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'''Medarot Damashii''' (''メダロット魂 Medarotto Damashii'', known as "season 3", ''' | '''Medarot Damashii''' (''メダロット魂 Medarotto Damashii'', known as "season 3", '''Medabot Spirits''' and '''Medabots Spirits''' in English) is an anime series and the sequel to the [[Medarot (anime)|original Medarot anime]]. The series was produced by [[Trans Arts]] with assistance from [[wikipedia:Production I.G|Production I.G]] and started airing on TV Tokyo on July 7, 2000. As with the original series, it was licensed by [[Nelvana]] for its western localization and aired as a third season of the anime outside Japan. | ||
Unlike its predecessor, the series is much more an original story but brings some elements from [[Medarot 3]] and [[Medarot 4]], such as the concepts of [[Medachange]] and some of the [[Medarot]] designs from these installments. The story has [[Ikki]] and [[Metabee (character)|Metabee]] (in [[Saikachis|a new body]]) taking a stand against [[Kokuryuu Kamizake]], who wants to replace every Medarots with emotionless [[Death Medarot]]s. | Unlike its predecessor, the series is much more an original story but brings some elements from [[Medarot 3]] and [[Medarot 4]], such as the concepts of [[Medachange]] and some of the [[Medarot]] designs from these installments. The story has [[Ikki]] and [[Metabee (character)|Metabee]] (in [[Saikachis|a new body]]) taking a stand against [[Kokuryuu Kamizake]], who wants to replace every Medarots with emotionless [[Death Medarot]]s. | ||
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For various reasons, the series is highly controversial with fans of its predecessor and the Medarot franchise at large. | For various reasons, the series is highly controversial with fans of its predecessor and the Medarot franchise at large. | ||
{{quote|Does the | {{quote|Does the soul of a Medarotter burn within you?|Tagline|Official Japanese website}} | ||
==Sypnosis== | ==Sypnosis== | ||
Sometimes after the events of the previous series, Ikki meets [[Nae]], a kind and gifted Medarot mechanic who gives him a new [[Medarotch]] model and upgraded [[Saikachis]] parts for Metabee. Ikki's world is upended when is he targeted by [[Ginkai]], a | Sometimes after the events of the previous series, Ikki meets [[Nae]], a kind and gifted Medarot mechanic who gives him a new [[Medarotch]] model and upgraded [[Saikachis]] parts for Metabee. Ikki's world is upended when is he targeted by [[Ginkai]], a sadistic and cheating [[Medarotter]] who uses [[Death Medarot]]s. The Death medarots are a new type of medarot who lack emotions and individual personalities due to their generic medals, and who obey orders without questions, including those that ignore the rules of Robattle. The distribution of the Death Medarots is spearheaded by one [[Kokuryuu Kamizake]], a callous young boy. | ||
Kokuryuu hatchs various plots to discredit Ikki and Metabee and destroy Metabee in an effort to prove the superiority of Death Medarots. Further complicating this situations is the arrival of the [[Mysterious Medarotter]], a skilled individual who is on a quest to destroy all Death Medarots, but whose ruthless methods makes him little better than | Kokuryuu hatchs various plots to discredit Ikki and Metabee and destroy Metabee in an effort to prove the superiority of Death Medarots. Further complicating this situations is the arrival of the [[Mysterious Medarotter]], a skilled individual who is on a quest to destroy all Death Medarots, but whose ruthless methods makes him little better than the Death Medarots he claims to despise. | ||
As the series progresses, various twists and turns upend the conflict. After repeatedly antagonizing Ikki and Metabee, Ginkai renews with his long-buried sense of honor and changes side, dedicating himself to becoming an exemplary Medarotter with his partner [[Arcbeetle-Dash|Arc-Dash]]. The Mysterious Medarotter is revealed to be Ikki's new classmate and son of the Death Medarot's inventor [[Yuuzuru Ozora|Yuuzuru]], who blames the Death Medarots for his strained relationship with his father. | As the series progresses, various twists and turns upend the conflict. After repeatedly antagonizing Ikki and Metabee, Ginkai renews with his long-buried sense of honor and changes side, dedicating himself to becoming an exemplary Medarotter with his medarot partner [[Arcbeetle-Dash|Arc-Dash]]. The Mysterious Medarotter is revealed to be Ikki's new classmate and son of the Death Medarot's inventor [[Yuuzuru Ozora|Yuuzuru]], who blames the Death Medarots for his strained relationship with his father. | ||
Intrigued by Metabee's power, Kokuryuu designs a new Death Medarot named [[Blackbeetle]]. Unlike other of her kinds, Blackbeetle is equipped with an experimental [[Medal]] that gives her a personality and emotions, though Kokuryuu treats her as just as disposable as his other creations. Eventually, he puts her | Intrigued by Metabee's power, Kokuryuu designs a new Death Medarot named [[Blackbeetle]]. Unlike other of her kinds, Blackbeetle is equipped with an experimental [[Medal]] that gives her a personality and emotions, though Kokuryuu treats her as just as disposable as his other creations. Eventually, he puts her medal into the extremely powerful and experimental model [[Grain]], whose power requirements are far too much for her medal to handle. Ikki, Ginkai, Yuuzuru and their medarots go to the [[Death Medarot Company]] HQ to rescue Blackbeetle and a fight ensues, which ends in a destructive fire. The Medarots and Blackbeetle team up to rescue a trapped Kokuryuu. Touched by their actions, Kokuryuu renounces his ways and finally accepts Blackbeetle as his friend. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
* [[Ikki Tenryou]] | * [[Ikki Tenryou]] | ||
** [[Metabee (character)#In the anime|Metabee]] | ** [[Metabee (character)#In the anime|Metabee]] | ||
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* [[Tateyama]] | * [[Tateyama]] | ||
** [[Comadog#In the anime|Comadog]] | ** [[Comadog#In the anime|Comadog]] | ||
* [[Wakaba]] | |||
