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''Mega Man Star Force'', known as 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 folklore (such as the Loch Ness Monster). ==History== 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. On April 17, 2007, VIZ Media announced that they acquired the rights for an English anime release titled ''Mega Man Star Force''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VIZ Media Presents Exciting Properties at 2007 MIPTV )〕 The press release mentioned that 13 episodes were to be released at lengths of 20 minutes each (each containing approximately 2 Japanese episodes worth of content). During the E3 2007 video-game convention, IGN revealed in their hands-on impressions of the ''Star Force'' video game that the English anime would premiere on Toonami Jetstream on July 23, 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=E3 2007: Mega Man Star Force Hands-On )〕 The show made its television debut on Cartoon Network on August 25, 2007, edited as a 2-hour faux-movie presentation composed of Japanese episodes 1 thru 9 and heavily slimmed-down versions of episodes 12, 15, and 16. The series would never air in normal episodic format on television, and subsequent episode airings online revealed that the unusual edits are exclusive to its television appearance. The series is no longer being shown on Toonami Jetstream as the service is currently defunct. It was later added to Neon Alley on June 1, 2015. According to the September 2007 issue of ''CoroCoro Comic'', the anime would conclude in Japan on October 27, 2007 and, following the trend of its predecessor, continue with a new series called ''Shooting Star Rockman Tribe'', premiering on November 3, 2007. The second anime follows the events of the second video game (which was also released in November).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Latest RnR 2 Details @ Atomic-Fire )〕 According to an interview with Fuyuka Ōura (Geo's voice actor in the Japanese version) at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, ''Tribe'' has a deeper and "cooler" storyline than before, and the new character Solo is a prominent character in the plot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tokyo Game Show 2007 @ Atomic-Fire )〕 As of October 6, 2007, the time-slot previously held by ''Saru Getchu'' was replaced with the ''Zero Duel Masters'' anime. On March 29, 2008, ''Tribe'' concluded with 21 episodes, and its time-slot was replaced with ''Pengin no Mondai''. There are currently no known plans for another Mega Man anime in Japan, marking the first time a Mega Man anime has not been on the air in Japan since the six-month hiatus between ''Rockman EXE'' and ''Rockman EXE Axess'' in 2003. Although the entire ''Rockman EXE'' series was distributed in Japan on DVD, there is no word on ''Star Force'' receiving the same treatment in Japan or in the United States. However, Manga Entertainment released a Region 2 box set in the UK on November 3, 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amazon UK listing for Mega Man Star Force Box Set )〕 The box set contains all 13 episodes of the English dub that aired on Toonami Jetstream. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mega Man Star Force (anime)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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