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メダロット
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Medabots
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, frequently misspelled as Metabots, and known in
Japan as '''Medarot''' (メダロット), is a video game published by
Natsume , about battling
Robot s. The manga, later serialized in
Comic BomBom , is written by
Rin Horuma (Horumarin). The TV series was produced by
Bee Train
The manga was published in
English in
North America by
Viz Communications . The artwork was flipped to the left-to-right reading style. In
Singapore it is published in English by
Chuang Yi . The anime once aired on
Jetix . Released in America around the same time as
Pokémon , it was frequently assumed to be a simple parody of
Mon anime, since merchandise for the series was much less extensive and dubbed
Tongue-in-cheek (however, some of the more darker notes in the story, such as the "Ten days of darkness" were kept in, and Ikki gets hurt quite frequently during the series' more serious parts). Notably, several important characters noticeably retained their original Japanese names or pronunciations (such as ''Ikki'').
The series stars a boy named Ikki Tenryo, who wants to become a champion of the World Robattle Tournament. Ikki is not able to afford a top-of-the-line Medabot, but he is able to scrape together a small abundance of money to buy an outdated model, called KBT. He finds a Medal, which is the Medabot's soul, floating in a river, and inserts it into the robot he purchased. This Medabot becomes his partner in the Robattles he fights, and together the two share an unbreakable bond that helps them rise in the robattling World.
Also important in the series is rogue Medabot Rokusho, who has a dark past (similar to Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog fame). He is an important character in the flashbacks, since the anime takes place in two different time periods (and in the second season, three).
Another important aspect is the story of Henry, who sold Ikki his medabot. We later find out that he is, quite obviously, Phantom Renegade. The series has a running joke of Henry slipping up and practically telling the gang he is The Phantom, and Ikki and the gang still never figuring it out. We are then introduced to Space Medafighter X, # 1 in Japan, who is later revealed to be Phantom Renegade. Later, during the World Finals, he never actually shows up to the fights, instead sending substitutes and working behind the scenes. Later still, when Patra and Joe tell Ikki about the 10 days of darkness caused (apparently) by Hikaru Agata, X shows up and is recognised as Hikaru. It's shown afterward that Hikaru never actually did anything wrong and was the one who stopped the 10 days of darkness by killing his medabot, the original Medabee.
Ikki Tenryo (天領イッキ ''Tenryō Ikki'') is a Riverview Junior Highschool student, Ikki is a lively and easygoing boy, although a bit timid. In fact, his Medabot Metabee is his complete opposite, and used to be able to wrap Ikki around his little finger. However after several Robattles, a strong bond grows between them. Ikki, being so shy, has trouble around girls and has no idea how to handle them, and his best friend Erika still has Ikki under ''her'' little finger. Though Ikki is not a full-fledged Medafighter, he gradually matures through the Robattles he engages in. His dream is to win the World Robattle Tournament.
Metabee (whose name is a portmanteau of Metal Beetle) is a Medabot belonging to Ikki Tenryou. Metabee is an old outdated Hercules Beetle type (or KBT-11220 type) Medabot. He possesses the rare Kabuto type medal that allows him to use the Medaforce. Metabee is known to be quite aggressive and stubborn, and often messes up due to his hotheaded hyperactivity. He is often disobedient to his owner Ikki Tenryou, but he shares a close bond with him, and so Ikki trusts him deeply.
Metabee is fundamentally a shooting Medabot, specialising in revolver tactics. Attack abilities include:
- Two fast paced laser cannons embedded his left arm.
- One slower, but more powerful laser cannon embedded on his right arm.
- His special attack is Seeker missiles; they are standard heat seeker missiles and are launched from the two horns on his head. This is generally a finisher move.
Known as (甘酒アリカ ''Amazake Arika'') in
Japan
Erika is a childhood friend of Ikki who also attends Riverview junior Highschool. She is a strong-minded girl who is always bossing Ikki around. However, she also has a sweet feminine side and a soft spot for Ikki. Erika is also the reporter for the school's newspaper and will do anything for a scoop and is always looking for a story. Her medabot Brass is her cameragirl.
Brass (or Sailor-Multi) is a Medabot belonging to Erika. Brass is a Sailor type (or SLR-191218 type) Medabot, who possesses an ordinary beetle type medal. Her personality is that of a young, polite school girl. Brass spends most of her time helping out in Erika's journalist career, acting as the camera girl, and so she rarely fights; however, when she does robattle, she is a tough opponent. Brass is fundamentally a slow shooting Medabot. Attack abilities include:
- two laser cannons, one embedded in each arm.
