Medabots

Medabots
Promotional image showing main characters
メダロット (Medarotto)
Genre	Adventure, Comedy, Science-fiction, Mecha
Game
Medarot
Developer	Natsume
Publisher	Imagineer
Platform	Game Boy
Released	1997
Anime television series
Directed by	Tensai Okamura
Written by	Ryōta Yamaguchi
Studio	Bee Train
Licensed by	Nelvana Limited
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	YTV Kix! Fox Kids, Jetix
Original run	July 2, 1999 – June 30, 2000
Episodes	52 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Horumarin
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Viz Media
Demographic	Children
Magazine	Comic Bom Bom
Original run	July 6, 1999 – June 6, 2000
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Medarot Damashii
Directed by	Masatsugu Arakawa
Studio	Production I.G, Trans Arts
Licensed by	ADV Films
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	Fox Kids
Original run	July 7, 2000 – March 30, 2001
Episodes	39 (List of episodes)

Medabots, known in Japan as Medarot (メダロット, Medarotto^?), 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 Tokyo from July 2, 1999 until June 30, 2000. Medarot Damashii, a thirty-nine episode sequel to the anime series that was produced by Production I.G, aired from July 7, 2000 through March 30, 2001. Both the series and its sequel are licensed by Nelvana Limited. The Nelvana Limited 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. Medarot Damashii followed a year later, airing from September 13, 2003 until March 7, 2004.

A manga series, written by Rin Horuma (credited as just Horumarin) was also produced by the series. It was serialized in the shōnen magazine Comic Bom Bom in Japan and then published into collected volumes by Kodansha. The manga based on the first game, Medarot, was never translated into English. The manga based on the sequel, Medarot 2, was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, simply under the title Medabots. Further sequels Medarot 3, Medarot 4, Medarot 5, Medarot G, and spin-off manga Medarotter Rintarō and Medarot Navi were never licensed for release in the US. Medarot 2, 3, and 4 have, however, been translated into English for distribution in Singapore by Chuang Yi.