This is a list of episodes for the Medabots anime series and its sequel, Medabots Spirits (Medarot Damashii in Japan), which are based on the video game franchise of the same name. Overall, the television series was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from July 2, 1999 to March 30, 2001. The original fifty-two episode series was animated by Bee Train and was broadcast from July 2, 1999 to June 30, 2000. Spirits/Damashii was co-produced by Production I.G and Trans Arts and ran for thirty-nine episodes broadcast from July 7, 2000 to March 30, 2001.
Both series were originally licensed and localized into English by Nelvana; the first series was divided into two seasons for its U.S. broadcast and the episodes aired in a different order. The first U.S. season, consisting of 26 episodes, originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block from September 1, 2001 to April 27, 2002. Future episodes would premiere on ABC Family, which had already been airing reruns since March 4, 2002.[1] The second U.S. season originally aired on ABC Family from July 1 to November 2, 2002, while Damashii first aired on the network from September 13, 2003 to May 8, 2004. Later episodes and reruns were aired as part of the Jetix block and Toon Disney's Jetix in November 2004.
The Japanese version has received a VHS and DVD release for the first series, while Damashii has only received a VHS release. On January 29, 2010, a Region 2 boxset release known as MEDAROT DVD BOX 1 was released containing the first thirty episodes,[2] with a second boxset on February 19 finishing with the last twenty-two episodes.[3] Two boxsets for Medarot Damashii were released on December 30, 2010.[4][5] This was Damashii's first DVD release.
From 2002 to 2003, ADV Films released twelve volumes of both the first and second seasons. In 2007, Shout! Factory released the first season of the English version on Region 1 DVD.[6] There were plans to release the second season on DVD, but was canceled. Both series are currently licensed by Discotek Media.[7]
Episode list
editMedabots
editEpisodes 1-39
edit| Title | Ep. # (Prod.) | Ep. # (U.S.) | Original Airdate | English Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Stung by a Metabee" | 1 | 1 | July 2, 1999 | September 1, 2001 |
| "Return of the Screws" | 2 | 2 | July 9, 1999 | September 1, 2001 |
| "Running Scared" | 3 | 3 | July 16, 1999 | September 8, 2001 |
| "The Legendary Medafighter" | 4 | 4 | July 23, 1999 | September 15, 2001 |
| "The Old Man and the Sea Monster" | 5 | 5 | July 30, 1999 | September 22, 2001 |
| "Spaceship Superstars" | 6 | 27 | August 6, 1999 | July 1, 2002 |
| "The Gimme Ghost" | 7 | 6 | August 13, 1999 | September 29, 2001 |
| "No Body Home" | 8 | 32 | August 20, 1999 | July 12, 2002 |
| "Cyandog Bites Back" | 9 | 7 | August 27, 1999 | October 6, 2001 |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 1" | 10 | 8 | September 3, 1999 | October 13, 2001 |
| "For Better for Worse, Part 2" | 11 | 9 | September 10, 1999 | October 20, 2001 |
| "Mystery Medabot" | 12 | 10 | September 17, 1999 | October 27, 2001 |
| "For Love or Robattle" | 13 | 28 | September 24, 1999 | July 2, 2002 |
| "Welcome to Ninja World" | 14 | 33 | October 1, 1999 | July 19, 2002 |
| "Eat, Drink, Man, Medabot" | 15 | 34 | October 8, 1999 | July 26, 2002 |
| "There's Something About Miss Mimosa" | 16 | 35 | October 15, 1999 | August 2, 2002 |
| "Phantom Renegade: Unmasked" | 17 | 11 | October 22, 1999 | November 10, 2001 |
| "Ban All Medabots" | 18 | 12 | October 29, 1999 | November 17, 2001 |
| "The Birds and the Metabees" | 19 | 36 | November 5, 1999 | August 9, 2002 |
| "Meet Your Meda-Maker" | 20 | 13 | November 12, 1999 | November 24, 2001 |
| "The Spy Who Robattled Me" | 21 | 14 | November 19, 1999 | December 1, 2001 |
| "Skyward, Yo!" | 22 | 37 | November 26, 1999 | August 16, 2002 |
| "I Dream of Hushi" | 23 | 15 | December 3, 1999 | December 8, 2001 |
| "Dance with the Mantis" | 24 | 29 | December 10, 1999 | July 3, 2002 |
| "Metabee Vs Rokusho" | 25 | 16 | December 17, 1999 | February 9, 2002 |
| "Use the Medaforce" (a.k.a. "Discovery of Medaforce") | 26 | 17 | December 24, 1999 | February 16, 2002 |
| "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" | 27 | 18 | January 7, 2000 | February 23, 2002 |
| "Love at First Bite" | 28 | 38 | January 14, 2000 | August 23, 2002 |
