List of Medabots episodes
This is a list of episodes for the Medabots anime series and its sequel, Medabots Spirits (Medarot Damashii in Japan), which are based on the video game franchise of the same name. Overall, the television series was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from July 2, 1999 to March 30, 2001. The original fifty-two episode series was animated by Bee Train and was broadcast from July 2, 1999 to June 30, 2000. Spirits/Damashii was co-produced by Production I.G and Trans Arts and ran for thirty-nine episodes broadcast from July 7, 2000 to March 30, 2001.
Both series were originally licensed and localized into English by Nelvana; the first series was divided into two seasons for its U.S. broadcast and the episodes aired in a different order. The first U.S. season, consisting of 26 episodes, originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block from September 1, 2001 to April 27, 2002. Future episodes would premiere on ABC Family, which had already been airing reruns since March 4, 2002.[1] The second U.S. season originally aired on ABC Family from July 1 to November 2, 2002, while Damashii first aired on the network from September 13, 2003 to May 8, 2004. Later episodes and reruns were aired as part of the Jetix block and Toon Disney's Jetix in November 2004.
The Japanese version has received a VHS and DVD release for the first series, while Damashii has only received a VHS release. On January 29, 2010, a Region 2 boxset release known as MEDAROT DVD BOX 1 was released containing the first thirty episodes,[2] with a second boxset on February 19 finishing with the last twenty-two episodes.[3] Two boxsets for Medarot Damashii were released on December 30, 2010.[4][5] This was Damashii's first DVD release.
From 2002 to 2003, ADV Films released twelve volumes of both the first and second seasons. In 2007, Shout! Factory released the first season of the English version on Region 1 DVD.[6] There were plans to release the second season on DVD, but was canceled. Both series are currently licensed by Discotek Media.[7]
Episode list
Medabots
Episodes 1-39
| Title | Ep. # (Prod.) | Ep. # (U.S.) | Original Airdate | English Airdate | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Stung by a Metabee" | 1 | 1 | July 2, 1999 | September 1, 2001 | In the future, people have their own battle robots called Medabots. The Rubberobo Gang fail to steal a Medabot medal from an injured scientist following a car accident because of the Phantom Renegade. He loses the medal which falls into the water followed by him. The next day, the Screws consisting of Samantha, Spike and Sloan challenge the Student Council to a submission Robattle for ownership of their classroom. Samantha and her cat-type Medabot Peppercat beat the Student Council President and his book-type Medabot Dr. Bokchoy. Ikki Tenryou is a boy who dreams of having his own Medabot which he can't afford because he doesn't have enough money and his parents won't buy him one. He does find the Medabot medal that Phantom Renegade lost on the shore of the river. Spike and his dog-type Medabot Cyandog lose the unused Bombarder part meant for Samantha to the Rockers and their Medabots consisting of two devil-type Medabots Blackram and phoenix-type Medabot Phoenix. When his friend Erika and her sailor-type Medabot Sailor-Multi (nicknamed Brass) are challenged by the Rockers, Ikki persuades the local store owner Henry to sell him the Hercules beetle-type Medabot Metabee which is powered by the same medal. He defeats the Rockers as Metabee develops a mind of his own.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Blackram's Bombarder. Peppercat acquires Dr. Bokchoy's right arm. |
| "Return of the Screws" | 2 | 2 | July 9, 1999 | September 1, 2001 | After the victory against the Rockers, Ikki and Metabee have been having a hard time getting along amidst Erika writing about how they defeated the Rockers. Its because of Ikki's status that the principal has Ikki spared from the gym teacher Coach Mountain's wrath for being late to school. With Metabee having followed Ikki to school, Sloan tries to Robattle Ikki with his tortoise-type Medabot Totalizer only for him to get in trouble with Coach Mountain. After Ikki and Metabee's latest falling out, Ikki is enlisted by the Student Council to help reclaim their classroom from the Screws. Having to make up with Metabee, Ikki has Metabee face off against Samantha and Peppercat. Metabee defeats Peppercat by sending some fountain water onto Peppercat. Afterwards, Samantha's intimidating but frail supervisor Baron von Banish shows up to Robattle Ikki and Metabee with his Banchou-type Medabot Banisher[a]. Metabee easily defeats Banisher as the Student Council thanks Ikki. This causes another disagreement between Ikki and Metabee.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Peppercat's right arm and Banisher's legs. |
| "Running Scared" | 3 | 3 | July 16, 1999 | September 8, 2001 | As Coach Mountain hates Medabots, having them on school property has become a risk as he punishes the Screws by having them do laps. Because of getting a low score on the test by Coach Mountain, Ikki and the Screws end up doing a lot of laps. One day, Ikki and the Screws spot Coach Mountain with a Medabot. Following Coach Mountain into the night life of Riverview City, Ikki, Erika, and the Screws find that Coach Mountain is planning to build a park there. Unfortunately, he and his mole-type Medabot Digmole are being beaten by some gangsters where their leader is using the elephant-type Medabot Megaphant. Ikki steps in. Despite Megaphant's shield defense and iron ball attack, Ikki and Metabee were able to come up with a strategy to defeat Megaphant. Afterwards, Coach Mountain tearfully thanks Ikki for his help. The next day, Coach Mountain has Ikki, Erika, and the Screws run laps for being out in the city at night and wants their sweat to water his new park.
