Mega Man Star Force (anime)
| Mega Man Star Force | |
Cover art of the DVD box set released in the UK
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流星のロックマン (Shooting Star Rockman) |
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| Genre | Police procedural, Science Fiction, Action Adventure, Mecha, Magical boy, Video Game |
| Anime television series | |
| Shooting Star Rockman | |
| Directed by | Various |
| Music by |
Shuhei Naruse (Japan) Thorsten Laewe (U.S.) |
| Studio |
Capcom Viz Media Xebec |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | 7 October 2006 – 27 October 2007 |
| Episodes | 55 |
| Anime television series | |
| Shooting Star Rockman Tribe | |
| Directed by | Various |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse |
| Studio | XEBEC |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 3 November 2007 – 29 March 2008 |
| Episodes | 21 |
| Manga | |
| Shooting Star Rockman | |
| Written by | Masaya Itagaki |
| Published by | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Original run | November 2006 – January 2008 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| TRIBE Shooting Star Rockman War Gaiden | |
| Written by | Masaya Itagaki |
| Published by | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Original run | February 2008 – July 2008 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Farce On Air!! Shooting Star Rockmen | |
| Written by | Kawano Takumi |
| Published by | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Original run | December 2006 – December 2008 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Shooting Star Rockman 3 | |
| Written by | Ryo Takamisaki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Children |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Original run | December 2008 – January 2009 |
Mega Man Star Force, known as Shooting Star Rockman (流星のロックマン Ryūsei no Rokkuman?) in the original Japanese language version, is an anime and manga series based on the video game of the same name.
The anime first premiered in Japan on October 7, 2006, two months before the game's Japanese release, and concluded March 29, 2008 with a total of 76 episodes. Its debut followed shortly after the conclusion of a preceding Mega Man anime series, MegaMan NT Warrior, which ran from 2002 to 2006.
The manga was serialized in CoroCoro Comic in September 2006. The anime was licensed by Viz Media and first premiered in English on the online streaming video service Toonami Jetstream on July 23, 2007. The series made its only television premiere on Cartoon Network with a 2-hour special on August 25, 2007. The series was later added to Viz Media's Neon Alley digital anime channel on June 1, 2015.
Mega Man Star Force follows the adventures of Geo Stelar and his extraterrestrial partner Omega-Xis, a duo capable of merging through "Electromagnetic Wave Change" to become Mega Man. Together, they combat various EM wave beings that threaten to conquer or destroy the Earth, especially the invading FM Planet's forces.
The series has a strong theme of strength through bonds. The first series borrows many elements from astrology and space, whereas the second series focuses more on cryptozoology (such as the Loch Ness Monster).
Airing October 7, 2006 on TV Tokyo, the Shooting Star Rockman anime filled the timeslot previously held by Rockman EXE Beast+, the series' predecessor. Each of its episodes are approximately ten minutes in length as the program also shared the thirty-minute segment Oha Coliseum with the Saru Getchu anime series.
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