** [[Put-Cat#In the anime|Put-Cat]] | |||
** [[Ambiguous 2#In the anime|Ambiguous 2]] | |||
* [[Kikuhime]] | * [[Kikuhime]] | ||
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* [[Ginkai]] | * [[Ginkai]] | ||
** [[Bayonet#In the anime|Bayonet]]/[[Arcbeetle-Dash#In the anime|Arc-Dash]] | ** [[Bayonet#In the anime|Bayonet]]/[[Arcbeetle-Dash#In the anime|Arc-Dash]] | ||
* [[Kokuryuu Kamizake]] | * [[Kokuryuu Kamizake]] | ||
** [[Blackbeetle#In the anime|Blakbeetle]]/[[Grain#In the anime|Grain]] | ** [[Blackbeetle#In the anime|Blakbeetle]]/[[Grain#In the anime|Grain]] | ||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
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! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Translated Title | ! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Translated Title | ||
! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | English Dub Title | ! style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | English Dub Title | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 爆走!新型メタビー | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Explosion! New Metabee | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Kilobots Rising | | style="text-align:left;" | Kilobots Rising | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 禁じられた戦い | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Forbidden Battle | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Fighting Temptation | | style="text-align:left;" | Fighting Temptation | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 3 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 謎のドークス使い | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Mysterious Dorcus user | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Who is the Mystery Medafighter?! | | style="text-align:left;" | Who is the Mystery Medafighter?! | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 4 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 届けもの大騒動 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Delivery Commotion | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Delivery Boy | | style="text-align:left;" | Delivery Boy | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | 激突! スクープ合戦 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Clash! Scoop Battle | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Clash! | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Scoop of the Century | | style="text-align:left;" | Scoop of the Century | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | 怪談 夜の理科室 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Ghost Story Night at the Science Room | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Ghost Story | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Robbed Zombies | | style="text-align:left;" | Robbed Zombies | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 7 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | プールでロボトル | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Robottle in the pool | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Lights, Camera... Robattle! | | style="text-align:left;" | Lights, Camera... Robattle! | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 8 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | 戦士の絆(前編) | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Warrior's Bond (Part 1) | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Dark Alliance (Part | | style="text-align:left;" | Dark Alliance (Part 1) | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | 戦士の絆(後編) | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Warrior's Bond (Part 2) | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Dark Alliance (Part 2) | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 10 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | 暴走! 赤い悪魔 | |||
| | | style="text-align:left;" | Runaway! Red Devil | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Red Devil | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Redrun-Away | | style="text-align:left;" | Redrun-Away | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | アリカの花園 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Arika's Flower Garden | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Arika's Garden | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Erika's Secret Garden | | style="text-align:left;" | Erika's Secret Garden | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | 盗まれたメタビー | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Stolen Metabee | |||
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| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Metabee's Out of Body Experience | | style="text-align:left;" | Metabee's Out of Body Experience | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | ハニー救出大作戦 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Operation: Rescue Honey | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | The Bee Rescues the Honey | | style="text-align:left;" | The Bee Rescues the Honey | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 14 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | メダロット墓場 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Medarot Graveyard | | style="text-align:left;" | Medarot Graveyard | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | A Night in the Medabot Junkyard | | style="text-align:left;" | A Night in the Medabot Junkyard | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 15 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | 立て! ギンカイ | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Stand Up! Ginkai | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Once a Medafighter... (Part | | style="text-align:left;" | Once a Medafighter... (Part 1) | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | コクリュウの逆襲 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Kokuryu's Counterattack | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Once a Medafighter... (Part 2) | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 17 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 大空の戦い | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Battle in | | style="text-align:left;" | Battle in The Sky | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Title Flight | | style="text-align:left;" | Title Flight | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 18 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | カンニング大作戦 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Cheating Strategy | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | The Agony of the Cheat | | style="text-align:left;" | The Agony of the Cheat | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 19 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 守れ! 