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Translation: Special talk with director Hideo Kojima and Keiji Inafune

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Today, August 12th, is a special day for our website… It’s our 13th anniversary! Naturally, our site has changed a lot visually and content-wise over the years. But we always strive to bring the wonderful Mega Man Battle Network and Star Force content to you good folks out there!

Speaking of, today, we have a translation for especially rare interview that was published only once in an issue of Weekly Famitsu. Originally to commemorate the Crossover Battle feature in Battle Network 5 and Boktai 2… Here is a special Interview with two of gaming’s biggest icons, Keiji Inafune and Hideo Kojima! The entire interview can be read in the skip.

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Battle Network Official Complete Works reprint coming soon, with hardcover

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An Amazon listing has shown up of a hardcover version of the Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works (English version). Much like the hardcover Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works that Udon had announced, it sports a pixely, brand new logo. The original print of the English book has been out of print for a number of years. It’s considered hard-to-get and can even be found for more than double its retail price in the aftermarket! This reprint is more than welcome for people who missed it the first time, or want a nice, fancy hardcover version of it.

The first print of Udon’s MMBN Official Complete Works came out in 2011. The book was softcover and the covers were holo-foil.

Japan also reprinted their version of the book in 2016 to celebrate the series’ 15th anniversary. The JP reprint kept the book the same as the first print, typos included. However, the section with Boktai and Duel Masters were completely omitted, but we don’t know if this will carry to the English version. This book was not hardcover.

UPDATE: According to UDON Director of Publishing Matt Moylan, the US reprint will have the same content as the original US print. This means the Boktai and Duel Masters artwork should be included as well.

The hardcover MMBN Official Complete Works is set to retail for $44.99, and to come out August 20, 2019.

Thanks to MegaMasterX for the heads-up.

Akari Kaida comments on Battle Network’s music production

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A little while ago, composer Akari Kaida tweeted about the music of the Battle Network series. Particularly its inner workings, the intricacies of working on the GBA, and her opinions on the soundtrack’s quality. Kaida worked on BN1, EXE4.5 BN5, and Star Force 3.

This is a rarely seen commentary straight from the composer herself, and English fans can read a translation for them in the jump!

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Shingo Adachi Artworks book announced

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Aniplex+ has announced an art compilation book of animator Shingo Adachi‘s work. This book will feature many of Adachi’s anime works including Rockman EXE and Ryūsei no Rockman. Art pieces will be nicely accompanied with commentaries, making-of’s, and interviews.

The book’s information page showcases the work-in-progress cover with Rockman characters taking center stage, alongside other characters of anime he’s worked on! The page includes samples of his work, including his key art for Ryūsei no Rockman Tribe.

While most renowned for his work on Sword Art Online, Shingo Adachi previously worked as an animator and animation supervisor on every Rockman EXE TV anime series, as well as its movie, and both Ryūsei no Rockman TV anime. He was also responsible for the anime character designs in Rockman EXE Beast+, succeeding Mitsuru Ishihara, then later taking full helm for the Ryūsei no Rockman series. The animator last released his Ryūsei no Rockman animation works in his dōjin artbook, Ryūsei no Hanashi (also known as Shooting Star Story or Story of Meteor), in 2008.

Shingo Adachi Artworks can be pre-ordered now from certain Japanese retailers, such as Amazon Japan. The book will cost ¥4,320 and is set to come out on July 5th, 2019.

Thanks to Vhyper1985 for the heads-up.

Colis Records’ Star Force remix album is available digitally!

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Video game music fan-arrangement group, colis Records, has put out an unofficial Mega Man Star Force-focused album. Hoshizora Denpa (Starry Sky EM Wave) covers music from all 3 games, as well as the anime.

All of the tracks are free to listen on their Bandcamp page. If you enjoy the tunes, you can support the group by purchasing the album! The download comes with high quality FLACs and MP3s of each track. The digital album will be available on Bandcamp until December 22nd, 2018.

Colis Records has done a number of Mega Man fan-remix albums in the past, contributions made from multiple musicians and artists. Their past albums include the RockLove series, MegaXrossMix and the Battle Network-focused Richomatic. Usually, their albums are sold physically at fan events in Japan.

April Fools 2018: Announcing the MMBN 4.5 Original Navi Contest winners!

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UPDATE: Yup, this was an April Fools joke… we’re not actually adding any new Navis to the Rockman EXE 4.5 translation. But if you still want to see WaveMan in action, you can watch his antics in the classic The Rockman EXE Zone mini-series MMBN6: The New Crisis on YouTube!

It’s time to unveil the winners of the MMBN 4.5 Original Navi Contest! As was announced a few months ago, we’ll be putting one original Navi in our English fan-translation of Mega Man Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation. Following what Capcom has done in the past, we asked fans to submit their best and most original Navi designs. Each of our three finalists will get a professional Navi design sketch done by our artist. Of course, the big prize here is that the winning Navi will be drawn, written, and programmed into the game and completely playable for everyone when the patch is fully complete!

You can find the final results after the jump.

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