List of ''Medabots'' episodes
The Medabots anime series was adapted from the original 1997 video game, with its robotic combat elements inspired by Plawres Sanshiro. Produced by Bee Train, the fifty-two episode series originally aired on TV Tokyo from July 2, 1999, until June 30, 2000. A thirty-nine episode sequel to the anime series that was produced by Production I.G, Medarot Damashii aired from September 19, 2003 through March 7, 2004. Both the series are licensed by Nelvana. The Nelvana English dubbed version of Medabots aired on the Fox Kids network from September 1, 2001 through November 2, 2002 and was one of the channel's highest rated new series at the time.[1] Medarot Damashii followed a year later, airing from September 13, 2003 until March 7, 2004.
From 2002 to 2003, ADV Films released twelve volumes of the both first and second seasons. In 2007, Shout! Factory announced that they will be releasing the first two seasons of Medabots to Region 1 DVD,[2] containing the English dub only. The Japanese version has received a VHS and DVD release of the first series, while Medabots Souls 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,[3] with a second boxset on February 19 finishing with the last twenty-two episodes.[4] Two boxsets for Medabots Souls were released on December 30, 2010.[5][6] This was Souls very first DVD release.
Seasons
Season 1
Season one has 26 episodes that were aired over a period of eight months on Fox Kids. Some episodes from the original Japanese airing were missing, although they were included in season two.
| Title | Production # | Episode # | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Stung by a Metabee" | J01 | 1 | September 1, 2001 April 8, 2006 |
| "Return of the Screws" | J02 | 2 | September 1, 2001 April 8, 2006 |
| "Running Scared" | J03 | 3 | September 8, 2001 April 15, 2006 |
| "The Legendary Medafighter" | J04 | 4 | September 15, 2001 April 22, 2006 |
| "The Old Man and the Sea Monster" | J05 | 5 | September 22, 2001 April 29, 2006 |
| "The Gimme Ghost" | J07 | 6 | September 29, 2001 May 6, 2006 |
| "Cyandog Bites Back" | J09 | 7 | October 6, 2001 May 13, 2006 |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 1" | J10 | 8 | October 13, 2001 May 20, 2006 |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 2" | J11 | 9 | October 20, 2001 May 27, 2006 |
| "Mystery Medabot" | J12 | 10 | October 27, 2001 June 3, 2006 |
| "Phantom Renegade: Unmasked" | J17 | 11 | November 10, 2001 June 10, 2006 |
| "Ban All Medabots" | J18 | 12 | November 17, 2001 June 17, 2006 |
| "Meet Your Meda-Maker" | J20 | 13 | November 24, 2001 June 24, 2006 |
| "The Spy Who Robattled Me" | J21 | 14 | December 1, 2001 July 1, 2006 |
| "I Dream of Hushi" | J23 | 15 | December 8, 2001 July 8, 2006 |
| "Metabee Vs Rokusho" | J25 | 16 | February 9, 2002 July 15, 2006 |
| "Use the Medaforce" (a.k.a. "Discovery of Medaforce") | J26 | 17 | February 16, 2002 July 22, 2006 |
| "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" | J27 | 18 | February 23, 2002 July 29, 2006 |
| "Enter Rintaro" | J31 | 19 | March 2, 2002 August 5, 2006 |
| "The Ace from Outer Space" | J32 | 20 | March 9, 2002 August 12, 2006 |
| "Me and My Shadow Sword" | J34 | 21 | March 30, 2002 August 19, 2006 |
| "Dude, Where's My Ma?" | J35 | 22 | April 6, 2002 August 26, 2006 |
| "X-treme Measures" | J36 | 23 | April 13, 2002 September 2, 2006 |
| "The Road to Ruins" (a.k.a. "Raiders of the Lost Medabot") | J37 | 24 | April 20, 2002 September 9, 2006 |
| "Beetle Mania" | J38 | 25 | April 27, 2002 September 16, 2006 |
| "The Mother of All Robattles" | J39 | 26 | April 27, 2002 September 23, 2006 |
Season 2
The second season of Medabots consisted of 26 episodes which aired over a period of five months. The first 13 episodes, which were omitted in the first season, were included in season two out of chronological order. The series then resume from the final episode of season one.
