Rockman.EXE/MegaMan NT Warrior is one of those series which was modified fairly heavily in transit to English 4Kidsstyle... but to tell you the truth that doesnt make a huge difference as its a pretty heavily Westernized Saturdaymorningcartoon style anime by design. 90 of the changes in the English version werent for content. In fact they dont seem to be for any reason at all. But I digress. This review covers both the Japanese and English versions which again the difference isnt as huge as other examples. Writing: The storyline somewhat follows the plot of the first two Battle Network games of which this series is based off of... eventually. Truthfully it pretty much skips over the entire first game as the first half of the series has a very cartoony episodic adventureoftheweek structure to it with the WWW agents from Battle Network 1 given wackier personalities and made the proverbial Team Rocket of the series. Fairly typical for a Saturday morning kids show but not exactly a shining beacon of ingenuity in terms of writing. The second half of the series enters into the plot of Battle Network 2 and does a somewhat faithful job in following the storyline... with the exception that most of the Gospel navis operators never make appearances I guess implying that theyre all standalone navis and that a rather large plot element was changed at the end of the story which eliminated one character entirely. But compared to the first half of the series still a relatively faithful effort. Now I could go on about the many silly changes made from Japanese to English but this being a Saturday morning cartoon sort of anime that much is kind of a given. Whats really silly is that they made changes from the English versions of the games which were themselves already changed in transitI can only guess this had to do with ease of animation which would explain how Mayl became Maylu. Gives me Lamu flashbacks. Anyway while most modern dubs are quite faithful adaptations this is not one such caseentire episodes are cut from the English version so the only way youre really going to get the whole story is in Japanese. Of course if you dont care too much about the story youre not missing too much and just want a fun nostalgic cartoon ride either version is perfectly suitableand it is pretty fun to hear Light Yagami barking orders at MegaMan. ...oh and Mr. Matchs accent is pretty awesome too. Art is fairly typical for the type of anime this is. Its meant to be pretty simplistic and Westernized and... well it succeeds. Theres really not a whole lot to say here. Sound I also feel Ive pretty much covered already above. None of the voices are eargrating in either dub of the show but youre not likely to be blown away by any heartfelt performances either. In all the series as a whole is a fairly mediocre one with low production values and a very Western target audience upon inception. Its a pretty toyetic show which the producers didnt feel the need to expend a lot of time effort or resources on and it shows. If youre looking for a great anime series with a strong storyline welldeveloped characters and brilliant plot twists youd best go elsewhere. If youre a fan of the Battle Network games like me and the thought has crossed your mind that Yknow I bet itd be kind of cool to see this series animated feel free to give it a watch. It can be fun for nostalgia purposes but doesnt hold a lot of water on its own merits.