Robattle stats: Digmole loses to Megaphant. Metabee acquire's Megaphant's left shield arm. |
| "The Legendary Medafighter" | 4 | 4 | July 23, 1999 | September 15, 2001 | Ikki is rescued from an approaching car by a girl named Karen who goes to Rosewood Private School. Erika later mentions that a Legendary Medafigher attends Rosewood Private School causing Erika and Ikki to sneak in. While Ikki, Metabee, and Erika managed to fool the guard, the Screws fail at that. With Rosewood Private School being gigantic, Ikki, Metabee, and Erika discover traps in the area as they encounter a boy named Eddie and his Golem-type Medabot Gloomeg[b] as they encounter Koji Karakuchi and his sabretooth tiger-type Medabot Sumilodon who bests Gloomeg. Ikki runs into Karin again as she saves him and Erika from a trap. When Ikki and Erika arrive at the school, they ask around as all they get are claims that the Legendary Medafighter owns either a Blackram or a Megaphant. Ikki is then confronted by Koji. Before he and Metabee can engage Koji and Sumilodon, Karin is abducted by Eddie and Gloomeg in order to draw out the Legendary Medafighter. The other students bring out their Medabots and attack Eddie and Gloomeg. Karin breaks up the attack revealing herself as the Legendary Medafighter. She brings out her nurse-type Medabot Neutranurse who heals Eddie and Gloomeg. Later that evening, Ikki and Erika are walking back to the gate. While Karin stops and offers to give them a ride, Koji also stops and states that they need the exercise. As for the Screws, they are still lost on the property.
Robattle stats: Gloomeg loses to Sumilodon. |
| "The Old Man and the Sea Monster" | 5 | 5 | July 30, 1999 | September 22, 2001 | Ikki, Metabee, Erika, Jouzou Tenryo, and Salty are at the beach. While Jouzou sleeps under the sun, Ikki and Erika have some fun under the Sun while Metabee notes that he can't swim as he is taunted by a boy named Ryan and his two unnamed friends. Ikki and Erika then hear of a sea monster sighting in the area. After meeting an old man who is doing some fishing with his octopus-type Medabot Octoclam[c], Ikki and Erika run into Ryan's group as he and Metabee are goaded into Robattling him and his shark-type Medabot Sharkkhan. Because Metabee is not compatible in water, Mr. Referee takes this as a forfeit as Ryan states that the submission rules state that Metabee must give up one of his Medaparts for keeps. Metabee loses his legs and makes use of Banisher's legs. Ikki and Metabee run into the old man again as they ask him for help in obtaining aquatic Medaparts. He gives them one of Octoclam's extra legs and puts them through some training. When the sea monster confronts Erika, it is then discovered to be a disguise worn by Sharkkhan and his accomplices jellyfish-type Medabot Giggly Jelly and manta ray-type Medabot Flatstick. Ryan and his friends are responsible as Ikki challenges Ryan to a rematch. Thanks to some advice from the old man, Metabee using Octoclam's legs was able to defeat Sharkkhan. Afterwards, Ryan admits to Ikki that they were acting against the tourists who were littering and he and his friends apologize to Ikki and Erika. As for Jouzou, he slept too long and got sunburned.
Robattle stats: Metabee loses legs to Sharkkhan (though he regains them offscreen). Octoclam gives one of his extra legs to Metabee. |
| "Spaceship Superstars" | 6 | 27 | August 6, 1999 | July 1, 2002 | Erika and Brass have encountered an alien spaceship when walking home at night. She plans to use Metabee as bait to draw out the aliens where they accidentally capture alien expert Dr. Scrounge. The aliens are later revealed to be the Rubberobo Gang as its members Seaslug, Gillgirl, Squidguts, and Shrimplips lead the other members into passing themselves off as aliens. This ruse gets unmasked by Metabee where the spaceship was carried by the bat-type Medabots called Noctobats causing Erika to run off. After a talk with the chick salesman, Erika returns and faces off against the Rubberobo Gang and their Dogū-type Medabot Gorem[d]. With Erika emerging victorious, Seaslug wants to continue the Robattle with the Noctobats only for Mr. Referee to not allow it. When Seaslug kicks him while stating that villains don't play by the rules, Mr. Referee calls upon Penalty Box[e] to take out Seaslug causing the Rubberobo Gang to retreat. As Ikki hopes that Erika has learned her lesson, she then mentions a rumor about a sea creature at the water park.
Robattle stats: Brass acquires Gorem's left arm. |
| "The Gimme Ghost" | 7 | 6 | August 13, 1999 | September 29, 2001 | Due to the Phantom Renegade sightings, Erika is hired by Henry to write about him. She turns Henry down and plans to write about the Gimme Ghost, a spectre that is said to steal the medals of different Medabots. Koji mentions that Sumilodon's medal was stolen and asks Karin to help retrieve it. Ikki, Metabee, Erika, Brass, Karin, and Neutranurse head to where the Gimme Ghost was sighted. They all get separated. Ikki finds that Brass and Neutranurse had their medals stolen. He ends up stumbling upon the Rubberobo Gang who have captured Erika and Brass. Upon calling Metabee to rescue him from the Rubberobo Gang's ghost atacks, they end up Robattling Seaslug and his ghost-type Medabot Mistyghost who can make multiple projections. The Phantom Renegade appears and exposes the illusions enabling Metabee to defeat Mistyghost. Both the Rubberobo Gang and the Phantom Renegade get away while Erika and Karin are rescued.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Mistyghost's head. |
| "No Body Home" | 8 | 32 | August 20, 1999 | July 12, 2002 | While working on a school assignment, Ikki and Metabee find a mermaid medal which are said to be rare and valuable. When Ikki places the medal into his Medawatch, he learns that the medal belongs to the mermaid-type Medabot Oceana who got separated from her owner Hannah. With Brass offering her body to host Oceana's medal, Ikki and Karin locate Hannah who had lost Oceana's body when she moved away from the area. Ikki and Erika were able to trace Oceana's body to the secluded home of a boy named Norbert. Evading the traps, Ikki and Erika find that Norbert has Oceana in a glass that is leak proof, dust proof, and transport proof. After an ejection, Ikki and Erika plan to get back in as they call every food place they delivered. Despite getting back in, Ikki and Metabee soon face off against Norbert and his crab-type Medabot Kuraba. Oceana's body is freed as Metabee defeats Kuraba. Hannah is reunited with Oceana as she and Metabee say their goodbyes.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Kuraba's right arm. |
| "Cyandog Bites Back" | 9 | 7 | August 27, 1999 | October 6, 2001 | Samantha and Peppercat defeat a Medafighter's snake-type Maxsnake and claim one of its arms. Sloan and Totalizer defeat a Medafighter's musical instrument-type Volume10 and claim its legs. Spike and Cyandog lose to a Medafighter's monkey-type Monkey Gong causing Samantha to step. Displeased with Spike's 11 losses, Samantha fires him from the Screws. He tries to redeem himself by Robattling the Ankle Biters and their bear-type Medabot Churleybear which doesn't go well. Samantha gets enraged upon Erika's news of this as Erika was unaware that Spike was fired from the Screws. Ikki and Metabee learn about what happened. Spike and Cyandog plan to leave town only to be intercepted by Metabee who plans to improve their Robattle skills. When it doesn't work, Ikki and Metabee find that Cyandog is carrying a monkey medal which is used for Medabots who specialize in hand-to-hand combat as Spike thought the medal was cool. Ikki and Spike hear from Erika that Samantha is going to confront the Ankle Biters. When they arrive to witness the confrontation, Ikki, Erika, and Spike witness Peppercat being defeated by Churleybear's gravity attacks. With advice from Erika and the chick salesman, Spike goes up against the Anklebiters as Ikki lends Cyandog the arm he won from Kuraba in the last episode. Cyandog manages to defeat Churleybear. Spike then tries to beat Metabee afterwards only to lose. Samantha tells Spike that he's fired again as he tries to pitch various ways he can make it up to her.