男のプライド | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Protect | | style="text-align:left;" | Protect! Man's Pride | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | It's the Medafighter Way! | | style="text-align:left;" | It's the Medafighter Way! | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 20 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | 仕掛けられた罠 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | A Trap Set | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Fall from Grace (Part 1) | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 21 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | トリックをあばけ! | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Reveal the Trick! | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Fall from Grace (Part | | style="text-align:left;" | Fall from Grace (Part 2) | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 22 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | ユウヅルの正体 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Yuzuru's True Identity | |||
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| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Mystery Medafighter Unmasked? | | style="text-align:left;" | Mystery Medafighter Unmasked? | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 23 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | ナエのお見合い | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Nae's | | style="text-align:left;" | Nae's Arranged Marriage | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | The Truth About Charlie | | style="text-align:left;" | The Truth About Charlie | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | ドークスの奇跡 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Dorcus's Miracle | | style="text-align:left;" | Dorcus's Miracle | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Roks Reborn | | style="text-align:left;" | Roks Reborn | ||
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| | | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | ワカバの誘惑 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Wakaba's Temptation | | style="text-align:left;" | Wakaba's Temptation | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | I, Kilobot | | style="text-align:left;" | I, Kilobot | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | 燃えろ!熱き魂 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Burn! Passionate Soul | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Burn | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Thanks for the Memories | | style="text-align:left;" | Thanks for the Memories | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 27 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 男イワノイ大勝負 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Manly Iwanoi's Big Game | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | How Spyke Got His Style Back | | style="text-align:left;" | How Spyke Got His Style Back | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 28 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | E激走! 一直線レース | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Rushing! Straight line race | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | The Medabot Straight Line Marathon | | style="text-align:left;" | The Medabot Straight Line Marathon | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 29 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | メタビーの大特訓 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Metabee's Training | | style="text-align:left;" | Metabee's Special Training | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Kung Fu for Thought | | style="text-align:left;" | Kung Fu for Thought | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 30 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | アリカ一発逆転! | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Arika | | style="text-align:left;" | Arika Makes a One-Shot Reversal! | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Erika to the Rescue | | style="text-align:left;" | Erika to the Rescue | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 31 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 炎のアークダッシュ | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Burning Arc-Dash | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Rough on a Hot Tin Cat | | style="text-align:left;" | Rough on a Hot Tin Cat | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 32 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 失われた友情 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Lost Friendship | | style="text-align:left;" | Lost Friendship | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Meda-Forced | | style="text-align:left;" | Meda-Forced | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 33 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | ナエさん MY LOVE | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Nae-san | | style="text-align:left;" | Nae-san MY LOVE | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Poor Miss Nae | | style="text-align:left;" | Poor Miss Nae | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 34 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 父への想い | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Thoughts on my Father | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | The Mystery Medafighter... Revealed! | | style="text-align:left;" | The Mystery Medafighter... Revealed! | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | メダロットは友達 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Medarot is my Friend | |||