(辛口コウジ ''Karakuchi Kōji'')
Rosewood Private School student Koji is the mollycoddled and rather snooty son of an extremely rich family. Something of an ace medafighter, Koji and his medabot Sumilidon are legendary for never losing a robattle. Koji and Ikki are rivals, but manage to co-exist together because of their friendship with Karin. Koji always trains hard with his medabot Sumilidon trying to master the technique known as the Shadow Sword. He thinks of himself as Karin's boyfriend.
Sumilidon is a Medabot belonging to Koji. Sumilidon is an up-to-date Saber-Tooth Tiger type (or SGT-19207 type) Medabot, and possesses a Kuwagata (stag beetle) type medal. Sumilidon is a serious medabot who never steps out of line and he has a trusting relationship with Koji. Sumilidon and Koji often train, trying to master the Shadow Sword and the Medaforce (despite the fact that Sumilidon does not have a rare medal.)
Sumilidon is fundamentally a hand-to-hand fighting Medabot, but he specialises in sword attacks. Attack abilities include:
- extremely high speed
- a flexor sword mounted on his right arm
- the 'Shadow Sword' ability
- heat dispersal
Kintaro is a loud-mouthed fast paced Medafighter who expresses a serious passion for Robattles. When he first appears, his Medabot Kantaroth is mistaken for Metabee.
Kintaro's Medabot, many believe him to be Metabee when he first appears. He is also a Hercules Beetle type, and appears identical to Metabee, only more streamlined since he is a later model. He has the same cannons that Metabee does, but lacks the Seeker Missile attack.
The Screws are a no good gang from Riverview Junior High School. Their leader is Samantha, a strong willed girl, who likes surprisingly feminine things such as ballet. As for the boys, Sloan is very laid back and Spyke is just a wimp. In some way or another the Screws always end-up being pitted against Ikki's gang, however when the situation needs it they may lend each other a helping hand. Samantha's Medabot is the agile and electrically armed Peppercat, Sloan's is the heavily armed and armored but slow turtle-type Totalizer and Spyke has at first Cyandog, an incompetent Medabot who always loses because Spyke has the wrong medal in his body (a Monkey medal in a Canine body), which he later upgrades to the more competent Crosserdog. During the World Robattle Championships, they all had to rotate as Space Medafighter X when Phantom Renegade went out on missions during the competition.
The 'bad guys'. Their objective is to get their hands on rare medals. Their gang has many members, but the one's after Ikki include Seaslug, Squidguts, Gillgirl and Shrimplips.
Rokusho is a mysterious Medabot. An old stag beetle-type (or KWG-11237) Medabot who possesses the kuwagata (stag-beetle) type medal. Rokusho appears to have no master, and he sporadically appears throughout the series, offering words of wisdom and help to Ikki and Metabee. His main goal is to protect rare medals such as his own.
Long ago Rokusho did have a master whose name was Dr. Hushi (節原教授). However, he disappeared in a mysterious fire. Rokusho was called Youhaku (Nickel-silver) by Dr. Hushi.
Rokusho is a Medabot who specialises in sword techniques. Attack abilities include:
- A Chanbara sword on his right arm.
- Extremely high speed.
Misc:
- In the Kilobots season, Rokuso doesn´t appear at all.
- His colouring in the manga and anime are different.
- Rokusho translates to Hexateuch, meaning ‘the first six books of the Old Testament.’ Whether this has any relevance is a mystery…
(あがたヒカル ''Agata Hikaru'')
Space Medafighter X is the hero who almost always manages to come through to save the day (though he has a habit of falling out and off of places and injuring himself in the process). He dons a /white/golden mask with a classic smiley face on it to hide an identity, and wears a tuxedo with cape and top hat as Phantom Renegade (white mask) and a leather-esque full body outfit with a red scarf as Space Medafighter X (Red Mask). Beneath this mask lies the white mask of Phantom Renegade in case the gold mask breaks. He owns the Medabot
Arcbeetle . The captain of Team USA, Joe, recognized Space Medafighter X as Hikaru Agata, Japan's former #1 Medafighter who caused the "Ten Days of Darkness." It's a dead giveaway that his real identity is Ikki's friend, Henry. This character alone was quite complex.