Robattle stats: Cyandog acquires Churlybear's right arm. |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 1" | 10 | 8 | September 3, 1999 | October 13, 2001 | With the World Robattle Championship taking place in Switzerland, Ikki is watching on TV as he watches a match between Kenya's Victor and his king lion-type Medabot Warbandit against Spain's Rolando and his bull-type Medabot Redmatador. Metabee's shenanigans ends up breaking the vase with its water shortening out the TV costing Ikki his allowance. While Henry suggests that Metabee should get cleaned and polished for the Citywide Robattle Tournament, Metabee won't let Ikki remove his medal as Henry suggest having it housed in a spare body as he loans him a spare tin pet. The manager advises Henry that nothing better happen to the tinpet or else it will be taken out of his salary. Ikki puts together a spare body (consisting of Mistyghost's head, Megaphant's left shield arm, Dr. Bokchoy's right arm, and Octoclam's legs) for Metabee to be temporarily housed in only for Metabee to think that he's being replaced, trash the body, and run off planning to win without him. When it comes to the Citywide Robattle Tournament, the Rubberobo Gang are preparing for their next plot. The Robattles are intense until only Ikki and Koji remain. Ikki's attempt to make up with Metabee gets foiled by Spike. When Ikki and Metabee face off against Koji and Sumilodon, Metabee refuses to follow Ikki's advice as he is defeated by Sumilodon. |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 2" | 11 | 9 | September 10, 1999 | October 20, 2001 | Continuing from the last episode, Koji berets Ikki for not being a worthy opponent and calls him an incompetent Robattler. He gets his Citywide Robattle Tournament trophy from Mr. Referee where Koji states that he will allow a rematch with Ikki if he can become worthy in 24 hours and meet him at his temple. Metabee's medal is missing as he, Erika, Karin, and the Screws try to find it. When it isn't found, Ikki returns home and fixes Metabee's body. Meanwhile, Metabee's medal is found by the Rubberobo Gang. They place it in the body of the tanuki-type Medabot Agadema[f]. Ikki, Erika, and Karin resume their search for Metabee's medal as Salty tracks it to an abandoned warehouse. They are ambushed by the Rubberobo Gang as the Screws were also captured and Salty is locked outside. Metabee in Agadema's body refuses to follow the Rubberobo Gang's orders as Ikki finally explains about the tinpet. In the nick of time, the Phantom Renegade arrives and rescues everyone. While the Screws face off against the Noctobats, Ikki puts Metabee's medal into his body as he, Erika, and Karin take their leave as the Phantom Renegade makes off with a bag of medals. Upon arriving at Koji's temple, Ikki and Metabee face off against Koji and Sumilodon. Despite some difficulty, Metabee manages to defeat Sumilodon as Mr. Referee declares Ikki and Metabee the official winners. Henry shows up asking for the spare tinpet back causing Ikki and Metabee to run off to take care of the spare tinpet. |
| "Mystery Medabot" | 12 | 10 | September 17, 1999 | October 27, 2001 | During a heavy rainstorm, Ikki and Metabee get a glimpse of a mysterious Medabot who does not want to have his name revealed after they and Erika witness him save a puppy. Because of the heavy rain done to the houses, the Rubberobo Gang begin their next plot by doing a renovation plot that involves their fox-type Medabot Foxuno. They plan to turn Riverview City into "Rubberobo Land". This plan continues until they reach the Tenryou residents as Chidori is having a hard time picking what her house should be shaped like. Metabee encounters the mysterious Medabot and learns that his name is Rokusho. Ikki and Metabee later face off against Foxuno as Rokusho watches from the roof. With Foxuno defeated, the Rubberobo Gang get away as Rokusho takes his leave.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Foxuno's left arm. |
| "For Love or Robattle" | 13 | 28 | September 24, 1999 | July 2, 2002 | Samantha has developed a crush on a soccer player at Riverview Junior High named Nathan who she thinks is still angry at him. Erika learns of this and does some investigating. As Erika helps Samantha out, they learn that he hates Medafighters. Metabee even learns of Samantha's plight from Peppercat. She reveals to Metabee that Nathan used to be a Medafighter until he and his crayfish-type Medabot Stingray lost to Samantha. Erika finds that Nathan has still kept Stingray in good condition and persuades him to Robattle Samantha again to see how fun it can be. Though Samantha comes up on top, Nathan has found his liking of Robattles again as they are watched by a mysterious person
Robattle stats': Peppercat acquires Stingray's right arm. |
| "Welcome to Ninja World" | 14 | 33 | October 1, 1999 | July 19, 2002 | Ikki has won two tickets to Ninja World. While he plans on taking Karin, a jealous Erika takes the ticket instead. Things do no go well as Ikki and Erika argue on things. At one point, they stumble upon Rokusho meditating under a waterfall. They do watch a show involving the ninja-type Medabot Nin-Ninja and the kunoichi-type Medabot Icknite. After the show, Ikki and Erika are kidnapped by the Rubberobo Gang who have taken them to their hideout in the Ninja Castle. They reveal that they took the real medals of Nin-Ninja and Icknite out and replaced them with their own medals. After Ikki and Erika escape from their trap and reunite with Metabee and Brass, they end up having to put aside their current frustrations when Robattling the Rubberobo Gang despite a delay from Mr. Referee. Once Nin-Ninja and Icknite are defeated, the Rubberobo Gang got away as Rokusho gives Ikki and Metabee the real medals of Nin-Ninja and Icknite. Ikki and Erika end up arguing again when Erika blames Ikki for her not being able to photograph the ninja fight.
