At this point, the series had become part of the Oha Coliseum programming block in Japan, taking up only a 10 minute time-slot. Though Beast was half the length of the previous series, another series premiered after it called Beast+, taking elements and characters from Network Transmission such as the existence of Zero. Beast has shown fairly heavy influences from the sixth Battle Network game(s). Axess is loosely based on the fourth Battle Network games, Stream is loosely based on the fourth and fifth Battle Network games (the latter due to the prominence Liberation team members), with some Battle Network 3 elements. The series has spawned four sequels, Axess, Stream, Beast, and Beast+. It also takes some cues from the third Battle Network game such as the PET designs, the jack-in sequence and the tournament concept but with only a few of its cast and none of the plot-relevant characters introduced in the game appear. The first season is very loosely based on the first two games with few story events in common. The English language version, known as MegaMan NT Warrior, has many edits resulting from Americanization. The games lent themselves to anime adaptations. Together, Lan and MegaMan cooperate to fight off cyber criminals and viruses. Although MegaMan.EXE has no physical body, he can traverse cyberspace and explore computer systems as if they were alternate worlds. The main characters of the series are a fifth-grader named Lan Hikari and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE, this universe's incarnation of Mega Man. These devices act as phones, pagers, instant messengers, news beams, and hacking devices all rolled into one. NetNavis are stored in hand-held devices called PErsonal Terminals ( PETs). In fact, it's become so complicated that special programs called Internet Navigators ( NetNavis for short) are used to efficiently process all of the data. The Internet has become integrated with almost every piece of electronic equipment, from TVs to ovens. The series is set in the year 20XX, in a parallel universe from the original Mega Man series.
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