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Gekijouban Rockman EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program (劇場版ロックマンエグゼ 光と闇の遺産プログラム Gekijouban Rokkuman Eguze Hikari to Yami no Puroguramu, lit. "Rockman EXE the Movie: Programs of Light and Darkness") is an anime movie that occurs during Rockman EXE Stream. It was shown in Japanese theaters on March 12, 2005 as a double billing alongside the Duel Masters film Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix.
It details Dr. Regal's plot to use Nebula Gray to destroy the world, taking story elements from Rockman EXE5 that were not adapted into Rockman EXE Axess or the rest of Stream.
Continuity Placement[]
There is no official confirmation on the movie's exact placement in Stream's storyline. However, because of Dekao and Dingo's appearance in the movie, it most likely occurs shortly after episode 22 in which the boys move to Densan City, but not after episode 29 when elements from the movie begin appearing in the series, specifically those concerning Barrel and Colonel.
Story[]
Rockman EXE the Movie logo.
The movie begins with Forte floating in slumber in the depths of the UraNet, where he has been since his fight against Slur in the main anime, before a a demonic energy captures him. Elsewhere, Netto Hikari and Rockman are having a match against FootMan in a tournament, defeating him. After the battle, they go to an amusement park with Meiru Sakurai, Dekao Oyama, Chisao, Toru Hikawa and Dingo, where they run into Yamitaro Higure, Shuko Kido and Mariko Ozono.
Meanwhile in several parts of the world, strange pillars of lights are appearing on Earth. The Ministry of Science receives news about it and Yuichiro Hikari figures it's a program created by Dr. Wily a long time ago, called Spectrum. He calls Netto as he was watching Duel Masters in the park, saying Netto must head to the Trinity Brain tower immediately. When close to the tower, Netto receives another call from his father saying the world is in danger and he has to plug-in in the tower to destroy the Tadashi Hikari Program inside. Netto does so, and when Rockman gets close to the program he's attacked by Forte, who is under control by an unknown force. The two fight, but Forte overpowers him, and just as he was about to finish Rockman, Colonel appears and holds Forte off as Rockman goes after the Tadashi Hikari Program and destroys it with a Program Advance.
Shortly after, Netto, Rockman, Forte, and Colonel run away from the tower as a pillar of light appeared nearby, and the strange energy that attacked Forte in the UraNet, Nebula Gray, appears in the tower's cybernetic area and destroyed it shortly after their escape. While looking at the destruction caused by the pillar of light and the strange wall left in the area it passed through in the Real World, Netto gets a call from his friends, where they tell him Meiru and Toru won their matches, but suddenly a light appeared in the screen and the signal is lost. Realizing what happened, Netto screams for them.
Later, Netto is devastated as Dr. Hikari comes and comforts Netto, telling his son, there is still a chance to save everyone, cheering him up. Yuichiro gives holds a meeting attended by Netto and Meijin, explaining that 20 years ago, Tadashi Hikari was researching a way to link human emotions to the Cyber World. This system was called "Spectrum". The program was successful, allowing living beings to move in the Cyber World, and after analyzing the pillars of light, Yuichiro discovered that Spectrum is the responsible for it. The Spectrum works using two programs: The "Tadashi Hikari Program" and the "Wily Program", which were created by the respective scientists, who used to work together in the past. When combined, Spectrum can work with 100% of its power, and everything touched by it becomes digital data. When Wily left, the project was abandoned, and the Tadashi Hikari Program was modified to be the main core of the Trinity Brain tower. Yuichiro is unsure what Nebula Gray is, but believes it's behind Spectrum and must to be destroyed. As the meeting goes on, a pillar of light appears, and Dr. Regal appears out of it. Netto is surprised to see him as he was thought to be dead, but he explains that he was transformed into data instead of being destroyed and ended up in the UraNet, where he found the Wily Program. Regal merged with the Wily Program and the merge created Nebula Gray, Regal being its core, but it's still incomplete without the other program, and captures Yuichiro to help him with the remaining part, returning to the pillar of light with him.
Later, Charlie Airster leaves Netto in a dock, and Enzan Ijuin calls him to help fight against Nebula Grey, which is in a base located in an island from Ameroppa. After reaching the island, Netto, Enzan and Raika cross fuse and invade the base and fight against the base's virus-shaped machines reprogrammed by Nebula Gray. Meanwhile, Regal is using a painful machine on Yuichiro to extract information of the Tadashi Hikari Program from him, and Barrel comes from the past to help Netto.
Inside the building, Netto fights against a strong giant machine. He manages to defeat it, but the damage caused him to un-cross fuse. When he was going after his PET, another giant machine appeared and was ready to attack him, but Barrel appears and attacks it, saying they have a weak spot. Netto is confused as he never met Barrel before, but recognizes Colonel. He explains Regal captured Yuichiro because Tadashi implanted a special code containing the Tadashi Hikari Program hidden in his left eye, Wily being the only person to know it. Outside the room Yuichiro is imprisoned, Netto and Barrel jack-in their NetNavis in the base. Colonel takes care of the silver humanoid viruses spawned by Regal inside while Rockman goes after Nebula Gray.
