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Fukkan has announced that it will be publishing Ryo Takamisaki Rockman Works SSR (Super Special Rare), an assorted collection of the author’s Rockman works. It will include two of Ryo Takamisaki’s manga that were never collected in volumes, the Rockman 11 manga and the famous Shooting Star Rockman 3 manga that has never been reprinted since the 2000’s!

A brand new story will also be included, a continuation of his Rockman EXE manga: Forte: Time of Reunion (フォルテ再会の刻). At 106 pages, he said it’s a story he’s been wanting to realize for several years. The story will have Forte in the spotlight, as he was big player in the manga’s story more than either than the game or anime. Since one of the manga’s chapter is only about 30 pages, this will cover a good chunk of new content!

Ryo Takamisaki Rockman Works SSR will be sold individually for 1980 yen, as well as bundled with 5 limited art pieces in B5 size for 3630 yen. It will have a total of 216 pages and is slated for a January 2022 release.

The Rockman 11 (Mega Man 11) manga was previously published in Corocoro Aniki that was released on September 2018. The 2-chapter Shooting Star Rockman 3 (Mega Man Star Force 3) manga were previously published in CoroCoro Comics that were released on December 2008 and January 2009. While Rockman 11 had a limited digital distribution after the print release, Shooting Star Rockman 3 has not been reprinted since 2009.

Ryo Takamisaki’s Rockman EXE manga (called MegaMan NT Warrior in Viz Media’s English translation), initially ended in 2006. Starting in 2016, new special chapters of the series have sporadically come out bundled with re-releases of older EXE content.

Fukkan is a website that has been known to reissue older Japanese books with high requested demand from fans. They have reprinted a number of Rockman books including Rockman EXE no Subete and the Shooting Star Rockman Official Complete Works.

BA BA BAN! Another collaboration for Rockman EXE? Two beloved Game Boy and anime series from the 2000’s involving a kid and their partner robot finally clash! This time the collab is with Medarot S, the newest mobile game for the Medarot series (known as Medabots in some countries)! The game’s official Twitter has posted a promotional video, along with a 17 minute information video on YouTube.

The collab will feature obtainable Medarots with motifs of 3 iconic Navis. The Rockman and Forte Medarots can be obtained through the event limited gacha, while the Roll Medarot will be the event reward. 4 special BGM for the new “Sound Customization Function” such as “THEME OF ROCKMAN EXE” will also be available.

Medarot S is a Japan only game available on Android and iOS. The event will start on August 5th, until August 19th.

Source: 4gamer

Entire Mega Man Battle Network game OSTs are now easily accessible within your fingertips! Rockman-Unity has announced that the Rockman EXE Sound Box has become available on Spotify and iTunes! And the best part? It’s region-free! The pages will be accessible once it has hit April 24th in your time zone.

UPDATE: It’s now also available on YouTube Music!

The Rockman EXE Sound Box is a CD box set that was first released physically in 2016 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the EXE series. It contains the soundtracks for every GBA Mega Man Battle Network game including EXE4.5 and Battle Chip Challenge, along with the DS version of BN5 and N1 Battle for the Wonderswan. However, it has omitted the Crossover Battle 2 theme from Rockman EXE 6 (a remix of the Count’s boss music from Boktai).

In addition to the games’ OST, there are album exclusive songs, such as farewell ~vocalise~, an enchanting vocalization of BN3’s credits song. As well as Past & Future, a vocal version of BN6’s Central Town sung by series writer, Masakazu Eguchi and composer, Yoshino Aoki! And be sure to check out Battle Theme -EXE4 Style- from BN5DS, which has a second part not heard in the game!

Capcom has also released a new overall Mega Man series album, CAP-TUNE/CAP-JAMS. Battle Network makes an appearance with a remix of BN1’s NumberMan stage theme.

A few weeks ago, Rockman Unity revealed that EXE anime character designer, Mitsuru Ishihara, will be returning to draw the box art for the Rockman EXE Treasure Box. And today, Fukkan has revealed the finished piece.

