Ganbare!! Robocon


Ganbare!! Robocon is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy family robot television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on NET TV.
ran from January 31, 1999 to January 23, 2000. This series joined Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.
Moero!! Robocon vs. Ganbare!! Robocon December 10, 1999, Toei released the direct to video movie where the Robocon of the 90s meets the original Robocon from the 70s.
In 2006, Cartoon Network planned to develop a Western animated adaptation titled Robocon! The series would have been set in a distant, futuristic metropolis called Neo-Con City. The series never went beyond an animatic pilot.
A recent film Ganbareiwa!! Robocon: Oo-la-la! Lovable Soupless Tantanmen!! Chapter was released theatrically on July 31, 2020. It is paired with the anime films Jintai no Survival and Sprin' Pan Mae e Susumō!.

Plot

The titular Robocon is a G-class robot student from the first generation of robot school. He came to the human world for practical training with his friends from robotics school. As a result of a lottery, Robocon will be staying at the Kurihara family in Otara City. Robocon is a bit of a klutz, but he means well and tries to help wherever he can. The story depicts him as someone who strives to become an A-class robot with his "robo guts", even though he gets into various troubles every time. Other robots fill up the cast that each have different jobs assigned to them.
Each day's actions are graded by Mr. Robot Gantz-Sensei, the homeroom teacher at the robot school, and those who score 100 points receive a heart mark. If you collect 10 heart marks, you can graduate from robot school as an A-class robot.

Characters

Robots

Robocon: A robot who lives amongst humans and aids them as part of his studies at Robot Academy. However, Robocon is a screw-up and is afraid of cockroaches. Fortunately, what he lacks in high-tech, quality and competency, he makes up for in heart. He can transform into the Robocon Car.Gantz Teacher: The robot teacher of Robot Academy who built all his student robots, who he accesses via the Scoring Connecter to check their "study" of the week. He teaches various robots to live among humans and help them out with their everyday lives, jobs and duties.Robin: A ballerina robot and Robocon's love interest. Her mission is to attend ballet class.
  • Robopu: A robot with a teapot for a head.
  • Roboinu: A dog-like robot who wears a bucket on his head.
  • Robopecha: A medic robot with a medical needle in place of his right hand.
  • Robogari: A teacher robot with a lightbulb-shaped head. He always gets a perfect score, which annoys Robocon.
  • Roboton: A construction robot with a hammer for a face.
  • Robodoro: A frog robot.
  • Robosho: A firefighter robot.
  • Robopar: A robot who often falls apart when distressed.
  • Robokui: A chef robot shaped like an egg.
  • Robocar: A car robot that resembles a giant shoe.
  • Robochan: A baby robot.
  • Robomero: A girl robot.
  • Robodeki: A genius robot.
  • Robopeke: A kind robot.
  • Robopin: A fortune teller robot.
  • Roboriki: A gorilla-like muscular robot
  • Robochoi:
  • Robomecha:
  • Robina:

Cast

Voice cast

Episodes

  1. A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed
  2. The First Usage
  3. Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled
  4. Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything

Theme songs

All songs were sung by Ichirou Mizuki and composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
  • OP 1: Ganbare Robocon, written by Shotaro Ishinomori
  • OP 2: Oira Robocon Robotto dai! by Shotaro Ishinomori
  • ED 1: Robocon, Best in the Robot World written by Saburō Yatsude
  • ED 2: Robocon Gattsurakon by Saburō Yatsude
  • Summer ED: Robocon Ondo by Saburō Yatsude
  • Winter ED: Run! Robocon Athletic Meet by Shotaro Ishinomori

Dubbing

The show was dubbed to Arabic by Venus Centre and was aired by Spacetoon channel, it became a hit in the middle east, the theme song in the Arabic version was performed by Rasha Rizk