Robotboy | |
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Genre |
Comedy Animation Science Fiction Action Adventure Children's |
Created by | Jan Van Rijsselberge |
Written by | Robert Mittenthal Michael Rubiner Adam Cohen Randolph Heard Scott Peterson |
Directed by |
Charlie Bean Bob Camp (co-director, Season 2) Heath Kenny (co-director, Season 2) |
Voices of |
Laurence Bouvard Lorraine Pilkington Rupert Degas Lewis MacLeod Togo Igawa Eiji Kusuhara |
Composer(s) | Hans Helewaut |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom France |
Original language(s) | English French |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (104 segments) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Christian Davin Clément Clavet Daniel Lennard Finn Arnesen Jérémie Fajner (co-executive producer, Season 2) |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Alphanim LuxAnimation Cartoon Network Europe |
Release | |
Original network |
Cartoon Network (U.S.) Cartoon Network (U.K.) France 3 (France) Rai 2 (Italy) |
Original release | November 1, 2005 | – September 27, 2008
External links | |
Website |
Robotboy is an animated television series which is produced by French production company Alphanim for France 3 and Cartoon Network Europe, as well as the studios LuxAnimation and Cofinova 1. It was created and designed by Jan Van Rijsselberge and was directed in Alphanim's studio in Paris by Charlie Bean, who worked on other programs such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and Samurai Jack. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on 1 November 2005 on Cartoon Network. The series premiered in the United States on 28 December 2005 as part of a "sneak peek" preview week for the network's new Saturday morning cartoon lineup that debuted on 14 January 2006. Reruns of the show are still airing in Eastern Europe, United Kingdom, France, Italy, The Netherlands and Belgium but is no longer shown in Germany, the United States or Asian territories.
Despite the fact that most of the characters being voiced by British actors and actresses, they have American accents. The same thing happens in Chop Socky Chooks and Dude, That's My Ghost!.
Robotboy is the latest creation of the world-renowned scientist Professor Moshimo. Due to fears that Robotboy would be stolen by his arch-enemy Dr. Kamikazi and his main henchman Constantine to be used to take over the world, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull, his biggest fan. While being protected by Tommy and his two friends Lola and Gus (or "G-Man" as he calls himself), Robotboy learns how to behave and act as if he were a real boy while occasionally battling Dr. Kamikazi and Constantine who sought out to capture him.