Robattle stats: Metabee and Brass return the ninja medals. |
| "Eat, Drink, Man, Medabot" | 15 | 34 | October 8, 1999 | July 26, 2002 | Chidori invites a person in his house called Kareem. He has arrived with his Kintarō-type Medabot Kintaro. Ikki and Metabee learn from Kareem that they were training on Mt. Cidar when they were attacked by an elusive Medabot. Erika does the referee work for the Robattle between Metabee and Kintaro since its not an official Robattle causing Mr. Referee to leave. After the Robattle, Ikki and Erika take Kareem and Kintaro in looking for Medabots that matched their description. The first is the rabbit-type Medabot Rabudo as Kareem says that its not the Medabot they encountered. They glimpse the unicorn-type Medabot Acehorn as Kareem states that its not the Medabot. When a runaway baby carriage is seen, the baby is saved by Rokusho who Kareem identifies as their attacker. Rokusho admits that he attacked them out of the fact that they were leaving a lot of forest animals without homes. Kareem then challenges Rokusho to a Robattle as Mr. Referee arrives. Rokusho declines causing Mr. Referee to sadly take his leave again. Kintaro lunges towards Rokusho and is defeated by the tree he sliced down in the attack.
Robattle stats: Rokusho stops Kintaro. |
| "There's Something About Miss Mimosa" | 16 | 35 | October 15, 1999 | August 2, 2002 | Ikki and Metabee visit the florist shop run my Mr. Richards and his flower-type Medabot Floro. The music teacher Miss Mimosa arrives as Mr. Richards is smitten with her. When Ikki mentions this to her, Erika mentions that Coach Mountain also has a crush on Miss Mimosa. They soon discover that Squidguts also has a crush on her. As Mr. Richards, Coach Mountain, and Squidguts compete for Miss Mimosa's affection, Floro makes off with her. As Metabee caves in to Floro's demands upon not wanting to harm Miss Mimosa, Mr. Richards manages to knock Floro down as Metabee restrains him. Floro apologizes for his actions.
Robattle stats: Mr. Richards stops Floro. |
| "Phantom Renegade: Unmasked" | 17 | 11 | October 22, 1999 | November 10, 2001 | During one of his heists, the Phantom Renegade is confronted by persistant newspaper reporter Seamus MacRaker of the National Intruder and his chameleon-type Medabot Multikolor. After avoiding them and a brief encounter with Rokusho, Phantom Renegade escapes in his balloon where he hits himself on the forehead during the escape colliding with the bridge steel beams and loses his mask. With Ikki having a head injury upon exhaustedly slipping in the bathroom last night, Seamus assumes that Ikki is the Phantom Renegade. He does everything he can to prove that Ikki is the Phantom Renegade. This reaches a breaking point where Ikki ends up in a Robattle with Seamus as Multikolor uses his camouflage. Using Dr. Bokchoy's right arm, Metabee was able to find Multikolor and defeat him. The Phantom Renegade gets his mask back and flees the area while hitting his head on a tree branch. This was enough to exonorate Ikki of the accusations. Having read that news, Seamus and Multikolor plan to get the Phantom Renegade next time.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Multikolor's left arm. |
| "Ban All Medabots" | 18 | 12 | October 29, 1999 | November 17, 2001 | As the Rubberobo Gang are riding around dressed as a rebellious rock and roll band with their platformed being pulled around by two car-type Medabots called the Landmotors. Their actions end up wrecking the groceries of Mrs. Pimpley of the PTA. She starts to enlist the rest of the PTA in inciting a ban on Medabots on school property as they managed to capture Brass, Peppercat, Cyandog, and Totalizer while Metabee and Samurai get away. This caused some students to protest as the PTA meets with the Principal and his staff as Coach Mountain even talks about how he used to hate Medabots. The PTA start taking matters into their own hands as they confiscate every Medabot found on the property. It even gets worse when they cause trouble for Henry outside of the Hop Mart. Erika's protest is seen by Rokusho. With Samurai's help, Ikki and Erika free the captive Medabots while Metabee provides a diversion. The protests escalates when the students plan to go on strike from school. The Rubberobo Gang then show up to cause trouble at Riverview Junior High. The PTA retaliates only to be attacked by the Landmotors and the Noctobats. The students come to the PTA's defense as a large Robattle assumes. The Principal explains that there is good between a relationship between a Medabot and their Medafighter. As most of the Noctobats are defeated, Cyandog and Totalizer are taken town. Rokusho shows up to break up the Robattle which he considers madness as many Medabots will suffer unneccesary damage. He suggests that both sides choose a representative to fight for them. Seaslug chooses his Landmotors while Ikki and the Principal face off against them. Despite the Landmotors' crash attacks, Metabee and Samurai defeat them. Mrs. Pimply then scolds Seaslug for her ruined groceries. The rest of the PTA hear that this was all because of what happened to Mrs. Pimply's groceries as they chase after her leaving the Rubberobo Gang in a state of despair.
