Ganbare!! Robocon Explained
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.[1]
Plot
Robocon is a G-class robot 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 the lottery, Robocon will be staying at the Kurihara family in Otara City. 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. The story depicts a robot contestant who strives to become an A-class robot with his "robo guts" even though he gets into various troubles every time.
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. He can transform into the Robocon Car.
- Gantsu Sensei: 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.
- 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:
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Voice Cast
Theme Songs
All songs were sung by Ichirou Mizuki and composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
- OP 1: Ganbare Robocon, written by Shotaro Ishinomori
- OP 2: by Shotaro Ishinomori
- ED 1: written by Saburō Yatsude
- ED 2: by Saburō Yatsude
- Summer ED: by Saburō Yatsude
- Winter ED: by Shotaro Ishinomori
Notes and References
- Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85549. ja:がんばれ！！ロボコン(1974～1977). October 10, 2014. allcinema. Stingray. ja.