| Title | Production # | Episode # | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Spaceship Superstars" | J06 | 27 | July 1, 2002 September 30, 2006 |
| "For Love or Robattle" | J13 | 28 | July 2, 2002 October 7, 2006 |
| "Dance with the Mantis" | J24 | 29 | July 3, 2002 October 14, 2006 |
| "Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy" | J29 | 30 | July 4, 2002 October 21, 2006 |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Squidguts" (a.k.a. "Robattle Bridge") | J33 | 31 | July 5, 2002 October 28, 2006 |
| "No Body Home" | J08 | 32 | July 12, 2002 November 4, 2006 |
| "Welcome to Ninja World" | J14 | 33 | July 19, 2002 November 11, 2006 |
| "Eat, Drink, Man, Medabot" | J15 | 34 | July 26, 2002 November 18, 2006 |
| "There's Something About Miss Mimosa" | J16 | 35 | August 2, 2002 November 25, 2006 |
| "The Birds and the Metabees" | J19 | 36 | August 9, 2002 December 2, 2006 |
| "Skyward, Yo!" | J22 | 37 | August 16, 2002 December 9, 2006 |
| "Love at First Bite" | J28 | 38 | August 23, 2002 December 16, 2006 |
| "Heavy Medal" | J30 | 39 | August 30, 2002 December 23, 2006 |
| "Let the Meda-Games Begin" | J40 | 40 | September 14, 2002 December 30, 2006 |
| "Pixies and Pirates" | J41 | 41 | September 15, 2002 January 6, 2007 |
| "The French Deception" | J42 | 42 | September 21, 2002 January 13, 2007 |
| "Space Medaballerina X" | J43 | 43 | September 22, 2002 January 20, 2007 |
| "Swede and Sour" | J44 | 44 | September 28, 2002 January 27, 2007 |
| "Future's Past" | J45 | 45 | September 28, 2002 February 3, 2007 |
| "The Medaforce Within" | J46 | 46 | October 5, 2002 Fevereiro 10, 2007 |
| "A Date with Destiny" | J47 | 47 | October 6, 2002 February 17, 2007 |
| "Calm Before the Storm" | J48 | 48 | October 12, 2002 February 24, 2007 |
| "Taking the Victor Out of Victory | J49 | 49 | October 19, 2002 March 3, 2007 |
| "Altered States" | J50 | 50 | October 20, 2002 March 10, 2007 |
| "Waking to a Dream" | J51 | 51 | October 26, 2002 March 17, 2007 |
| "Metabee's Last Stand" | J52 | 52 | November 2, 2002 March 24, 2007 |
Medabot Spirit
For Medabot Spirit, the series changed companies from Bee Train to Production I.G. In addition to this change, Mr. Referee, Koji, Sumilidon, Karen, Neutranurse, Rokusho, Rintaro, Henry, and the Rubberobo gang in its entirety do not appear in season three.