| "Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy" | 29 | 30 | January 21, 2000 | July 4, 2002 |
| "Heavy Medal" | 30 | 39 | January 28, 2000 | August 30, 2002 |
| "Enter Rintaro" | 31 | 19 | February 4, 2000 | March 2, 2002 |
| "The Ace from Outer Space" | 32 | 20 | February 11, 2000 | March 9, 2002 |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Squidguts" (a.k.a. "Robattle Bridge") | 33 | 31 | February 18, 2000 | July 5, 2002 |
| "Me and My Shadow Sword" | 34 | 21 | February 25, 2000 | March 30, 2002 |
| "Dude, Where's My Ma?" | 35 | 22 | March 3, 2000 | April 6, 2002 |
| "X-treme Measures" | 36 | 23 | March 10, 2000 | April 13, 2002 |
| "The Road to Ruins" (a.k.a. "Raiders of the Lost Medabot") | 37 | 24 | March 17, 2000 | April 20, 2002 |
| "Beetle Mania" | 38 | 25 | March 24, 2000 | April 27, 2002 |
| "The Mother of All Robattles" | 39 | 26 | March 31, 2000 | April 27, 2002 |
Episodes 40-52
edit| Title | Ep. # | Original Airdate | English Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Let the Meda-Games Begin" | 40 | April 7, 2000 | September 14, 2002 |
| "Pixies and Pirates" | 41 | April 14, 2000 | September 15, 2002 |
| "The French Deception" | 42 | April 21, 2000 | September 21, 2002 |
| "Space Medaballerina X" | 43 | April 28, 2000 | September 22, 2002 |
| "Swede and Sour" | 44 | May 5, 2000 | September 28, 2002 |
| "Future's Past" | 45 | May 12, 2000 | September 28, 2002 |
| "The Medaforce Within" | 46 | May 19, 2000 | October 5, 2002 |
| "A Date with Destiny" | 47 | May 26, 2000 | October 6, 2002 |
| "Calm Before the Storm" | 48 | June 2, 2000 | October 12, 2002 |
| "Taking the Victor Out of Victory" | 49 | June 9, 2000 | October 19, 2002 |
| "Altered States" | 50 | June 16, 2000 | October 20, 2002 |
| "Waking to a Dream" | 51 | June 23, 2000 | October 26, 2002 |
| "Metabee's Last Stand" | 52 | June 30, 2000 | November 2, 2002 |
'Medabots Spirits
edit| Title | Ep. # | Ep. # (Total) | Original Airdate | English Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Kilobot Rising" | 1 | 53 | July 7, 2000 | September 13, 2003 |
| "Fighting Temptation" | 2 | 54 | July 14, 2000 | September 14, 2003 |
| "What the World Needs Now" (a.k.a. "Who is the Mystery Medafighter") | 3 | 55 | July 21, 2000 | September 20, 2003 |
| "Delivery Boy" | 4 | 56 | July 28, 2000 | September 21, 2003 |
| "Scoop of the Century" | 5 | 57 | August 4, 2000 | September 27, 2003 |
| "Robbed Zombies" | 6 | 58 | August 11, 2000 | September 28, 2003 |
| "Lights, Camera... Robattle!" | 7 | 59 | August 18, 2000 | October 4, 2003 |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 1" | 8 | 60 | August 25, 2000 | October 11, 2003 |
| "Dark Alliance, Part 2" | 9 | 61 | September 1, 2000 | October 18, 2003 |
| "Redrun-Away" | 10 | 62 | September 8, 2000 | October 25, 2003 |
| "Erika's Secret Garden" | 11 | 63 | September 15, 2000 | October 26, 2003 |
| "Metabee's Out of Body Exp" | 12 | 64 | September 22, 2000 | November 1, 2003 |
| "The Bee Rescues the Honey" | 13 | 65 | September 29, 2000 | November 8, 2003 |
| "A Night In The Medabot Junkyard" | 14 | 66 | October 6, 2000 | November 15, 2003 |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 1" | 15 | 67 | October 13, 2000 | November 22, 2003 |
| "Once A Medafighter, Part 2" | 16 | 68 | October 20, 2000 | December 6, 2003 |
| "Title Flight" | 17 | 69 | October 27, 2000 | December 13, 2003 |
| "The Agony of the Cheat" | 18 | 70 | November 3, 2000 | December 20, 2003 |
| "It's the Medafighter Way" | 19 | 71 | November 10, 2000 | December 21, 2003 |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 1" | 20 | 72 | November 17, 2000 | December 27, 2003 |
| "Fall from Grace, Part 2" | 21 | 73 | November 24, 2000 | December 28, 2003 |
| "Mystery Medafighter Unmasked?" | 22 | 74 | December 1, 2000 | January 3, 2004 |
| "The Truth About Charlie" | 23 | 75 | December 8, 2000 | January 4, 2004 |
| "Roks Reborn" | 24 | 76 | December 15, 2000 | January 10, 2004 |
| "I, Kilobot" | 25 | 77 | December 22, 2000 | January 11, 2004 |
| "Thanks for the Memories" | 26 | 78 | December 29, 2000 | January 17, 2004 |
| "How Spyke Got His Style Back" | 27 | 79 | January 5, 2001 | January 18, 2004 |
| "The Medabot Straight Line Marathon" | 28 | 80 | January 12, 2001 | January 24, 2004 |
| "Kung Fu For Thought" | 29 | 81 | January 19, 2001 | January 25, 2004 |
| "Erika to the Rescue" | 30 | 82 | January 26, 2001 | May 2004 |
| "Rough on a Hot Tin Cat" | 31 | 83 | February 2, 2001 | February 14, 2004 |