Robattle stats: Metabee and Samurai acquire the Landmotors' right arms. |
| "The Birds and the Metabees" | 19 | 36 | November 5, 1999 | August 9, 2002 | Ikki, Metabee, and Erika visit the new zoo that has opened. They discover that all the animals are actually penguins in disguise. A boy named Paco and his penguin-type Medabot Pingen try to cool the penguins down with water only to be thrown out by two familiar zookeepers. This causes Ikki and Erika to become suspicious. Later that night, it is revealed that the zoo staff is actually the Rubberobo Gang in disguise who are using their zoo operation to fund their plans to conquer the world. The next day, Ikki, Metabee, and Erika find that the zoo is now a monster zoo. Like the last time, all the monsters are penguins in disguise as they see a show where a disguised Gillgirl tries to get the penguins to jump through the hoop. When the kids and Metabee voice their dismay for animal cruelty, they are thrown out. Once outside, they meet Paco and Pingen who are in the company of Karin as they secretly take care of the penguins through the bars. After an encounter with Rokusho, Ikki formulates a plan to get the penguins out of the zoo when they recognize Squidguts. Later that night, Ikki's group and Paco managed to liberate the penguins with the Rubberobo Gang in pursuit. While Shrimplips is left to bay the taxicab driver, the others catch up to the kids at the boat bound for Antarctica and Seaslug unleashes the marine-type Medabot Aquamar on them. Metabee defeats Aquamar while Rokusho buys the kids time to get Pingen and the penguins on the boat.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Aquamar's legs. |
| "Meet Your Meda-Maker" | 20 | 13 | November 12, 1999 | November 24, 2001 | After a failed dine and ditch by the Rubberobo Gang that caused them to do dishes, Shrimplips secretly does a transmission. Moments later, Seaslug, Gillgirl, Squidguts, and Shrimplips return to their headquarters to find more Rubberobo Gang members present. They are contacted by the Rubberobo Gang's true leader who instructs them to search for the Rare Medals. After besting Spike and Cyandog, Ikki and Metabee are approached by a stranger as they flee from him. Upon finding him in their house thanks to Spike, Ikki and Metabee learn that he is Dr. Aki who invented the Medabots as Koji also arrives. With Karin revealed to be his granddaughter, Dr. Aki offers to train Ikki and Metabee. He starts by controlling Cyandog and besting Metabee in an unofficial Robattle. Then he has Ikki and Koji help out with chores around the house and handling his groceries where Dr. Aki also has an encounter with Rokusho. Just then, Shrimplips and Gillgirl attack with spider-type Medabot Spidar as they make off with Neutranurse as it is shown that Koji has a fear of spiders. Ikki, Metabee, and Dr. Aki follow them to a factory. As Shrimplips holds up Neutranurse's medal to the sky, their leader speaks through the clouds and scans the medal declaring it not a Rare Medal. A Robattle occurs where Spidar traps Metabee in its web. Because Gillgirl left Spidar's Robattle parts back at their lair as she didn't think that they would be in a Robattle, Metabee breaks free and defeats Spidar. Dr. Aki is left wondering what the Rubberobo Gang want with the Rare Medals.
Robattle stats: Metabee loses to Cyandog and later acquires Spidar's right arm. |
| "The Spy Who Robattled Me" | 21 | 14 | November 19, 1999 | December 1, 2001 | Ikki and Metabee receive an invitation from Karin as Erika gets jealous. When she arrives with Dr. Aki, Erika finds out that Karin is related to Dr. Aki. He takes them on a trip to the Medabot Corporation. Meanwhile, Seaslug has infiltrated the Medabot Corporation as Mr. Tunahead and gets smitten by a worker named Miss Caviar. In one room, Dr. Aki shows how a bunch of tank-type Medabots called Tankar[g] face off against the new devil-type Medabot Belzelga who is listed in the vital status to be owned by Miss Caviar. After misunderstanding Miss Caviar's interactions, Seaslug steals Belzelga as word about what "Mr. Tunahead" has done is spread throughout the Medabot Corporation. Heading to the roof, Seaslug holds Belzelga's medal up to the sky as the scan from the Rubberobo Gang's leader states that it is not a Rare Medal. With Mr. Referee delayed by the security guards, Metabee, Brass, and Neutranurse have a fierce fight with Belzelga. The three Medabots managed to defeat Belzelga by causing it to fall off the building as Mr. Referee declares their victory. Seaslug escapes in the helicopter piloted by the Rubberobo Gang members unaware the Miss Caviar still has feelings for her. In a twist ending, Dr. Aki meets with the Phantom Renegade about protecting the Rare Medals.
