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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
Ikki Tenryou is a young boy who loves [[Medarot]]s but does not have the allowance to buy his own. Through a series of coincidences, Ikki stumbles upon a [[Rare Medal|rare]] [[Kabuto Medal]] and purchases an obsolete [[Metabee (KBT-1)|KBT]] set. Ikki's Metabee proves to be surprisingly strong but also much unlike most medarots in personality, being rude, disobedient and with a huge chip on his shoulders. Together with Ikki's childhood friend [[Arika Amazake|Arika]] and her medarot partner [[Sailor-Multi|Brass]], Ikki and Metabee go on a variety of adventures as they help various people and tangle with the RoboRobo Gang, | Ikki Tenryou is a young boy who loves [[Medarot]]s but does not have the allowance to buy his own. Through a series of coincidences, Ikki stumbles upon a [[Rare Medal|rare]] [[Kabuto Medal]] and purchases an obsolete [[Metabee (KBT-1)|KBT]] set. Ikki's Metabee proves to be surprisingly strong but also much unlike most medarots in personality, being rude, disobedient and with a huge chip on his shoulders. Together with Ikki's childhood friend [[Arika Amazake|Arika]] and her medarot partner [[Sailor-Multi|Brass]], Ikki and Metabee go on a variety of adventures as they help various people and tangle with the RoboRobo Gang, who at first appear to merely petty [[Medal]] thieves. | ||
After hearing rumors of a "Legendary Medafighter", they befriend the caring-if-quirky [[Karin Junmai|Karin]] and meet [[Kouji Karakuchi|Kouji]], a serious and arrogant Medaroter who grows into Ikki's friendly rival. The pair also acquaint themselves with [[Rokusho (character)|Rokusho]], a wise and honorable wandering medarot whose master is thought to have perished in a fire many years prior. Metabee | Ikki and his new friend meet a variety of colourful characters as they get dragged into hijinks or attempt to climp up in the national rankings to qualify for the upcoming World Robottle Championship. After hearing rumors of a "Legendary Medafighter", they befriend the caring-if-quirky [[Karin Junmai|Karin]] and meet [[Kouji Karakuchi|Kouji]], a serious and arrogant Medaroter who grows into Ikki's friendly rival. The pair also acquaint themselves with [[Rokusho (character)|Rokusho]], a wise and honorable wandering medarot whose master is thought to have perished in a fire many years prior. Metabee becomes the target of the Phantom Retort, a master thief (and actually Ikki's friendly mart cashier [[Hikaru Agata]] in disguise) who has a keen interest in Metabee's rare medal. | ||
The duo comes under the notice of master | The duo comes under the notice of master medarot researcher [[Dr. Medarot]] and Ikki is invited to become his "apprentice". It is learned that Metabee has the ability to perform the [[Medaforce]], a powerful attack thought to only be usable by Rare medals. After foiling a scheme by the RoboRobo leader [[Dr. Hebereke]] to harness the energy of Metabee's medal and cause a rebellion in medarots equipped with the mass-produced Kabuto medal, Ikki is told he climbed to the #3 national ranking at the last minute, qualifying him for a spot on the World Robottle Championship's Japanese team. | ||
Before the championship begins, a controversial new rule is introduced which allows the victor of a heat to claim the | Before the championship begins, a controversial new rule is introduced which allows the victor of a heat to claim the medals of the losers, a rule that the current world champion [[Victor]] doesn't hesitate to take advantage of. Eventually, the Japanese team win their heats and come to blow with Victor's Kenya team. Metabee and Victor's [[Warbonnet]] execute their Medaforce attack simultaneously, plunging every Medabots witnessing the match in a dreamlike-state. Throughout Metabee's ensuing dream, it is revealed that the Medabots and their Medals are the remnants of an ancient alien civilization that wiped itself out in a war long ago. The RoboRobo leader was one of the few survivor of the civilization and used Victor and the RoboRobo as his pawns, engineering the tournament to remind Medarots of their origins and have them overthrow humanity. However, the plan is ruined when Ikki manges to enter Metabee's dream and snaps him out of it, restoring all of the medarots to their original condition. | ||
With his plan ruined and his henchmen having deserted him, Dr. Hebereke activates his final trump card, a giant medarot called [[Primity Baby]]. Dr. Medarot has Metabee and the other medarots pilot a giant Metabee mecha he had stashed | With his plan ruined and his henchmen having deserted him, Dr. Hebereke activates his final trump card, a giant medarot called [[Primity Baby]]. Dr. Medarot has Metabee and the other medarots pilot a giant Metabee mecha he had stashed for an eventuality just like this. When the mecha's attack have little ffect, Metabee ejects the other medarots and sacrifice himself by launching the mecha at Primity Baby and detonating it. Soon after, [[Alien|alien]]s land with Rokusho's old master [[Dr. Gengoro Fushihara]], taking Dr. Hebereke with them and giving Ikki a ressurected Metabee. | ||
With all seemingly being well, Ikki invites Victor to reprise their match. | With all seemingly being well, Ikki invites Victor to reprise their interupted match. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
* [[Ikki Tenryou]] | * [[Ikki Tenryou]] | ||
** [[Metabee (character)#In the anime|Metabee]] | ** [[Metabee (character)#In the anime|Metabee]] | ||
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=== World Robottle Cup === | === World Robottle Cup === | ||
* [[Tawarama]] | * [[Tawarama]] | ||
** [[Empress Patra#In the anime|Empress Patra]] | ** [[Empress Patra#In the anime|Empress Patra]] | ||
* [[Joe Suihan]] | |||
* [[Joe Suihan | |||
** [[Teepee#In the anime|Teepee]] | ** [[Teepee#In the anime|Teepee]] | ||
* [[Vermouth]] | * [[Vermouth]] | ||
** [[Marine Killer#In the anime|Marine Killer]] | ** [[Marine Killer#In the anime|Marine Killer]] | ||
* [[Victor]] | * [[Victor]] | ||
** [[Warbonnet#In the anime|Warbonnet]] | ** [[Warbonnet#In the anime|Warbonnet]] | ||
=== RoboRobo Gang === | === RoboRobo Gang === | ||