(純米カリン)
Karin is the niece of Dr. Aki and she is a very cute girl. Although she is in a rich family, she finds time to help people. Koji and Ikki constantly fight for her attention in the series. She owns the Medabot Neutranurse. She is also Koji's classmate and is admired by many at her school.
Mr. Referee is a Robattle referee who appears out of nowhere whenever Ikki is about to Robattle. He is a regular nice guy who never forgets his sense of humor, but if rules are broken he can get angry and use the satellite Medabot Penaltybox to punish said rulebreakers. He only appears in the first season.
A dimwitted teenager working in a convenience store, Henry is the one who sold Metabee to Ikki. Ten years ago Henry was the World Robattle Tournament star, it is unknown who his medabot was. It is a common misconception that Metabee was once Henry's but it turns out that Arcbeetle is actually the original, but without his memories of being the first Metabee. This part of the story was left out of the English dub.
Curiously, Henry's name-tag says "Hikaru" written in
Katakana , a hint of his true identity.
Dr. Meta-Evil is the nemesis of Dr. Aki and tries to collect Rare Medals. He and Aki were once pupils of Dr. Hushi.
He had a cat named Michael, who was in fact, the last Medalorian with memories. After he failed in his last try to conquer the world, he went to the space with Dr. Hushi and his alien-friend.
He is Karin's uncle and also Nae's grandpa, and one of the most notable scientists in medabot technology. He realizes the danger of rare medals and employs Phantom Renegade to steal them to prevent them from falling in the wrong hands. Despite appearing to be quite an idiot, he's smarter than he looks. At one time, Rokusho's friend Baton, Dr. Hushi's robot parrot, told Rokusho that Dr. Aki set fire to Dr. Hushi's lab and as a result Rokusho attempted to kill him. This information was later revealed to have been falsely programmed into Baton by Dr. Meta-Evil.
Warbandit is the Medabot belonging to Victor. Warbandit is a King Lion type (or KLN-111214) Medabot. He possesses the rare Kabuto type medal that allows him to use the Medaforce. Warbandit is a loyal medabot, who generally shows no emotion, but he does care for his owner Victor. Warbandit is the world champion of the Robattle tournament.
Warbandit is fundamentally a shooting Medabot. His attack abilities include:
- Four fast paced laser cannons embedded in his left arm.
- Two slower, but more powerful laser cannon embedded in his right arm.
She is kind, cute and generous. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Aki, although they do not look very much alike. Nae worked in the Corporation Medabot like a scientist, but she changes her employ for repay the medabots of the small children. She gave Ikki the new medaparts of Metabee. Also, she met Zuru when he was a small child. Her medabot is Honey.
A mermaid type medabot. She is like Nae: cute, kind and helpful. Honey also helps Nae with her job and delivering the repaired parts. She hasn’t had any weapons and she had been with Nae since she was a little girl.
Ginkai is a stubborn, glutton, honest, brave and have a gold heart. He becomes “friend” of Kam, after he had a fight with his medabot Beyonet. But refused to continue making trap after Kam attack with Redrun without mercy Metabee during a competition of robobattles. After he lost his kilobot, he asked for pardon to his medabot now Arc-Dash. With the help of the Mysterious Medafighter he won against Redrun. He had a friendship-rival with Ikki. Also, he had a small sister, called Sara.
He is the medabot of Ginkai. He is quite like Metabee: stubborn, hot-tempered loyal and a good friend. His old body was gifted for the cousin of Ginkai. He has the ability to combine with Tyrebeetle.
Attack abilities include:
History:
He has a rare medal. His medal was a gift for Ginkai by the doctor Zora (father of Zuru) because he accidentally crushed his draws when he was a child.
Also, he is in love with Peppercat. And Ginkai is in love with Samantha.
Tak is a small child, cute, smart and with the well-know doubts of the robobattles of his age. He often appears in the series, with Ikki like his mentor in the robobattles. One time he replaces his medabot after he looses a battle with a kilobot. Susie convinced him to use a kilobot, but Ginkai and Ikki return him in the right way.
His medabot is Comang-dog.
Comang-dog is dog type medabot with a turtle medal. He is loyal to his medafighter and a good apprentice. Comang-Dog “walks” with his tail because his legs are too short.
He also has two laser canons.
