Guetat, Nessym
Gospel Leader (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Noriko, Minagawa, Junko, Weseluck, Cathy, Carrero, José María, Crisari, Simone, Kahnmeyer, Robin, Andreatto, Rodrigo
Hatto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugiyama, Ikumi, Francis, Andrew
Hayami, Daisuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikubo, Shoutarou, Morrow, Kirby
Hazuki, Yui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Nanae
HeatMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Futamata, Issei, Andres, Jan, Drummond, Brian, Goirizelaia, Juan Martín
Heimlich (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Devall, Trevor
Higure, Yamitaro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji, Reichmann, Olaf, Tockar, Lee, Faliu, Serge, Rocha, Roberto, Ivars, Luis Vicente, Mannella, Franco
Hikari, Haruka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Jou, Masako, Oliver, Nicole, Pissardini, Adriana, Paolelli, Rachele, Könning, Schaukje
Hikari, Yuuichirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Adamthwaite, Michael, Kawashima, Tokuyoshi, Strempler, Christian, Ballesteros, Leopoldo, Kleter, Gilad, Wolff, Thomas, Flores, Óscar, Guarnieri, José Otávio, Prando, Francesco
Hikawa, Tooru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Kumiko, Hollwitz, Fabian, Berkes, Bence, Vigier, Geoffrey, Keplmair, Thiago, Thompson, Reece, Castagna, Jacopo
Hino, Kennichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki, Devall, Trevor, Nathan, David, Dumond, Philippe, Coria, Armando, Baldini, Nanni, Guarnieri, José Otávio
Hoshida, Kyuuma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Kazuhiro
Hoshida, Kyuuta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishimura, Tomoko
IceMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noda, Junko, Vincent, Samuel, Morgenstern, Tommy, Seder, Gábor, Carrero, José María, Vidale, Fabrizio, Bezerra, Wendel, D'Aguillón Jr., Pedro, Eguileor, Ana Begoña
Iroaya, Madoi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noda, Junko, St. Germain, Tabitha, Simonyi, Piroska, Villasenor, Monica, Quinto, Letícia, Sacquet, Laurence, D'Amico, Domitilla, Sturm, Victoria, Podio, Carmen
Kazefuki, Arashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu, Dobson, Brian, Rollo, Alfredo
Kid Grave (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Noriko, Weseluck, Cathy
KingMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakai, Keikou, McNeil, Scott
Kiryuuin, Sakurako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasamoto, Yuuko
KnightMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Jin, Deininger, Tom, Roberts, Russell
Kotohiro, Saburou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuchiya, Toshihide
Kuroi, Miyuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hyo-sei, Cummer, Anna, Agudo, Pepa, Leroux, Marianne, Calò, Daniela, Bonalana, Ranja, Baroli, Luciana, Eguileor, Ana Begoña, Barba, Liliana, Estrada, Marta
LeagueMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyake, Kenta
MagicMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki, Dobson, Paul, Choi, Han, Loddi, Loris, Hosang, Andreas
MagnetMan.EXE (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kouno, Tomoyuki, Dobson, Michael, Lozano, Juan Carlos, Ballesteros, Leopoldo, Lutter, Axel
... and 35 more characters

Staff:

Kobayashi, Noriko (Producer)
Kato, Takao (Director, Script, Storyboard)
Aketagawa, Jin (Sound Director)
Abe, Masashi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Fujimoto, Yoshitaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Katagai, Shin (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kimura, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kusaka, Naoyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Okada, Takahiro (Episode Director)
Ootsuki, Atsushi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takada, Jun (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tsukushi, Daisuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ushigusa, Takeshi (Episode Director)
Amiya, Masaharu (Script)
Arakawa, Naruhisa (Script)
Araki, Kenichi (Script, Series Composition)
Blum, Steven (Script)
Hasegawa, Keiichi (Script)
Marukawa, Naoko (Script)
Sekijima, Mayori (Script)
Yamada, Kenichi (Script)
Kikuchi, Kazuhito (Storyboard)
Miyahara, Shuuji (Storyboard)
Murayama, Kiyoshi (Storyboard)
Terahigashi, Katsumi (Storyboard)
Andou, Takahiro (Theme Song Arrangement)
Jou, Masako (Theme Song Performance)
MIKA (Theme Song Performance)
Morikubo, Shoutarou (Theme Song Performance)
Nogawa, Sakura (Theme Song Performance)
Tsuji, Yo (Theme Song Composition)
Asano, Kyouji (Key Animation)
Campos, Marcelo (ADR Director)
Capcom (Original Creator)
Chikaoka, Sunao (In-Between Animation)
Coria, Armando (ADR Director)
Ikegami, Tarou (Animation Director)
Ishihara, Mitsuru (Key Animation, Chief Animation Director, Character Design, Animation Director)
Ishikawa, Taketomo (Animation Director)
Itou, Katsunobu (Key Animation)
Kado, Tomoaki (Key Animation)
Kobayashi, Katsutoshi (Animation Director)
Komatsu, Eiji (Key Animation)
Kubota, Yasutaka (Key Animation)
Murakami, Tsutomu (Animation Director)
Nakayama, Takehiro (Key Animation)
Ookubo, Tooru (Key Animation)
Peythieu, Philippe (ADR Director)
Sakazaki, Tadashi (Animation Director)
Sakurai, Konomi (Animation Director)
... and 1 more staff

Reviews:

User MrLegitimacy (Score: 6/10):
I've enjoyed the Mega Man Battle Network series ever since middle school, so I decided to investigate the animated series motivated by my desire to merge my anime and gaming hobbies. What followed was a long couple of months trudging through its over 50 episodes, after which I admittedly missed having it around. The bottom line is that Rockman.EXE is very much a low budget commercial to boost toy and game sales, and while it isn't the worst kids show I've ever seen, there isn't much of worth the be found here. (Please note: I interchange the English and Japanese character names Rockman/Mega Man and Netto/Lanat will)nnThis show is not pretty to look at. The animation ranges from abhorrent to just below actual quality, but most of the time occupies a space that isn't good enough to praise but isn't bad enough to nitpick. A handful of fight scenes throughout the series look genuinely cool and fluid, and were probably only afforded with the money they saved by heavily reusing a few stock footage clips in nearly every episode. Of course, I can't expect too much from a Studio Xebec production in the early digital age, and as such I was prepared for the massive amounts of conspicuous CG. Some of the stock CG animations look pretty nice, but a few episodes which feature fully rendered 3D characters and environments just hurt to look at. I did appreciate Xebec borrowing a satellite model from their prior production of Zoids Shin Seiki Zero for a quick cameo, even if it is another apparent cost saving measure. Another side note is that the only character exclusively animated in 3D is a virtual pop star eerily prophetic of the later popularity of Vocaloids.nnI was not enthralled by the audio while I watched this series, but upon closer inspection I really like the soundtrack. The Japanese voice work isn't terrible, but it's about as cheesey as you would expect from a children's animated product of this caliber. The only standout voice that really annoyed me was Dekao, who sounds like a precursor to Black Clover's Asta. The theme song is kind of bland, but it definitely grew on me over the many weeks I listened to it in my car. Once I gave the soundtrack a dedicated listen, I was so intrigued I had to insert the following mini-album review. nnI think the soundtrack operates better on a budget than the show overall. For the most part it seems like they only afforded one guy with a high end arranger keyboard, with minimal live instrumentation. It sounds like I'm playing Pokemon XD, or if you lower the bit rate, Pokemon Emerald. The synthesized guitars, horns, strings, and what not were all probably top of the line at the time, but maintain a distinctly synthetic texture that I absolutely adore. The battle compositions are charging and harrowing, and the friendly pieces for Netto-tachi are goofy and fun. My favorite tracks are Lan and Rockman's themes,…
User lkevsan (Score: 6/10):
Megaman one of the most beloved video game franchises, with many years of good games and being a very well known character, some other forms of media had to be created and so an anime was broadcasted in the year 2002. It was a time where Megaman had a strong support from Capcom and gave different spin offs from the original saga but still maintaining the feel of what made Megaman so great. One of this spin offs is the Battle Network series which it had a good run on GBA and made this anime to be created possible, so let's see how this seriesdoes by its own.nnStory=6nnThe story is very simple an evil organization called World Three, (WWW), wants to take over the world with the use of new technologies from the year 20XX that has made every single device connected to the internet possible, which is what Dr Wily wants to achieve. But it is time for our heroes Megaman and Netto to stop this from happening with the help of his friends and family. nnThe story is not complicated but it is very fast paced in the first episodes, it shows you the rush of how important is this new interconnected world and the problems on how it can go to chaos if it is controlled by someone. Which is one of the main problems of this series, the story wants to rush it during the first half which makes you feel excited and always ready for action but then it starts going downhill when they want to show you the second half of this story. It was way too long for what should have been and the way they tried to have some character development from part of the humans is just way too cliche and very annoying sometimes,also the filler is very present and wanted to expose things that simply could have been avoided. There is an episode where they do Mario Kart style episode and another on how bad an unimportant maid sucks and her job.So it shows that they didn't have idea on how to finish it after the battle and important evil vs good moments were finished, which leads to a stressful watch if you want to conclude this first season.nnArt=6nnThe animation is very fair, it was the time when computers were helping animators to pull this job quickly, which you can see in many 3D elements of the series which gives a nice touch to the interface of the internet world they have and that was booming during those years. Also the 2D animation is simple but it has its own identity that are very similar to the art work this game is based.nnSound=7nnThe opening simply kicks ass. The intro is very pumped and wants you to get excited for the the battles of the show. The endings are nice but not very memorable. The BGM is sometimes kinda lacking and just appears when the battles are going on, although this…
User Wosee (Score: 3/10):
The story has 2 arc so to speak, needless to say the 1st ends right in the middle of the series. The 1st part has an episodic structure leading to a tournament that after it finishes brings up a random final boss for them to beat, the 2nd part is once again episode with a more rushed plot than the previous one and it ends in episodic things to make things worse. The characters themselves are very bland without any development and the villains are even more bland, the most fleshed and interesting were the side villains that became good, 1 of them even had a goodbackstory.nnAnimation wise it has like 2 episodes with amazing animation, and the rest range from decent to average, the soundtrack is okay and the artstyle is pretty good for early 2000s standards.nnOverall its not worth it but i watched it because i remember what comes after this series its good so lets see how it goes.

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Video Game
Themes: Video Game
Studios: Xebec
Producers: Half H.P Studio, Nihon Ad Systems, Shogakukan Productions, TV Tokyo
Licensors: VIZ Media
Rating: 6.91 / 10
Rank: #4889
Popularity: #3796
Users Listed: 41,869
Users Scored: 20,809
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/07/2023
Aired: March 4, 2002 – March 31, 2003 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: game
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 56
Broadcast: Monday at 18:30 (JST)

Rockman.EXE