In the depths of the base's Cyber World, Rockman faces Nebula Gray and Regal, and Forte appears to take revenge on Regal for using him. Regal merges with Nebula Gray and fights Rockman and Forte, who are easily defeated due to his power, and Nebula Gray begins to absorb by them. As a last attempt to stop him, Rockman gives his Ultimate Program to Forte, who gladly agrees to absorb Rockman, but instead the two merged into the Forte Cross Rockman. He shortly defeats Nebula Gray and the world begins to return to normal, but Regal survived and creates a black hole to absorb all of them. The Cross is undone and Forte blasts Rockman away from the black hole, letting it take him. The base begins to crumble and Netto takes his father out of the base and meets with Enzan and Raika on the way, and Barrel left them to take another way. The four used a small boat to leave the island.
Battle Chips[]
- Cannon
- Aqua Tower
- Vulcan
- Salamander
- Samurai Sword
- Recovery
- Sword
- Wide Sword
- Long Sword
- Variable Sword
- Fumikomi Zan
- Bamboo Lance
Program Advances[]
- Giga Cannon
- Mugen Vulcan
- Dream Sword
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Tie-in[]
As a cross promotion with Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix, characters from each series having a brief appearance in the movies.
Around the same time, Forte was made into 2 Duel Master cards, and the Phoenix cards made their way into Rockman EXE5 as Battle Chips.
HD Version[]
A High Definition version of the movie debuted April 7th, 2023 on the official CapcomChannel YouTube[1]. It was part as lead-up to the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection's release by uploading the entirety of the Rockman EXE anime.
On September 2024, the HD version became available on Amazon Prime Video in Japan.[2]
Reception[]
The Hikari to Yami no Program and Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix double feature ranked first for the weekend of March 13, 2005, dethroning Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean from first place and broke the record for spring break in Japan with a gross of $12,708,498 USD. It held the record for 5 weeks until Constantine broke the record with a gross of $14,859,234 USD on April 17, 2005 and dropped the film to fifth for the weekend of March 20, 2005 with a gross of $1,093,870 USD.[3] The following week it dropped to seventh place with $559,800 USD and a cumulative box office gross of $6,178,840 USD at three weeks of release.[3]
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Promotional[]
Rockman EXE movie teaser advertisement.
Alternate poster.
Rockman EXE and Duel Masters dual movie poster.
Image on the official website.
Japanese Rockman EXE the Movie DVD cover.
Taiwan Rockman EXE the Movie DVD cover.
Digital shitajiki pencil board.
Movie pencil board (Rockman side).
Movie pencil board (Duel Masters side).
Alternate promo.
Forte Cross Rockman.
Trivia[]
- Theater-goers received a Forte Cross Rockman e-Reader card.[4] The card was also included in the Japanese DVD release of the movie.
External links[]
- Rockman.EXE the Movie in XEBEC (archive)
- Rockman.EXE and Duel Masters movies official site (archive)
- Rockman EXE OVA Taiwan website archive
References[]
- ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/693/G069355/20230331022/
- ↑ Amazon Prime: 劇場版ロックマンエグゼ 光と闇の遺産
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://variety.com/2005/film/box-office/robots-leaves-tykes-cooler-than-ice-1117920105/ Walton, Alice | "International box office"]. Variety, April 4, 2005
- ↑ Game-Watch: カプコン、チームバトルとなった「エグゼ5」シリーズの第2弾 GBA「ロックマン エグゼ 5 チーム オブ カーネル」
| Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program |
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| Cast |
| Main Characters Netto Hikari/Rockman Barrel/Colonel • Enzan Ijuin/Blues • Forte • Raika/SearchMan Antagonists Dr. Regal/Nebula Gray Supporting Cast Charlie Airster/GyroMan • Chisao Oyama • Dekao Oyama/GutsMan • Dingo/TomahawkMan • Dr. Wily • Kero Midorikawa • Mariko Ozono • Meijin • Meiru Sakurai/Roll • Rin Manabe • Seishin Kifune • Shuko Kido • Toru Hikawa/IceMan • Yamitaro Higure/NumberMan • Yuichiro Hikari Other characters |
| Locations |
| KA-222 • Ministry of Science • Thousand Amusements building • TRINITY Brain Tower |
| Terms |
| Forte Cross Rockman • Spectrum/Tadashi Hikari Program/Dr. Wily Program |
| Music |
| Be Somewhere (intro) |
| Other Seasons |
| NT Warrior • Axess • Stream • Beast • Beast+ Film: Hikari to Yami no Program |