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| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Winner Take All | | style="text-align:left;" | Winner Take All | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | たった1人の逃亡者 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Only One Fugitive | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | One | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Transfusion Confusion | | style="text-align:left;" | Transfusion Confusion | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | 37 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | 禁断のデスメダル | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Forbidden Death Medal | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Gryphon-Doom | | style="text-align:left;" | Gryphon-Doom | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | コクリュウの過去 | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | | | style="text-align:left;" | Kokuryu's Past | ||
| style="text-align:left;" | Final Goodbyes | | style="text-align:left;" | Final Goodbyes | ||
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| style="text-align:left;" | 輝け!希望の魂 | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Shine! Soul of Hope | |||
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| style="text-align:left;" | Shine | |||
| style="text-align:left;" | Into the Fire | | style="text-align:left;" | Into the Fire | ||
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* The Medaforce is also portrayed as something that can be done on-command rather than something that happens as a result of a strong emotional buildup in a Medarot, though Arcbeetle-Dash's Medaforce awakening in Episode 31 is portrayed similarly to how it happens in the original series. | * The Medaforce is also portrayed as something that can be done on-command rather than something that happens as a result of a strong emotional buildup in a Medarot, though Arcbeetle-Dash's Medaforce awakening in Episode 31 is portrayed similarly to how it happens in the original series. | ||
* The previous series ended with Kouji's [[Smilodonad]] using the Medaforce despite having a regular mass-manufactured medal. Damashii ignores this development and sticks with the idea of only [[Rare Medal]]s and the new concept of [[First Medal]]s being able to use the Medaforce. | * The previous series ended with Kouji's [[Smilodonad]] using the Medaforce despite having a regular mass-manufactured medal. Damashii ignores this development and sticks with the idea of only [[Rare Medal]]s and the new concept of [[First Medal]]s being able to use the Medaforce. | ||
* The [[Select Corps]] does not appear to exist: Ikki's father is shown working as a regular salary man and when [[Blossomail]] rampages through town, conventional police forces are | * The [[Select Corps]] does not appear to exist: Ikki's father is shown working as a regular salary man and when [[Blossomail]] rampages through town, conventional police forces are shown responding. | ||
* The show inconsistently portrays the relationships between a Medarot's body and its medal. While many episodes accurately portray the medal as holding the medarot's personality and memories, Episode 17 has Ikki acting as if Metabee is dead after his body is seemingly destroyed, despite holding his medal in his hands. Characters are also shown to be disproportionately agitated when an inert medarot body is attacked or pounced on after its medal has safely ejected. | * The show inconsistently portrays the relationships between a Medarot's body and its medal. While many episodes accurately portray the medal as holding the medarot's personality and memories, Episode 17 has Ikki acting as if Metabee is dead after his body is seemingly destroyed, despite holding his medal in his hands. Characters are also shown to be disproportionately agitated when an inert medarot body is attacked or pounced on after its medal has safely ejected. | ||
* While the original series showed Medarots being used by adults and Medarots having non-combat utilities, Damashii portrays them as near-exclusively used by children beside Nae having a personal assistant in the form of [[Honey]]. Part of Episode 23's plot hinges on a man being viewed as creepy and suspicious for robattling children as an adult, despite this scenario happening multiple times in the original series with no apparent stigma. | * While the original series showed Medarots being used by adults and Medarots having non-combat utilities, Damashii portrays them as near-exclusively used by children beside Nae having a personal assistant in the form of [[Honey]]. Part of Episode 23's plot hinges on a man being viewed as creepy and suspicious for robattling children as an adult, despite this scenario happening multiple times in the original series with no apparent stigma. | ||
* The Death Medarots [[Excise]] and [[Unitris]] are obviously based on Smilodonad and [[Warbonnet]], iconic medarots in the previous series. The ressemblance is not commented on in-universe nor is it explained how the Death Medarot Company is able to market designs clearly derivative of its competitor's products. | * The Death Medarots [[Excise]] and [[Unitris]] are obviously based on Smilodonad and [[Warbonnet]], iconic medarots in the previous series. The ressemblance is not commented on in-universe nor is it explained how the Death Medarot Company is able to market designs clearly derivative of its competitor's products. | ||
* The practice of giving one of the loser's part to the winner of a Robattle is never shown. | * The practice of giving one of the loser's part to the winner of a Robattle is never shown. | ||
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==English dub== | ==English dub== | ||
As with the original Medarot, the series was licensed by Nelvana and aired as a third season of | As with the original Medarot, the series was licensed by Nelvana and aired as a third season of Medabotss from 2003 to 2004, continuing the episode numbering. Unlike the original series, all of Medabots Spirit's episodes were aired in the same order as they were in Japan. Not all markets that aired the original series aired Medabots Spirit. | ||
