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Tobot

Tobot
Tobot-OP.jpg
Opening title card for the English dub of Tobot
Directed by Dahl Lee
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 19
Production
Producer(s) Young Toys
Retrobot
Running time 4 minutes
Release
Original network JEI TV
Original release March 2010
Website

Tobot (Korean: 또봇) is a South Korean animated television series produced by Young Toys and Retrobot. The series features transforming cars and some of them are designed after Kia Motors vehicles.

The series is available in Korean and English on Young Toys' official YouTube channel. The toy line beat Lego as South Korea's most popular toy line in 2013.

While investigating a string of mysterious car accidents, Dr. Franklin Char is abducted by the perpetrators. This incident activates his creations called "Tobots", cars that transform into robots with a special key called a "Tokey". Dr. Char's first two Tobots, Tobot X and Tobot Y, are entrusted to his twin sons Ryan and Kory, respectively, to fight crime and protect their neighborhood.

Tobots are sentient robots that transform into vehicles. Their transformation is activated using special keys called Tokeys.

Tobot Athlons are the next-generation line of Tobots. Unlike Tobots, they are not simply transforming robots, but rather a set of small, race car-like Mindcores that link with their main bodies. Instead of using Tokeys, they transform on demand and can power up with a set of powers and weapons unique to each Athlon.

Young Toys came up with the idea of developing an animated series and related toys during the early 2000s. While Transformers and Power Rangers are popular among older elementary school children, Young Toys decided to Tobot to younger primary school children and kindergarteners. Rather than obtain licenses from animation studios after production, Young Toys did the opposite by developing the animated series and characters from scratch before producing the toys.

Between August and October 2014, Young Toys sold the licenses for the Tobot toys and characters to Southeast Asian nations. The series was made available in some Middle Eastern countries in January 2015.

In December 2014, Young Toys erected an eight-meter, three ton statue of Deltatron at the Sky Park outside Seoul's Lotte Mall Gimpo International Airport shopping complex to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Tobot. The statue will be on display until 2019.


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