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==English dub== | ==English dub== | ||
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* The episode order was heavily shuffled around with only the first five and the last 13 matching the Japanese episode listing. This causes a number of continuity issues. | * The episode order was heavily shuffled around with only the first five and the last 13 matching the Japanese episode listing. This causes a number of continuity issues. | ||
* The entire soundtrack was replaced by new compositions. | * The entire soundtrack was replaced by new compositions. | ||
* Various characters are renamed to simpler or western names. | * Various characters are renamed to simpler or western names. | ||
* Scenes that were originally silent either have music playing or characters speaking from off-screen, often both. | * Scenes that were originally silent either have music playing or characters speaking from off-screen, often both. | ||
* When a new Medabot is introduced, a "Medabots Vital Stats" screen appears which show's the Medabot's name, Medafighter, and specialty. | * When a new Medabot is introduced, a "Medabots Vital Stats" screen appears which show's the Medabot's name, Medafighter, and specialty. | ||
* The Medabot's model number, although they mostly maintain the same letters as the Japanese version, the numbers, which were absent in the Japanese anime, were included and changed to something completely random and with more digits. For example, Metabee changed from KBT-1 to KBT-11220. | |||
* Scenes involving physical violence performed against human character are often edited out. | * Scenes involving physical violence performed against human character are often edited out. | ||
* Every episodes have small cuts and transition changes to account for different episode length | * Every episodes have small cuts and transition changes to account for different episode length | ||
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* Some Medarotters, especially Roborobo Gang, have Medarots that they don't have in the game. A notable example of this is them having [[Flame Tisala]], which in the games only Nae initially had because it is one of the Elemental series still being tested in the laboratory. | * Some Medarotters, especially Roborobo Gang, have Medarots that they don't have in the game. A notable example of this is them having [[Flame Tisala]], which in the games only Nae initially had because it is one of the Elemental series still being tested in the laboratory. | ||
* The anime states that Medaforce is an ability exclusive to rare medals and that clone medals are incapable of such feat (Although this is later contradicted with Smilodonad being capable of using Medaforce). In the games, any medal is capable of | * The anime states that Medaforce is an ability exclusive to rare medals and that clone medals are incapable of such feat (Although this is later contradicted with Smilodonad being capable of using Medaforce). In the games, any medal is capable of making Medaforce. | ||
** Also, in the games a Medarot is capable of using up to three different Medaforces, while in the anime | ** Also, in the games a Medarot is capable of using up to three different Medaforces, while in the anime the Medarots apparently only had one. | ||
* As obvious as it is that Hikaru and Phantom Retort are the same person, the anime ends with this plot point open and even showing the two in different locations to increase doubt. In the games, Phantom Retort is revealed to be Hikaru in the story's climax. | * As obvious as it is that Hikaru and Phantom Retort are the same person, the anime ends with this plot point open and even showing the two in different locations to increase doubt. In the games, Phantom Retort is revealed to be Hikaru in the story's climax. | ||
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* While in the game God Emperor is recognized as the final boss, the anime opted for Primity Baby. Probably because Primity Baby is indeed an extra (and harder) battle after God Emperor in the games. Also Primity Baby is indeed the final boss of Medarot R (which the second half of the anime uses some elements), which makes Dr. Hebereke have an equivalent role to Katekin Ten from Medarot R than his own Medarot 2 counterpart. | * While in the game God Emperor is recognized as the final boss, the anime opted for Primity Baby. Probably because Primity Baby is indeed an extra (and harder) battle after God Emperor in the games. Also Primity Baby is indeed the final boss of Medarot R (which the second half of the anime uses some elements), which makes Dr. Hebereke have an equivalent role to Katekin Ten from Medarot R than his own Medarot 2 counterpart. | ||
** Primity Baby's gigantic size and Metabee's gigantic body never happened in | ** Primity Baby's gigantic size and Metabee's gigantic body never happened in the games. | ||
** God Emperor was placed as a major enemy from the first half of the anime, right before the start of the World Robattle Cup arc. | ** God Emperor was placed as a major enemy from the first half of the anime, right before the start of the World Robattle Cup arc. | ||
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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
In [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133412/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F01-10-2002%2F0001645447&EDATE= a press release] by Nelvana, Medabots was stated to be Fox Kid's "#1 new-season program for fall 2001". | |||
In a [https://tamashiiweb.com/t_kokkaku/39/?wovn=en 2010 interview], [[Horuma Rin]] said he was impressed by the thoughtful and fluid way the anime series translated his designs to animation, singling out [[Peppercat]]'s portrayal. | |||
[[Medarot 2]] writer [[Kana Hirano]] spoke highly of the series, calling it a masterpiece on [[Hirano Kana's Medarot 2 Production Notes|her account of Medarot 2's development]]. In a [https://twitter.com/HiranoKanaS/status/1722866213242675698 2023 twitter post], she added that seeing the characters she named brough to life by the anime series was highly motivating during the "death march" of [[Medarot 3]] and [[Medarot 4]]'s development. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