The English dub continued the translation and editing style of the previous series' dub, though some practices were heightened in the process of localizing Damashii: | The English dub continued the translation and editing style of the previous series' dub, though some practices were heightened in the process of localizing Damashii: | ||
* The series saw heavier censorship than the original series, with various scenes of more intense violence being cut and | * The series saw heavier censorship than the original series, with various scenes of more intense violence being cut and various other alterations being done. Episode 23 saw its scripts heavily rewritten from a story about Ikki mistaking Nae to be in an arranged marriage to one about being Ikki upset that Nae is going away on a summer job as a Medabots researcher. According to dub script writer [[Rob Tinkler]] in an interview, the localization staff were concerned about the appearances of a younger woman like Nae seemingly being engaged with an older man. | ||
* Medabots Vital Stats screens are used far more frequently than they were in the original series, seemingly in an effort to pad runtime due to other scenes being cut. Medarots such as [[Arcbeetle-Dash]] and [[Comadog]] get as much as five such screens throughout the run of the series, even in episodes when they have little screentime and no importance to the plot. | * Medabots Vital Stats screens are used far more frequently than they were in the original series, seemingly in an effort to pad runtime due to other scenes being cut. Medarots such as [[Arcbeetle-Dash]] and [[Comadog]] get as much as five such screens throughout the run of the series, even in episodes when they have little screentime and no importance to the plot. | ||
* The final's episode ending credit montage is cut and replaced with a scene of Nae narrating over stock footage of the series main characters. | * The final's episode ending credit montage is cut and replaced with a scene of Nae narrating over stock footage of the series main characters. | ||
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** Blackbeetle has an heavily-modulated, demonic-sounding voice in the English dub while her voice in Japanese is no different than that of other medarots. | ** Blackbeetle has an heavily-modulated, demonic-sounding voice in the English dub while her voice in Japanese is no different than that of other medarots. | ||
** [[Kintora]] has a squeaky, high-pitched voice contrasting with his heavyset appearance, while the English dub gives him a deep, bassy voice. | ** [[Kintora]] has a squeaky, high-pitched voice contrasting with his heavyset appearance, while the English dub gives him a deep, bassy voice. | ||
** Wakaba no longer speaks in the third-person outside of a few lines in Episode 31. | |||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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When it first aired in Japan, Medarot Damashii saw an extremely negative reaction from older fans of the previous anime with complaints centering around its continuity issues, the quality of the animation and the writing, darker atmosphere, and the perceived unflaterring and out-of-character portrayal of characters carried over from the previous series. The backlash saw a Trans Art producer (signing under the name "Sato") post an impassioned letter on the company's official website acknowledging the negative reception and the show's lack of ties to the previous series. | When it first aired in Japan, Medarot Damashii saw an extremely negative reaction from older fans of the previous anime with complaints centering around its continuity issues, the quality of the animation and the writing, darker atmosphere, and the perceived unflaterring and out-of-character portrayal of characters carried over from the previous series. The backlash saw a Trans Art producer (signing under the name "Sato") post an impassioned letter on the company's official website acknowledging the negative reception and the show's lack of ties to the previous series. | ||
Not all impressions were negative and in the years following its airing, some viewers have praised Damashii as | Not all impressions were negative and in the years following its airing, some viewers have praised Damashii as becoming significantly better in its later half. This reappraisal is far from universal, however, and as such Damashii remains a contentious chapter of the Medarot franchise. | ||
==Differences with the games== | ==Differences with the games== | ||
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* Unlike the previous anime, the final boss here is the same from the games, [[Grain]] from Medarot 4. However, the context of Grain as the final enemy is completely different in the two stories. [[Particle]]'s existence is omitted in the anime. | * Unlike the previous anime, the final boss here is the same from the games, [[Grain]] from Medarot 4. However, the context of Grain as the final enemy is completely different in the two stories. [[Particle]]'s existence is omitted in the anime. | ||
* Damashii portrays Medarots as having limited ammo for all of their ranged weapons and not just their head parts as is the case in the games. The Death Medarot's ability to reload mid-fight is explicitely called out as cheating. | * Damashii portrays Medarots as having limited ammo for all of their ranged weapons and not just their head parts as is the case in the games. The Death Medarot's ability to reload mid-fight is explicitely called out as cheating. | ||
* | * in the games, Medarots are stated to have self-rebuilding nanotechnology and highly resistant armor. While the topic of medarot maintenance is not brought up much in the first anime, Damashii portrays medarots as needing to be repaired and maintained by dedicated mechanics. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== |