Robattle stats: Metabee defeats Belzelga with help from Brass and Neutranurse. |
| "Skyward, Yo!" | 22 | 37 | November 26, 1999 | August 16, 2002 | As Ikki and Metabee are walking, they are ambushed by the Phantom Renegade who is chased off by Rokusho. The next day, Dr. Aki introduces Ikki, Metabee, and Erika to his airplane pilot friend Kailey and her airplane-type Medabot Femjet. Because of an accident in the last airshow, Femjet has developed a fear of flying. In order to help Femjet and noting that Metabee has no flying Medaparts, Ikki improvises some parts in order face off against Femjet. This does not go well as Metabee defeats himself. Before Kailey can board her biplane, the Rubberobo Gang pops out of it where they assume that Femjet wins by luck and steal Femjet and her medal before escaping into their flying vehicle pulled by some Noctobats. To help save Femjet, Dr. Aki lends Ikki a flying part to go after the Rubberobo Gang while the others follow in Kailey's biplane. After being told by their leader that Femjet's medal is not a Rare Medal, Seaslug unleashes the dragonfly-type Medabot Drakonfly on Ikki and Metabee. With Ikki and Metabee shot down and falling with Femjet's body and the Rubberobo Gang's vehicle destroyed, the Phantom Renegade on a hang glider offers to save Ikki and Metabee if they give up Metabee's medal. Ikki declines to give up the medal and the Phantom Renegade states that he'll see them at the bottom. Putting Femjet's medal back into Femjet, Ikki and Metabee were able to get her to overcome her fear of flying and help to defeat Drakonfly. Later that night during the airshow, Metabee gets annoyed that Ikki wants him in those improvised flying parts again.
Robattle stats: Metabee acquires Drakonfly's right arm. |
| "I Dream of Hushi" | 23 | 15 | December 3, 1999 | December 8, 2001 | Rokusho has a dream about a man named Hushi. He is woken up from his sleep in a tree owned by a lone woman named Ainsly and is seen off the property by her fairy-type Medabot Botafly[h]. Rokusho gets drawn to the tree again as there is another intruder nearby. Ikki and Metabee later come across the property at the time when Ainsley shows Rokusho her husband's Rare Medals. They fall out of the tree giving themselves away to Rokusho. He tells them about about his past with Hushi who developed the Medabot theory. Later that night, Ainsley's property is raided by Seaslug and Gillgirl who are looking for the Rare Medals. Rokusho comes to their defense as Seaslug unleashes the salamander-type Medabot Saldron. With Saldron's flames heading towards the tree which also brought up the flames in his dream, Rokusho snaps out of this phase with Ainsley's help and sends Seaslug, Gillgirl, and Saldron flying away. With the tree destroyed, the box that was underneath it contained a photo of Ainsley with her husband.
Robattle stats: Rokusho defeats Saldron. |
| "Dance with the Mantis" | 24 | 29 | December 10, 1999 | July 3, 2002 | Rosewood Private School is putting on its annual costume party. Koji has been having a nightmare where Ikki has won Karin over. He plans to perfect an event that would win Karin to her side. The Screws hear of the party and plan to sneak in. When it comes to them sneaking into Rosewood Private School, the Rubberobo Gang try a disguise which doesn't fool the guard until he mistakes their Rubberobo outfits as actual costumes. When it comes to the party, Koji has his steward Robinson shine the light on Karin to profess her love to her. He slips and the light his Samantha. This causes Koji to run from her. The Rubberobo Gang crash the party demanding the Rare Medals. Though Koji prepares to Robattle them, he starts to freak out when they bring out the mantis-type Medabot Mantaprey. This causes problems for Koji and Sumilodon. Robinson informs the kids about an incident where Koji had collected a mantis nest that ended up hatching in his closet which started his fear of insect and arachnids. Koji is only calmed down when Karin states that she and her grandfather are leaving. Mr. Referee declares the Robattle a draw as the Rubberobo Gang enjoy the food. As Koji regrets not telling Karin his feeling for herm, Robinson consoles him
Robattle Status: Sumilodon does not complete the Robattle because of Koji's freak-out. |
| "Metabee Vs Rokusho" | 25 | 16 | December 17, 1999 | February 9, 2002 | As the Rubberobo Gang catch a young Medafighter in order to steal his medal, he is saved by Rokusho who throws snowballs at them. Upon being informed of what happened, the Rubberobo Gang's leader recognizes Rokusho and that he has a Rare Medal. After besting the Screws in a Robattle, Ikki and Metabee join Rokusho in rescuing Karin from the Rubberobo Gang. Afterwards, Karin reveals that the box she is carrying has a robotic parrot inside that Rokusho recognizes as Barton who was owned by Professor Hushi. When Barton is taken to Dr. Aki to be repaired, there is a brief disruption by the Rubberobo Gang. Rokusho repairs Barton who passes out before revealing what happened the day when Professor Hushi's house was set on fire. Dr. Aki comes in with an axe as Rokusho thinks that Dr. Aki is going to attack him. The Phantom Renegade shows up to hold off Rokusho as Karin is advised to leave. The resulting fight starts a fire. Ikki and Metabee arrive at the burning building. Metabee faces off against Rokusho. To everyone's surprise, Rokusho glows and blasts Metabee with the Medaforce. As Rokusho collapses, another threat appears in the flames. |
| "Use the Medaforce" (a.k.a. "Discovery of Medaforce") | 26 | 17 | December 24, 1999 | February 16, 2002 | Continuing from the last episode, the Rubberobo Gang has arrived with a prototype of the weapon-type Medabot Robo-Emperor who defeats the exhausted Rokusho. As the Rubberobo Gang make off with Rokusho, Ikki was able to evacuate Metabee as Dr. Aki's house burns down. At the Medabot Corporaton, Dr. Aki explains what he knows. While his body is being repaired, Metabee is using a spare body that is utilizing Mistyghost's head, Landmotor's right arm, Foxuno's left arm, and Banisher's legs. Dr. Aki mentions about Professor Hushi's work and how they found remarkable power in the medals. Miss Caviar reveals that they fixed Barton and Dr. Aki finds evidence that someone tampered with Barton. Meanwhile, the Rubberobo Gang are having a hard time getting the Rare Medal out of Rokusho. The Phantom Renegade rescues Rokusho as they are pursued by the Rubberobo Gang and Robo-Emperor. With Metabee repaired and getting some information from the chick salesman, Ikki and Metabee find where the Phantom Renegade and Rokusho are as they come to their defense. When Metabee ends up severely damaged by Robo-Emperor's attacks, he suddenly taps into the Medaforce and defeats Robo-Emperor as the picture on Metabee's medal changes from a larva to a grown Hercules beetle. After being repaired, Rokusho leaves with Barton to find Professor Hushi as he might still be alive. Meanwhile, the Rubberobo Gang are analyzing the medal used on Robo-Emperor as they prepare work on another Medabot that will get the Rare Medals for them.
