Series synopsis
Medabots, also known as メダロット is a Japanese sci-fi & fantasy animation action & adventure comedy kids television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 2, 1999. It ended on March 30, 2001. It stars Michiru Yamazaki, Junko Takeuchi, Eri Sendai and Masami Suzuki.
Set in the near future, Medabots revolves around the super charged battling adventures of a group of kids and their pet robots. Fueled with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal of high powered weapons, Medabots compete against each other in exciting Robattles, with the winners acquiring Medaparts from the defeated Medabot.
With over 370 unique robots ready to Robattle, Medabots is filled with explosive adventures in a world where kids have the ultimate power. But more than anything ...
Premise
Set in the near future, Medabots revolves around the super charged battling adventures of a group of kids and their pet robots. Fueled with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal of high powered weapons, Medabots compete against each other in exciting Robattles, with the winners acquiring Medaparts from the defeated Medabot.
With over 370 unique robots ready to Robattle, Medabots is filled with explosive adventures in a world where kids have the ultimate power. But more than anything else, these challenges are about courage and mind power, where the soul of the Medafighter and Medabot combine to emerge victorious.
Premise: More Medabots. More Power.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Michiru Yamazaki as Ikki Tenryou (voice)
- Junko Takeuchi as Metabee (voice)
- Eri Sendai as Arika Amazake (voice)
- Masami Suzuki as Brass (voice)
- Hiroshi Shimizu as Mr. Uruchi (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 91 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 52 | July 2, 1999 | June 30, 2000 |
| Season 2 | 39 | July 7, 2000 | March 30, 2001 |
| Season 3 | 0 | September 13, 2003 | May 8, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stung by a Metabee In the year 2122, a young boy named Ikki doesn't have a Medabot and everybody else does, so he's been saving his money for years going back to the same store, looking at the Medabots. One day the owner of the store tries to sell him an old Medabot, then one day a kid from the screws has his Medabot stolen and his leader goes to see the punks who stole his friend's Medabot and they start picking on Ikki's friend, so Ikki runs and finds a medal in the river and he buys the Medabot and saves his friend. his name is Metabee. |
July 2, 1999 |
| 2 |
Return of the Screws Ikki and Metabee don't get along so well and Henry explains why. Ikki starts to understand why and decides to Ro-Battle the screws. At first, they don't get along and Metabee starts to lose really badly. When Ikki and Metabee start to work as a team, they beat Sammantha and Peppercat. |
July 9, 1999 |
| 3 |
Running Scared Ikki's middle school gym teacher makes him and the screws do A LOT (and when I say a lot, I mean a lot) of running but when Ikki and Erika find out the gym teachers big secret, they decide to investigate. |
July 16, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kilobot Rising When new robots known as Kilobots start appearing, Ikki and Metabee must prove why they finished second at the World Robattle Championships, but what will they do when the Medaforce doesn't work against these Kilobots? |
July 7, 2000 |
| 2 |
Fighting Temptation When Ikki and Metabee promise not to robattle until Metabee's faulty parts are repaired, they discover it takes as much courage and skill to avoid a fight as it does to seek one out. |
July 14, 2000 |
| 3 |
What the World Needs Now [a.k.a. Who is the Mystery Medafighter] Ikki shows the mystery Medafighter how his obsession with destroying the kilobots makes him become similar to Kam, as they both treat their medabots as simple objects of destruction. |
July 21, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilobot Rising | September 13, 2003 |
| 2 | Fighting Temptation | September 14, 2003 |
| 3 | What the World Needs Now [a.k.a. Who is the Mystery Medafighter] | September 20, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 2, 1999 |
| Last aired | March 30, 2001 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | ended |