Ganbare!! Robocon
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| Ganbare!! Robocon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Tokusatsu Comedy |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Developed by | Shozo Uehara |
| Directed by | Atsuo Okunaka |
| Composer | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 118 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | Toei Company Ishimori Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NET TV |
| Release | October 4, 1974 – March 25, 1977 |
Ganbare!! Robocon (がんばれ!!ロボコン, Ganbare!! Robokon, Do Your Best!! Robocon) 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
[edit]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
[edit]Robots
[edit]- Robocon (ロボコン, Robokon): 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.
- Gantz Teacher (ガンツ先生, 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:
Cast
[edit]- Shintaro Oyama (大山 新太郎, Ōyama Shintarō): Shigehisa Ōno (大野 しげひさ, Ōno Shigehisa)
- Hatsue Oyama (大山 初江, Ōyama Hatsue): Midori Katō (加藤 みどり, Katō Midori)
- Hajime Oyama (大山 はじめ, Ōyama Hajime): Yoshikazu Yamada (山田 芳一, Yamada Yoshikazu)
- Midori Oyama (大山 みどり, Ōyama Midori): Mayumi Sakuma (佐久間 真由美, Sakuma Mayumi)
- Makoto Oyama (大山 まこと, Ōyama Makoto): Nobuyoshi Fukuda (福田 信義, Fukuda Nobuyoshi)
- Robin (ロビン, Robin): Kaho Shimada (島田 歌穂, Shimada Kaho)
- Yukari Yamamoto (山本 ゆかり, Yamamoto Yukari): Yukari Yamamoto (山本 由香利, Yamamoto Yukari)
- Officer Machida (町田巡査, Machida Junsa): Tōru Yuri (由利 徹, Yuri Tōru)
- Taro Ogawa (小川 太郎, Ogawa Tarō): Masahiro Sumiyoshi (住吉 正博, Sumiyoshi Masahiro)
- Yoshiko Ogawa (小川 よし子, Ogawa Yoshiko): Miyuki Ueda (上田 みゆき, Ueda Miyuki)
- Mayumi Ogawa (小川 まゆみ, Ogawa Mayumi): Yukiko Ebina (蝦名 由紀子, Ebina Yukiko)
- Susumu Ogawa (小川 すすむ, Ogawa Susumu): Makoto Iida (飯田 誠, Iida Makoto)
- Mitsuko Kurihara (栗原 光子, Kurihara Mitsuko): Mie (未唯, Mī)
- Momoko Kurihara (栗原 モモコ, Kurihara Momoko): Saori Nara (奈良 沙緒理, Nara Saori)
- Osamu Kurihara (栗原 オサム, Kurihara Osamu): Keisuke Mishima (三嶋 啓介, Mishima Keisuke)
- Jun Kurihara (栗原 ジュン, Kurihara Jun): Jōtarō Koike (小池 城太朗, Koike Jōtarō)
- Gotaro Kurihara (栗原 豪太郎, Kurihara Gōtarō): Ikkei Watanabe (渡辺 いっけい, Watanabe Ikkei)
- Robina (ロビーナ, Robīna): Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希, Katō Natsuki)
Voice Cast
[edit]- Robocon (ロボコン, Robokon): Keiko Yamamoto (山本 圭子, Yamamoto Keiko)
- Robocon (ロボコン, Robokon): Kazue Ikura (伊倉 一恵, Ikura Kazue)
- Gantz-sensei (ガンツ先生, Gantsu-Sensei): Keiichi Noda (野田 圭一, Noda Keiichi)
- Robogari (ロボガリ, Robogari): Sachiko Chijimatsu (千々松 幸子, Chijimatsu Sachiko)
- Robopar (ロボパー, Robopā): Kōji Yada (矢田 耕司, Yada Kōji)
- Robo Mecha (ロボメカ, Robomeka): Kōji Yada (矢田 耕司, Yada Kōji)
- Robowal/Robopu/
- Robopin (ロボピン, Robopin): Ichirō Nagai
- Robodoro/Roboton: Kenichi Ogata
- Roboton (ロボトン, Roboton): Shunji Yamada
- Robosho/Robokiwi/Robochoi: Sanji Hase
- Roboton/Robogaki/Robogera: Osamu Katō
- Robopecha/Robopyon: Kazuko Sawada
- Robowal/Robocar: Yonehiko Kitagawa
- Robodeki: Akira Kamiya
- Robomero: Junko Hori
- Roboinu: Kaneta Kimotsuki/Shun Yashiro
- Roboriki: Hiroshi Masuoka
- Robopeka: Isamu Tanonaka
- Robo-chan (ロボチャン, Robo-chan): Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳寿子, Sugiyama Kazuko)
- Robobin (ロボビン, Robobin): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)
- Robo-P (ロボピー, Robopī): Keiko Han (潘 恵子, Han Keiko)
- Robogeta (ロボゲタ, Robogeta): Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝付 兼太, Kimotsuki Kaneta)
- Robokero (ロボケロ, Robokero): Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助, Sakaguchi Daisuke)
- Robomogu (ロボモグ, Robomogu): Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji)
- Roboboss (ロボボス, Robobosu): Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹, Yao Kazuki)
- Roboid (ロボイド, Roboido): Hideyuki Hori (堀 秀行, Hori Hideyuki)
- Robogasha (ロボガシャ, Robogasha): Yutaka Asukai (飛鳥井 豊, Asukai Yutaka)
- Robopachi (ロボパチ, Robopachi): Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei)
- Robopuru (ロボプル, Robopuru): Izumi Ōgami (大神 いずみ, Ōgami izumi)
Episodes
[edit]- A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed (大当り!! ロボ根性全開, Ōatari!! Robo konjō zenkai)
- The First Usage (はじめてのおつかい, Hajimeteno otsukai)
- Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled (大ピンチ!! オイラ解体, Dai pinchi!! Oira kaitai)
- Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything (絶好調! 何でも修理魔, Zekkōchō! Nandemo shūri ma)
Theme Songs
[edit]All songs were sung by Ichirou Mizuki and composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
- OP 1: Ganbare Robocon, written by Shotaro Ishinomori
- OP 2: Oira Robocon Robotto dai! (おいらロボコンロボットだい!) by Shotaro Ishinomori
- ED 1: Robocon, Best in the Robot World (ロボコン・ロボット世界一, Robokon Robotto Sekaiichi) written by Saburō Yatsude
- ED 2: Robocon Gattsurakon (ロボコンガッツラコン) by Saburō Yatsude
- Summer ED: Robocon Ondo (ロボコン音頭) by Saburō Yatsude
- Winter ED: Run! Robocon Athletic Meet (走れ!!ロボコン運動会, Hashire! Robokon Undōkai) by Shotaro Ishinomori
References
[edit]- ^ がんばれ！！ロボコン(1974～1977). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 10, 2014.