| Title | Production # | Episode # | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kilobot Rising" | 1 | 53 | September 13, 2003 May 7, 2007 |
| "Fighting Temptation" | 2 | 54 | September 14, 2003 May 8, 2007 |
| "What the World Needs Now" (a.k.a. "Who is the Mystery Medafighter") | 3 | 55 | September 20, 2003 May 9, 2007 |
| "Delivery Boy" | 4 | 56 | September 21, 2003 May 10, 2007 |
| "Scoop of the Century" | 5 | 57 | September 27, 2003 May 11, 2007 |
| "Robbed Zombies" | 6 | 58 | September 28, 2003 May 14, 2007 |
| "Lights, Camera... Robattle!" | 7 | 59 | October 4, 2003 May 15, 2007 |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 1" | 8 | 60 | October 11, 2003 May 16, 2007 |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 2" | 9 | 61 | October 18, 2003 May 17, 2007 |
| "Redrun-Away" | 10 | 62 | October 25, 2003 May 18, 2007 |
| "Erika's Secret Garden" | 11 | 63 | October 26, 2003 May 21, 2007 |
| "Metabee's Out of Body Exp" | 12 | 64 | November 1, 2003 May 22, 2007 |
| "The Bee's Rescue the Honey" | 13 | 65 | November 8, 2003 May 23, 2007 |
| "A Night In The Medabot Junkyard" | 14 | 66 | November 15, 2003 May 24, 2007 |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 1" | 15 | 67 | November 22, 2003 May 25, 2007 |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 2" | 16 | 68 | December 6, 2003 May 28, 2007 |
| "Title Flight" | 17 | 69 | December 13, 2003 May 29, 2007 |
| "The Agony of the Cheat" | 18 | 70 | December 20, 2003 May 30, 2007 |
| "It's the Medafighter Way" | 19 | 71 | December 21, 2003 May 31, 2007 |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 1" | 20 | 72 | December 27, 2003 June 1, 2007 |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 2" | 21 | 73 | December 28, 2003 June 4, 2007 |
| "Mystery Medafighter Unmasked?" | 22 | 74 | January 3, 2004 June 5, 2007 |
| "The Truth About Charlie" | 23 | 75 | January 4, 2004 June 6, 2007 |
| "Rok's Reborn" | 24 | 76 | January 10, 2004 June 7, 2007 |
| "I, Kilobot" | 25 | 77 | January 11, 2004 June 8, 2007 |
| "Thanks for the Memories" | 26 | 78 | January 17, 2004 June 11, 2007 |
| "How Spyke Got His Style Back" | 27 | 79 | January 18, 2004 June 12, 2007 |
| "The Medabot Straight Line Marathon" | 28 | 80 | January 24, 2004 June 13, 2007 |
| "Kung Fu For Thought" | 29 | 81 | January 25, 2004 June 14, 2007 |
| "Erika to the Rescue" | 30 | 82 | May 2004 June 15, 2007 |
| "Rough on a Hot Tin Cat" | 31 | 83 | February 14, 2004 June 18, 2007 |
| "Meda-Forced" | 32 | 84 | February 15, 2004 June 19, 2007 |
| "Poor Miss Nae" | 33 | 85 | February 21, 2004 June 20, 2007 |
| "Mystery Medafighter... Revealed!" | 34 | 86 | February 22, 2004 June 21, 2007 |
| "Winner Take All" (a.k.a. "Medabots Are Friends") | 35 | 87 | February 28, 2004 June 22, 2007 |
| "Transfusion Confusion" | 36 | 88 | February 29, 2004 June 25, 2007 |
| "Gryphon Doom" (a.k.a. "Forbidden Evil Medal") | 37 | 89 | March 6, 2004 June 26, 2007 |
| "Final Goodbyes" | 38 | 90 | March 7, 2004 June 27, 2007 |
| "Into The Fire" | 39 | 91 | May 8, 2004 June 28, 2007 |
DVD releases
Region 1 (North America)
Medabots was first released in North America by ADV Films as 12 separate volumes covering all first 52 episodes on DVD and VHS. Later, Shout! Factory released a DVD boxset covering the first 26 episodes called 'Medabots: The Complete 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 |
| Volume | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | January 15, 2008 | 1-26 |
References
- ↑ "Nelvana Spins a Deal to Bring Beyblade Phenomenon to North America" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2002-01-10. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ↑ "Shout! Factory expands family program" (Press release). Video Business. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ↑ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 1 (5-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 2 (4-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 1". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ↑ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 2". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-10-28.