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Mitsuru Ishihara did the anime character designs for the first four series of Rockman EXE (original, Axess, Stream, Beast), the role was passed on to Shingo Adachi for the final series, Rockman EXE Beast+. He’s a still-active animator who has worked on various Rockman animation, including Irregular Hunter X’s Day of Sigma and Ryusei no Rockman Tribe. While affiliated with the animation studio Xebec, it has since gone defunct with their staff absorbed by Sunrise and Production I.G. The last time we’ve seen a Rockman art by him was in 2007 for Classic Rockman’s 20th Anniversary.

In addition to that, Ryo Takamisaki and Fukkan have previewed some pages of his manga for the Box, now titled “Runaway ProtoMan” (ブルースの家出). Takamisaki is well-known for the MegaMan and Bass focus in his manga, having ProtoMan as the center of this new work is a pleasant surprise!

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Preview of “Runaway ProtoMan”

Model Kit maker Kotobukiya has announced in their latest livestream that they will expand their Mega Man line-up with Mega Man Battle Network! MegaMan.EXE and Dark MegaMan model kits (with a surprise Mettaur!) have been announced to kick off the series.

The stream also premiered uncolored prototypes of the assembled kits, which can be seen below. MegaMan will come with Life Sword recreation accessory and effect pieces. Dark MegaMan will come with a Mettaur. UPDATE: The gallery has been updated from clearer images from Kotobukiya’s site.

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Kotobukiya has made classic Mega Man, Mega Man Zero, and Mega Man X kits in the past. Be aware these are model kits, so fans who purchase these will need to assemble the figures themselves. The price for these kits has not been announced.

MegaMan, jack into the world of X DiVE! This wasn’t a matter of “if” they’ll join, but “when”… The Mega Man X DiVE social media has posted a video announcing the addition of MegaMan.EXE and ProtoMan.EXE into Mega Man X DiVE! This is the first addition of Battle Network timeline characters into the game. They’ll be joining on November 25, 2020.

Mega Man X DiVE is a mobile gacha game for iOS and Android. It’s available in Japanese and most Asian app marketplaces. Those with the game unavailable to their region will need to find an alternate method to obtain the game. While Battle Network timeline characters have yet to appear, weapons that resemble Battlechip Bubbler’s shooter, Zerker’s Light Sword, Rogue’s SF2 sword have cameo’d in the game.

Ikuzo! The mobile game of long-running Japanese card game, Duel Masters Play’s, has announced it will have a collaboration event with Rockman EXE! Rockman.EXE and Forte.EXE will appear in the event that takes place from July 28th to August 18th.

During this event, players will be able to obtain cards, card sleeves, and playmats that involve the duo in the game.

This is only one of the many times EXE and Duel Masters have crossed paths! Back in 2004-2005, the Phoenix cards from Duel Masters made its way to Rockman EXE 5, and Forte made his way to their card game. Both series’ characters also cameo in each other’s theatrical films from around the same time. And recently, in 2016, a brand new Rockman EXE card was part of one of its sets.

Duel Masters Play’s is only available in Japanese and Japanese app stores. However, fans that can’t play can check out the wonderful new art in the jump instead!

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Through Rockman-Unity’s Twitter, MegaHouse has finally unveiled its painted statue where Rockman and Forte duke it out over the head of Gospel! They’re hyping fans for reservations coming soon, but its price & release date has yet to be announced.

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MegaHouse is known for their high-quality collector figures. This pre-painted PVC & ABS statue is part of their GCCDX (Game Character Collection DX) line. This painted sample has been a long time coming since they have shown its prototypes at Japanese events since November 2019.

This statue is non-scale with around 200mm in height. The sculpt’s draft is by Jun Gotou, with the company, Pinpoint, credited for its prototype.

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Dengeki Hobby has also posted a closer look the statue and new details such as being able to swap Rockman’s mouth with his battle mask!

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