He is a shy, easy-going, genius and amiable boy. He is not good in the robobattles or that’s he pretends. He is the Mysterious Medafighter. A cruel medafighter who destroys every one kilobot who find in his way.
The reason of this is because his father was so obsessed about created powerful kilobot that he forgets about him and his mother. But, he learns about the friendship and loyalty of a medafighter and his medabot thanks to Ikki and Metabee. Also he started to consider Roks like a friend and not a machine.
Near to the final episodes, he reveals his identity to Kam and his friends. (Only Nae knew it)
When he is the Mysterious Medafighter, he uses Roks and Tyrebeetle (who is Gorem 2). He uses a cape and a cap to hide his identity.
He looks like Rokusho, but he has a body more advanced. Roks is almost like a kilobot: he rarely shows emotions and obeys blindly even the cruelest orders of his medafighter. Sometimes Metabee said that when he talked to him it was if he was talking with a kilobot. But he changes becoming a loyal medabot, showing to his medafighter if the orders were cruel or no. Also, he felt pity for Blakbeetle (Kam´s kilobot). He had also a rare medal, which with a lot of practice he could invoke the medaforce. He was more interested for save Blakbeetle for Gryphon than destroy her medal.
With almost 12 years old, this boy is a genius. But evil-genius. He had designed almost all the kilobots and the x-medals. Cruel, serious, sometimes sarcastic and cheater, he hasn’t have any friends expect followers. Kam paid the kilofighters for becoming his “friends” with free kiloparts.
Kam is extremely cruel with his kilobots, not showing pity for “trash them” when a new and more powerful kilobot is created (even with Blakbeetle).
Since he was a small child, Kam was always alone. His mother died when he was 4 years old and his father never gives him attention. These events eventually change him in the evil boy who is right now.
Only Blakbeetle is TRULY loyal to him.
She is a Kbt kilobot. Even if her behavior and appearance don’t show it. She had to fight against 99 kilobot to show that she was worthy to be his kilobot. But she lost her right eye.
She is almost like Kam: cruel, cheaper and evil. But despite those entire thing’s she had a small good side inside her. Even if her loyalty is strong she cannot avoid feeling jealousy about the friendship and confidence, which Metabee had with his medafighter. Her Neo x-medal allowed her to have feelings and it was going to be used in Gryphon.
In the end episode, her eye is repaired.
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Stag Beetle type
- - Sailor type
- - Nurse type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Saber-Tooth Tiger type
- - Cat type
- - Tortoise type
- - Dog type
- - Dog type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - King Lion type
- - Baby type
- - Weapon type
- - Weapon type
- - Devil type
- - Samurai in Shinsengumi type
- - Sohei called Benkei type
- - Sha Wujing type
- - Sun Wukong type
- - Zhu Bajie type
- - Tiger type
- - Dragon type
- - Plane type
- - Mermaid type
- - Fox type
- - Devil type
- - Chameleon type
- - Unicorn type
- - Car type
- - Weapon type
- - Penguin type
- - Ninja type
- - Crawfish type
- - Samurai type
- - Phoenix type
- - Shark type
- - Ban type
- - Raccoon type
- - Pteradactyl type
- - Marine type
- - Tyrannosaur type
- - ????
- - Viking type
- - Fly type
- - Bear type
- - Egyptian Queen type
- - ????
- - Dragonfly type
- - Book type
- - Mole type
- - Jack-o'-lantern type
- - Firefly type
- - Batoidea type
- - Frog type
- - Flower type
- - Witch type
- - Golem type
- - Jellyfish type
- - Stone type
- - Clay Model type
- - Gorilla type
- - Earthenware doll type
- - Rabbit type
- - Konouchi type
- - Rat Type
- - French type
- - Kappa (water imp) type
- - Pharaoh type
- - Kintaro type
- - Guard Dog type
- - Crab type
- - Brachiosaurus type
- - Poisonous snake type
- - Clown type
- - Mammoth type
- - Mantis type
- - Elephant type
- - Ghost type
- - Monacle type
- - Bat type
- - Clam type
- - Killer Whale type
- - ????
- - Pirate type
- - Pirate type
- - Scorpion type
- - Cle-o-pat-ra type
- - Mascot type
- - Rabbit type
- - Cow type
- - Rhino type
- - ????