Robattle Status: Metabee uses the Medaforce to defeat Robo-Emperor. |
| "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" | 27 | 18 | January 7, 2000 | February 23, 2002 | |
| "Love at First Bite" | 28 | 38 | January 14, 2000 | August 23, 2002 | |
| "Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy" | 29 | 30 | January 21, 2000 | July 4, 2002 | |
| "Heavy Medal" | 30 | 39 | January 28, 2000 | August 30, 2002 | |
| "Enter Rintaro" | 31 | 19 | February 4, 2000 | March 2, 2002 | |
| "The Ace from Outer Space" | 32 | 20 | February 11, 2000 | March 9, 2002 | |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Squidguts" (a.k.a. "Robattle Bridge") | 33 | 31 | February 18, 2000 | July 5, 2002 | |
| "Me and My Shadow Sword" | 34 | 21 | February 25, 2000 | March 30, 2002 | |
| "Dude, Where's My Ma?" | 35 | 22 | March 3, 2000 | April 6, 2002 | |
| "X-treme Measures" | 36 | 23 | March 10, 2000 | April 13, 2002 | |
| "The Road to Ruins" (a.k.a. "Raiders of the Lost Medabot") | 37 | 24 | March 17, 2000 | April 20, 2002 | |
| "Beetle Mania" | 38 | 25 | March 24, 2000 | April 27, 2002 | |
| "The Mother of All Robattles" | 39 | 26 | March 31, 2000 | April 27, 2002 |
Episodes 40-52
| Title | Ep. # | Original Airdate | English Airdate | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Let the Meda-Games Begin" | 40 | April 7, 2000 | September 14, 2002 | |
| "Pixies and Pirates" | 41 | April 14, 2000 | September 15, 2002 | |
| "The French Deception" | 42 | April 21, 2000 | September 21, 2002 | |
| "Space Medaballerina X" | 43 | April 28, 2000 | September 22, 2002 | |
| "Swede and Sour" | 44 | May 5, 2000 | September 28, 2002 | |
| "Future's Past" | 45 | May 12, 2000 | September 28, 2002 | |
| "The Medaforce Within" | 46 | May 19, 2000 | October 5, 2002 | |
| "A Date with Destiny" | 47 | May 26, 2000 | October 6, 2002 | |
| "Calm Before the Storm" | 48 | June 2, 2000 | October 12, 2002 | |
| "Taking the Victor Out of Victory" | 49 | June 9, 2000 | October 19, 2002 | |
| "Altered States" | 50 | June 16, 2000 | October 20, 2002 | |
| "Waking to a Dream" | 51 | June 23, 2000 | October 26, 2002 | |
| "Metabee's Last Stand" | 52 | June 30, 2000 | November 2, 2002 |
Medabots Spirits
| Title | Ep. # | Ep. # (Total) | Original Airdate | English Airdate | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Kilobot Rising" | 1 | 53 | July 7, 2000 | September 13, 2003 | |
| "Fighting Temptation" | 2 | 54 | July 14, 2000 | September 14, 2003 | |
| "What the World Needs Now" (a.k.a. "Who is the Mystery Medafighter") | 3 | 55 | July 21, 2000 | September 20, 2003 | |
| "Delivery Boy" | 4 | 56 | July 28, 2000 | September 21, 2003 | |
| "Scoop of the Century" | 5 | 57 | August 4, 2000 | September 27, 2003 | |
| "Robbed Zombies" | 6 | 58 | August 11, 2000 | September 28, 2003 | |
| "Lights, Camera... Robattle!" | 7 | 59 | August 18, 2000 | October 4, 2003 | |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 1" | 8 | 60 | August 25, 2000 | October 11, 2003 | |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 2" | 9 | 61 | September 1, 2000 | October 18, 2003 | |
| "Redrun-Away" | 10 | 62 | September 8, 2000 | October 25, 2003 | |
| "Erika's Secret Garden" | 11 | 63 | September 15, 2000 | October 26, 2003 | |
| "Metabee's Out of Body Exp" | 12 | 64 | September 22, 2000 | November 1, 2003 | |
| "The Bee Rescues the Honey" | 13 | 65 | September 29, 2000 | November 8, 2003 | |
| "A Night In The Medabot Junkyard" | 14 | 66 | October 6, 2000 | November 15, 2003 | |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 1" | 15 | 67 | October 13, 2000 | November 22, 2003 | |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 2" | 16 | 68 | October 20, 2000 | December 6, 2003 | |
| "Title Flight" | 17 | 69 | October 27, 2000 | December 13, 2003 | |
| "The Agony of the Cheat" | 18 | 70 | November 3, 2000 | December 20, 2003 | |
| "It's the Medafighter Way" | 19 | 71 | November 10, 2000 | December 21, 2003 | |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 1" | 20 | 72 | November 17, 2000 | December 27, 2003 | |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 2" | 21 | 73 | November 24, 2000 | December 28, 2003 | |
| "Mystery Medafighter Unmasked?" | 22 | 74 | December 1, 2000 | January 3, 2004 | |
| "The Truth About Charlie" | 23 | 75 | December 8, 2000 | January 4, 2004 | |
| "Roks Reborn" | 24 | 76 | December 15, 2000 | January 10, 2004 | |
| "I, Kilobot" | 25 | 77 | December 22, 2000 | January 11, 2004 | |
| "Thanks for the Memories" | 26 | 78 | December 29, 2000 | January 17, 2004 | |
| "How Spyke Got His Style Back" | 27 | 79 | January 5, 2001 | January 18, 2004 | |
| "The Medabot Straight Line Marathon" | 28 | 80 | January 12, 2001 | January 24, 2004 | |
| "Kung Fu For Thought" | 29 | 81 | January 19, 2001 | January 25, 2004 | |
| "Erika to the Rescue" | 30 | 82 | January 26, 2001 | May 2004 | |
| "Rough on a Hot Tin Cat" | 31 | 83 | February 2, 2001 | February 14, 2004 | |
| "Meda-Forced" | 32 | 84 | February 9, 2001 | February 15, 2004 | |
