List of Medabots episodes
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This is a list of episodes for the anime
series Medabots
.
The anime
series, distributed in the Americas by Canadian company Nelvana Limited, once aired on Fox Kids
, where, during its U.S. debut in autumn 2001, it was the highest-rated among its new shows. It was later seen on its spin-off block, Jetix
. In Canada, the show was broadcast on YTV.
Released in America around the same time as Pokémon
, it was frequently assumed to be a simple parody of that form of anime, since merchandise for the series was much less extensive and the anime's dub was assumed to be done with a tone of tongue-in-cheek
and with a more accurately translated script than how shows of that type were translated for TV during that time. This can be shown by the fact that some of the darker notes in the story, such as the "Ten days of darkness," were kept, and by the fact that Ikki frequently received injuries during the series's more serious parts. In addition to this, several important characters noticeably retained their original Japanese names or pronunciations (such as Ikki). Season 1 of Medabots follows production order; however, thirteen episodes were skipped. The skipped thirteen episodes were aired as the first half of season 2; as a result, most of the episodes from the first two seasons were aired in a jumbled order.
. These episodes were released onto DVD by Shout! Factory
on January 15, 2008. As well, ADV Films has released this season on DVD in singles that are now out of print.
to Production I.G. In addition to this change, Koji, Sumilidon, Karen, Neutranurse, Rokusho, Rintaro, Henry, and the Rubberobo gang in its entirety do not appear in season three.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Medabots
Medabots
Medabots, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV...
.
The anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series, distributed in the Americas by Canadian company Nelvana Limited, once aired on Fox Kids
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
, where, during its U.S. debut in autumn 2001, it was the highest-rated among its new shows. It was later seen on its spin-off block, Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
. In Canada, the show was broadcast on YTV.
Released in America around the same time as Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
, it was frequently assumed to be a simple parody of that form of anime, since merchandise for the series was much less extensive and the anime's dub was assumed to be done with a tone of tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek is a phrase used as a figure of speech to imply that a statement or other production is humorously intended and it should not be taken at face value. The facial expression typically indicates that one is joking or making a mental effort. In the past, it may also have indicated...
and with a more accurately translated script than how shows of that type were translated for TV during that time. This can be shown by the fact that some of the darker notes in the story, such as the "Ten days of darkness," were kept, and by the fact that Ikki frequently received injuries during the series's more serious parts. In addition to this, several important characters noticeably retained their original Japanese names or pronunciations (such as Ikki). Season 1 of Medabots follows production order; however, thirteen episodes were skipped. The skipped thirteen episodes were aired as the first half of season 2; as a result, most of the episodes from the first two seasons were aired in a jumbled order.
Season 1
Season one has 26 episodes that were aired over a period of eight months on Fox KidsFox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
. These episodes were released onto DVD by Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...
on January 15, 2008. As well, ADV Films has released this season on DVD in singles that are now out of print.
| Title | Production # | Episode # | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Stung by a Metabee" | J01 | 1 | September 1, 2001 |
| "Return of the Screws" | J02 | 2 | September 1, 2001 |
| "Running Scared" | J03 | 3 | September 8, 2001 |
| "The Legendary Medafighter" | J04 | 4 | September 15, 2001 |
| "The Old Man and the Sea Monster" | J05 | 5 | September 22, 2001 |
| "The Gimme Ghost" | J07 | 6 | September 29, 2001 |
| "Cyandog Bites Back" | J09 | 7 | October 6, 2001 |
| "For Better for Worse (1)" | J10 | 8 | October 13, 2001 |
| "For Better for Worse (2)" | J11 | 9 | October 20, 2001 |
| "Mystery Medabot" | J12 | 10 | October 27, 2001 |
| "Phantom Renegade: Unmasked" | J17 | 11 | November 10, 2001 |
| "Ban All Medabots" | J18 | 12 | November 17, 2001 |
| "Meet Your Meda-Maker" | J20 | 13 | November 24, 2001 |
| "The Spy Who Robattled Me" | J21 | 14 | December 1, 2001 |
| "I Dream of Hushi" | J23 | 15 | December 8, 2002 |
| "Metabee Vs Rokusho" | J25 | 16 | February 9, 2002 |
| "Use the Medaforce (a.k.a. Discovery of Medaforce)" | J26 | 17 | February 16, 2002 |
| "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" | J27 | 18 | February 23, 2002 |