- - Cactus type
- - Sailor type
- - Salamander type
- - Snail type
- - Snowball type
- - Spider type
- - ????
- - Dragon type
- - Starfish type
- - Crawfish type
- - Witch type
- - Battle Motor type
- - Octopus type
- - Mummy type
- - Monkey type
- - Guide type
- - Indian type
- - Weapon type
- - Sylph type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Dracula type
- - Assistant type
- - Guard Dog type
- - Stag Beetle type
- - Stag Beetle type
- - Jewel Beetle type
- - Hercules Beetle type
- - Bison type
- - Sword type
- - Hammer type
- - Saber-Tooth Tiger type
- - Soldier type
- - Super Devil type
- - Monkey type
- - Submarine type
- - Devil type
- - Robin Hood type
- - Skeleton type
- - Tank Type
- - King Lion type:
- 1. Stung By a Metabee
- 2. Return of the Screws
- 3. Running Scared
- 4. The Legendary Medafighter
- 5. The Old Man and The Sea Monster
- 6. The Gimme Ghost
- 7. Cyandog Bites Back
- 8. For Better For Worse - Part I
- 9. For Better For Worse - Part II
- 10. Mystery Medabot
- 11. Phantom Renegade Unmasked
- 12. Ban All Medabots
- 13. Meet Your Meda-Maker
- 14. The Spy Who Robattled Me
- 15. I Dream of Hushi
- 16. Metabee vs Rokusho
- 17. Use The Medaforce
- 18. Fifteen Minutes of Shame
- 19. Enter Rintaro
- 20. The Ace From Outer Space
- 21. Me and My Shadow Sword
- 22. Dude, Where's My Ma?
- 23. X-treme Measures
- 24. The Road to Ruins
- 25. Beetle Mania
- 26. The Mother of All Robattles
- 27. Spaceship Superstars
- 28. No Body Home
- 29. For Love or Robattle
- 30. Welcome to Ninja World
- 31. Eat, Drink, Man, Medabot
- 32. There's Something About Miss Mimosa
- 33. The Birds and The Metabees
- 34. Skyward, Yo!
- 35. Dance With The Mantis
- 36. Love At First Bite
- 37. Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy
- 38. Heavy Medal
- 39. Robattle Bridge
- 40. Let The Meda-Games Begin
- 41. Pixies and Pirates
- 42. The French Deception
- 43. Space Medaballerina X
- 44. Swede and Sour
- 45. Future's Past
- 46. The Medaforce Within
- 47. A Date with Destiny
- 48. Calm Before the Storm
- 49. Taking the Victor Out of Victory
- 50. Altered States
- 51. Waking to a Dream
- 52. Metabee's Last Stand
Rokusho, Karin, Neutranurse, Koji, Sumilidon, Rintaro, and Mr. Referee all don´t appear in Season 2
- 53: Kilobot Rising
- 54: Fighting Temptation
- 55: What the World Needs Now Who is the Mystery Medafighter
- 56: Delivery Boy
- 57: Scoop of the Century
- 58: Robbed Zombies
- 59: Lights, Camera... Robattle!
- 60: Dark Alliance (1)
- 61: Dark Alliance (2)
- 62: Redrun-Away
- 63: Erika's Secret Garden
- 64: Metabee's Out of Body Exp
- 65: The Bee's Rescue the Honey
- 66: A Night In The Medabot Junkyard
- 67: Once A Medafighter (1)
- 68: Once A Medafighter (2)
- 69: Title Flight
- 70: The Agony of the Cheat
- 71: It's the Medafighter Way
- 72: Fall from Grace (1)
- 73: Fall from Grace (2)
- 74: Mystery Medafighter Unmasked?
- 75: The Truth About Charlie
- 76: Rok's Reborn 77: I, Kilobot
- 78: Thanks for the Memories
- 79: How Spyke Got His Style Back
- 80: The Medabot Straight Line Marathon
- 81: Kung Fu For Thought
- 82: Erika to the Rescue
- 83: Rough on a Hot Tin Cat
- 84: Meda-Forced
- 85: Poor Miss Nae
- 86: Mystery Medafighter . . . Revealed!
- 87: Winner Take All Medabots Are Friends (2)
- 88: Transfusion Confusion
- 89: Gryphon Doom Forbidden Evil Medal (1)
- 90: Final Goodbyes(2)
- 91: Into the Fire Shine! Spirit of Hope (3)