| "Poor Miss Nae" | 33 | 85 | February 16, 2001 | February 21, 2004 | |
| "Mystery Medafighter... Revealed!" | 34 | 86 | February 23, 2001 | February 22, 2004 | |
| "Winner Take All" (a.k.a. "Medabots Are Friends") | 35 | 87 | March 2, 2001 | February 28, 2004 | |
| "Transfusion Confusion" | 36 | 88 | March 9, 2001 | February 29, 2004 | |
| "Gryphon Doom" (a.k.a. "Forbidden Evil Medal") | 37 | 89 | March 16, 2001 | March 6, 2004 | |
| "Final Goodbyes" | 38 | 90 | March 23, 2001 | March 7, 2004 | |
| "Into The Fire" | 39 | 91 | March 30, 2001 | May 8, 2004 |
Home video releases
DVD Region 1 (North America)
The following was released as Nelvana held the license, all dub only in its order. Medabots was first released in North America by ADV Films as 12 separate volumes from 2002 to 2003 covering the first two seasons. The first three volumes were later re-released in 2005 under ADV Kidz via their Essential Anime Collection. Later, Shout! Factory released a 4-disc DVD box set in 2008 covering the first season.
| Volume | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 - Transport Metabee! | April 30, 2002 | 1-5 |
| Volume 2 - Medabots, Robattle! | June 25, 2002 | 6-9 |
| Volume 3 - Time to Robattle! | August 6, 2002 | 10-13 |
| Volume 4 - Medabot Wars | September 17, 2002 | 14-17 |
| Volume 5 - Use the Medaforce! | October 29, 2002 | 18-21 |
| Volume 6 - The Face of Dr. Meta-Evil | December 10, 2002 | 22-26 |
| Volume 7 - Back in the Robattle Again | January 21, 2003 | 27-31 |
| Volume 8 - Love and Medabots | March 4, 2003 | 32-35 |
| Volume 9 - A Taste of Medabots | May 6, 2003 | 36-39 |
| Volume 10 - World-Class Medabots | July 1, 2003 | 40-43 |
| Volume 11 - Medabots to the Tournament! | September 2, 2003 | 44-47 |
| Volume 12 - Medabots Forever! | November 4, 2003 | 48-52 |
| Season | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | January 15, 2008 | 1-26 |
Blu-ray Region A (North America)
The license was transferred to Discotek Media, a company known for rescuing other anime from other distributors. All of the following are SD Blu-rays that are meant to play the show in Standard Definition on a Blu-ray Disc, albeit the decreased amount of discs meaning convenience for collectors, thus it would be lower in price than the DVD release. They released all three seasons of the dub version (in the order Nelvana presented) from 2019 to 2021 with optional English SDH subtitles, and then release the sub version (in its order) later in the future.
On June 11, 2020, Justin Sevakis said Discotek Media were unable to find the masters for the English version of Medabots Spirits which has prevented the anime from being released on home video in North America.[8] Discotek Media has asked fans to help find the masters, and on September 14, 2020, they have found suitable masters, meaning Medabots Spirits would get its first-ever North American physical release on May 25, 2021.
| Season | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season (Dubbed) | December 24, 2019 | 1-26 |
| The Complete Second Season (Dubbed) | July 28, 2020 | 27-52 |
| The Complete Third Season (Dubbed) | May 25, 2021 | 53-91 |
| The Original Japanese Language First Series (Subbed) | June 27, 2023 | 1-52 |
| The Original Japanese Language Second Series (Subbed) | March 26, 2024 | 53-91 |
Notes
- ^ The English dub of the Medabot Vital Stats lists Banisher as a ban-type Medabot.
- ^ The English dub of the Metabot Vital Stats lists Gloomeg as a stone-type Medabot.
- ^ This Octoclam was misnamed "Tentaclam" in the English dub and the Medabot Vital Stats lists him as a clam-type Medabot.
- ^ The English dub of the Metabot Vital Status lists Gorem as a clay model-type Medabot.
- ^ Penalty Box is actually the ninja-type Medabot Wire-Ninja who was equipped with satellite parts and was called "Terakado 3".
- ^ The English dub of the Medabot Vital Stats lists Agadema as a raccoon-type Medabot
- ^ The English dub of the Medabot Vital Stats lists Tankar as a battle motor-type Medabot.
- ^ The English dub of the Medabot Vital Stats lists Botafly as a butterfly-type Medabot.
References
- ^ "ABC Family March 2002 Schedule" (PDF). ABC Family. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-17. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 1 (5-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 2 (4-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 1". Amazon Japan. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 2". Amazon Japan. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ "Shout! Factory expands family program" (Press release). Video Business. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ @discotekmedia (July 28, 2019). "We're releasing a dub-only SD-BD collection of Medabots season 1; dubbed, with closed captions. We are planning on releasing more Medabots seasons in the future, and a little further down the road, the original Japanese version: Medarot!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Discotek Turns to Community for Help Locating Mon Kolle Knights, Medabots English Dub Masters".