| "Enter Rintaro" | J31 | 19 | March 2, 2002 |
| "The Ace from Outer Space" | J32 | 20 | March 9, 2002 |
| "Me and My Shadow Sword" | J34 | 21 | March 30, 2002 |
| "Dude, Where's My Ma?" | J35 | 22 | April 6, 2002 |
| "X-treme Measures" | J36 | 23 | April 13, 2002 |
| "The Road to Ruins (a.k.a. Raiders of the Lost Medabot)" | J37 | 24 | April 20, 2002 |
| "Beetle Mania (1)" | J38 | 25 | April 27, 2002 |
| "The Mother of All Robattles (2)" | J39 | 26 | April 27, 2002 |
Season 2
The second season of Medabots consisted of 26 episodes which aired over a period of five months. Shout! Factory has yet to release this season onto DVD. ADV Films has released it (starting with volume 7) in singles that are now out of print.| Title | Production # | Episode # | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Spaceship Superstars" | J06 | 27 | July 1, 2002 |
| "For Love or Robattle" | J13 | 28 | July 2, 2002 |
| "Dance with the Mantis" | J24 | 29 | July 3, 2002 |
| "Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy" | J29 | 30 | July 4, 2002 |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Squidguts (a.k.a. Robattle Bridge)" | J33 | 31 | July 5, 2002 |
| "No Body Home" | J08 | 32 | July 12, 2002 |
| "Welcome to Ninja World" | J14 | 33 | July 19, 2002 |
| "Eat, Drink, Man, Medabot" | J15 | 34 | July 26, 2002 |
| "There's Something About Miss Mimosa" | J16 | 35 | August 2, 2002 |
| "The Birds and the Metabees" | J19 | 36 | August 9, 2002 |
| "Skyward, Yo!" | J22 | 37 | August 16, 2002 |
| "Love at First Bite" | J28 | 38 | August 23, 2002 |
| "Heavy Medal" | J30 | 39 | August 30, 2002 |
| "Let the Meda-Games Begin (1)" | J40 | 40 | September 14, 2002 |
| "Pixies and Pirates (2)" | J41 | 41 | September 15, 2002 |
| "The French Deception" | J42 | 42 | September 21, 2002 |
| "Space Medaballerina X" | J43 | 43 | September 22, 2002 |
| "Swede and Sour" | J44 | 44 | September 28, 2002 |
| "Future's Past" | J45 | 45 | September 28, 2002 |
| "The Medaforce Within" | J46 | 46 | October 5, 2002 |
| "A Date with Destiny" | J47 | 47 | October 6, 2002 |
| "Calm Before the Storm" | J48 | 48 | October 12, 2002 |
| "Taking the Victor Out of Victory (1)" | J49 | 49 | October 19, 2002 |
| "Altered States (2)" | J50 | 50 | October 20, 2002 |
| "Waking to a Dream (1)" | J51 | 51 | October 26, 2002 |
| "Metabee's Last Stand (2)" | J52 | 52 | November 2, 2002 |
Medabot Damashii
For Medabot Damashii, the series changed companies from Bee TrainBee Train
, commonly referred simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with Noir, .hack//Sign, and Madlax they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively...
to Production I.G. In addition to this change, 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" | N/A | 53 | September 13, 2003 | ||
| "Fighting Temptation" | N/A | 54 | September 14, 2003 | ||
| "What the World Needs Now (a.k.a. Who is the Mystery Medafighter)" | N/A | 55 | September 20, 2003 | ||
| "Delivery Boy" | N/A | 56 | September 21, 2003 | ||
| "Scoop of the Century" | N/A | 57 | September 27, 2003 | ||
| "Robbed Zombies" | N/A | 58 | September 28, 2003 | ||
| "Lights, Camera... Robattle!" | N/A | 59 | October 4, 2003 | ||
| "Dark Alliance (1)" | N/A | 60 | October 11, 2003 | ||
| "Dark Alliance (2)" | N/A | 61 | October 18, 2003 | ||
| "Redrun-Away" | N/A | 62 | October 25, 2003 | ||
| "Erika's Secret Garden" | N/A | 63 | October 26, 2003 | ||
| "Metabee's Out of Body Exp" | N/A | 64 | November 1, 2003 | ||
| "The Bee's Rescue the Honey" | N/A | 65 | November 8, 2003 | ||
| "A Night In The Medabot Junkyard" | N/A | 66 | November 15, 2003 | ||
| "Once A Medafighter (1)" | N/A | 67 | November 22, 2003 | ||
| "Once A Medafighter (2)" | N/A | 68 | December 6, 2003 | ||
| "Title Flight" | N/A | 69 | December 13, 2003 | ||
| "The Agony of the Cheat" | N/A | 70 | December 20, 2003 | ||
| "It's the Medafighter Way" | N/A | 71 | December 21, 2003 | ||
| "Fall from Grace (1)" | N/A | 72 | December 27, 2003 | ||
| "Fall from Grace (2)" | N/A | 73 | December 28, 2003 | ||
| "Mystery Medafighter Unmasked?" | N/A | 74 | January 3, 2004 | ||
| "The Truth About Charlie" | N/A | 75 | January 4, 2004 | ||
| "Rok's Reborn" | N/A | 76 | January 10, 2004 | ||
| "I, Kilobot" | N/A | 77 | January 11, 2004 | ||
| "Thanks for the Memories" | N/A | 78 | January 17, 2004 | ||
| "How Spyke Got His Style Back" | N/A | 79 | January 18, 2004 | ||
| "The Medabot Straight Line Marathon" | N/A | 80 | January 24, 2004 | ||
| "Kung Fu For Thought" | N/A | 81 | January 25, 2004 | ||
| "Erika to the Rescue" | N/A | 82 | May 2009 | ||
| "Rough on a Hot Tin Cat" | N/A | 83 | February 14, 2004 | ||
| "Meda-Forced" | N/A | 84 | February 15, 2004 | ||
| "Poor Miss Nae" | N/A | 85 | February 21, 2004 | ||
| "Mystery Medafighter . . . Revealed! (1)" | N/A | 86 | February 22, 2004 | ||
| "Winner Take All (2) (a.k.a. Medabots Are Friends)" | N/A | 87 | February 28, 2004 | ||
| "Transfusion Confusion" | N/A | 88 | February 29, 2004 | ||
| "Gryphon Doom (1) (a.k.a. Forbidden Evil Medal)" | N/A | 89 | March 6, 2004 | ||
| "Final Goodbyes (2)" | N/A | 90 | March 7, 2004 | ||
| "Into the Fire [aka- Shine! Spirit of Hope] (3)" | N/A | 91 | May 8, 2004 | ||