| "Meda-Forced" | 32 | 84 | February 9, 2001 | February 15, 2004 |
| "Poor Miss Nae" | 33 | 85 | February 16, 2001 | February 21, 2004 |
| "Mystery Medafighter... Revealed!" | 34 | 86 | February 23, 2001 | February 22, 2004 |
| "Winner Take All" (a.k.a. "Medabots Are Friends") | 35 | 87 | March 2, 2001 | February 28, 2004 |
| "Transfusion Confusion" | 36 | 88 | March 9, 2001 | February 29, 2004 |
| "Gryphon Doom" (a.k.a. "Forbidden Evil Medal") | 37 | 89 | March 16, 2001 | March 6, 2004 |
| "Final Goodbyes" | 38 | 90 | March 23, 2001 | March 7, 2004 |
| "Into The Fire" | 39 | 91 | March 30, 2001 | May 8, 2004 |
Home video releases
editDVD Region 1 (North America)
editThe following was released as Nelvana held the license, all dub only in its order. Medabots was first released in North America by ADV Films as 12 separate volumes from 2002 to 2003 covering the first two seasons. The first three volumes were later re-released in 2005 under ADV Kidz via their Essential Anime Collection. Later, Shout! Factory released a 4-disc DVD box set in 2008 covering the first season.
| Volume | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 - Transport Metabee! | April 30, 2002 | 1-5 |
| Volume 2 - Medabots, Robattle! | June 25, 2002 | 6-9 |
| Volume 3 - Time to Robattle! | August 6, 2002 | 10-13 |
| Volume 4 - Medabot Wars | September 17, 2002 | 14-17 |
| Volume 5 - Use the Medaforce! | October 29, 2002 | 18-21 |
| Volume 6 - The Face of Dr. Meta-Evil | December 10, 2002 | 22-26 |
| Volume 7 - Back in the Robattle Again | January 21, 2003 | 27-31 |
| Volume 8 - Love and Medabots | March 4, 2003 | 32-35 |
| Volume 9 - A Taste of Medabots | May 6, 2003 | 36-39 |
| Volume 10 - World-Class Medabots | July 1, 2003 | 40-43 |
| Volume 11 - Medabots to the Tournament! | September 2, 2003 | 44-47 |
| Volume 12 - Medabots Forever! | November 4, 2003 | 48-52 |
| Season | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | January 15, 2008 | 1-26 |
Blu-ray Region A (North America)
editThe license was transferred to Discotek Media, a company known for rescuing other anime from other distributors. All of the following are SD Blu-rays that are meant to play the show in Standard Definition on a Blu-ray Disc, albeit the decreased amount of discs meaning convenience for collectors, thus it would be lower in price than the DVD release. They released all three seasons of the dub version (in the order Nelvana presented) from 2019 to 2021 with optional English SDH subtitles, and then release the sub version (in its order) later in the future.
On June 11, 2020, Justin Sevakis said Discotek Media were unable to find the masters for the English version of Medabots Spirits which has prevented the anime from being released on home video in North America.[8] Discotek Media has asked fans to help find the masters, and on September 14, 2020, they have found suitable masters, meaning Medabots Spirits would get its first-ever North American physical release on May 25, 2021.
| Season | Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season (Dubbed) | December 24, 2019 | 1-26 |
| The Complete Second Season (Dubbed) | July 28, 2020 | 27-52 |
| The Complete Third Season (Dubbed) | May 25, 2021 | 53-91 |
| The Original Japanese Language First Series (Subbed) | June 27, 2023 | 1-52 |
| The Original Japanese Language Second Series (Subbed) | March 26, 2024 | 53-91 |
References
edit- ^ "ABC Family March 2002 Schedule" (PDF). ABC Family. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-17. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 1 (5-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "MEDAROT DVD BOX 2 (4-Volume Set)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 1". Amazon Japan. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ "MEDAROT SOULS DVD BOX 2". Amazon Japan. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ "Shout! Factory expands family program" (Press release). Video Business. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ @discotekmedia (July 28, 2019). "We're releasing a dub-only SD-BD collection of Medabots season 1; dubbed, with closed captions. We are planning on releasing more Medabots seasons in the future, and a little further down the road, the original Japanese version: Medarot!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Discotek Turns to Community for Help Locating Mon Kolle Knights, Medabots English Dub Masters".