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Medabots - Pokémon for Kids With TASTE
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Күн бұрынMedabots is seen as just another Pokemon clone, but it's so much more. This not-so-humble little toy commercial comes from a powerhouse pedigree of anime legends, and we gotta stop sleeping on it.
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@VarrenXarcrath 3 жыл бұрын
Finally after all these years... another Medabots kid
@charcoal200 3 жыл бұрын
Turns out there are dozens of us. DOZENS!!!
@hiti6753 3 жыл бұрын
One of us…
@js91666 3 жыл бұрын
God, yall remember mixing and matching the toys? Great times
@tirththakar4494 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@TheZero092 3 жыл бұрын
Funny because last week I just bought all 3 seasons of Medabots form Discotek Media lolm
@Beriorn 3 жыл бұрын
I just want to say that Mr. Referee was FUCKING ROBBED by not becoming one of anime's biggest memes with his tendency to appear out of nowhere to officiate battles.
@moochkin 3 жыл бұрын
I think the only referees that was on par were the judges from zoids
@nineel7395 3 жыл бұрын
@@moochkin Didn't they have satillites watching literally everything so they could fire the judges down to battles from an orbital weapon? Maybe? I can't remember. Bit like the Heavy Gear offical being allowed to call a match at any time.
@moochkin 3 жыл бұрын
@@nineel7395 they did yea, huge sattelite with multiple judge capsules for any fight that started. And the heavy gear announcer was awesome. My ringtone has actually been the heavy gear intro for the past year now as well haha
@sarafontanini7051 3 жыл бұрын
you speak facts, friend
@Zeithri 3 жыл бұрын
He can join in with the Referee from G Gundam and the Judges from FFTA.
@SgtPepper2411 3 жыл бұрын
In Latin America we had this show in Fox Kids and a lot of my friends watched it, but it was the same in the sense that it wasn’t as big as a phenomenon as Pokémon and Digimon were. It’s a shame, I was obsessed with it. Every single one of my doll games included all my Barbies having Medabots
@phlaxko7111 3 жыл бұрын
Las barbis
@phlaxko7111 3 жыл бұрын
Alas barbis le quitava la ropa
@Jess-xx4lm 2 жыл бұрын
Considerando que Medabots era más comedia que Pokemon o Digimon, es verdad que no tuvo la atención que merece
@ChibiKami 2 жыл бұрын
adding profession robattler to the list of Barbie's careers
@ussxrequin 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome xD
@tlaren 3 жыл бұрын
While I was primarily a Digimon kid, I was ALSO a Medabots kid, and this show is chiefly responsible for sparking an interest in metalworking when I was young. I wanted to make those parts and build my own models out of steel and aluminum!
@SimonWolfie 3 жыл бұрын
...Have you?
@tlaren 3 жыл бұрын
@@SimonWolfie Sadly, no. By the time I had the wherewithal to do so, steel and aluminum prices in the gauges I wanted were PROHIBITIVELY expensive.
@SimonWolfie 3 жыл бұрын
@@tlaren oof, that sucks...
@BoneistJ 3 жыл бұрын
@@tlaren 3d printing my dude. Never too late too follow your dream.
@nuruddinshah684 3 жыл бұрын
Hello friend A FUCKING MEN
@aspebb 3 жыл бұрын
"Medabots - The Most Slept-On Anime Ever" All these languages and yet you chose to speak facts.
@Jonasansu 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots is so good. No lie, it is partly the reason I have my current job. In my area it aired at like 6 in the morning, so I would wake up every morning to watch it. It also led to me being very interested in robotics, which led to me learning programming. Fast forward 20 years and I am now a project manager at a company making cool ass robots with a BS and MS in computer science.
@MissAshley42 3 жыл бұрын
This is so wholesome. Thank you for sharing!
@_Khalmyr_ 3 жыл бұрын
Good for you, dude
@randomerpro 3 жыл бұрын
King shit. Good job!
@noranekosparks4177 3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that! Between Medabots and Bionicle, that inspired me as well and now I'm here with my own BS in Software Engineering.
@TwoPairSA 3 жыл бұрын
Just be sure to remember that rare enough chips can lead to your robot launching giant energy beams, so be safe.
@NCHProductions 3 жыл бұрын
oh yeah... that ninja park episode of medabots back when I first saw it as a young teenager, I knew this series was a gem for that sudden change in the animation quality that I couldn't get enough off... Also meda-emperor screams a Unit-01 Evangelion tribute.
@NCHProductions 3 жыл бұрын
another thing to add.... one of those rare anime where the eng dub is superior better than the original Japanese language
@Hackses 3 жыл бұрын
@@NCHProductions how else could we get all of Metabee’s angry noises
@Spore9996 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hackses GIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGI! I'M GONNA TEAR YOU A NEW TAILPIPE!
@QueenViolet8 3 жыл бұрын
Mr Dragon guy or whatever his name was 😳😆 so Funny 😂
@xunk16 3 жыл бұрын
@@NCHProductions True that... I'll admit I was puzzled when I finally heard the original Japanese voice acting. Seems like having Ikki be more a robot than Metabee was a joke... that sounded more confusing than anything else. Other dubs of the series were also particularly good for their time. Which makes this weird choice of the original even weirder.
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
Metabee's voice actor was top tier. He carried the whole dub, ngl.
@zzz43344 3 жыл бұрын
I tend to avoid these "kid-friendly" dubs because 9 out of 10 times they proved to be, for lack of a better term, not that great
@Philweasel 3 жыл бұрын
Most of the Dub actors really put their backs into it to be honest. Metabee's was just the best of them.
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
@@zzz43344 I like this dub because the jokes are genuinely funny.
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
@@Philweasel Yeah, true.
@oozeguysway494 3 жыл бұрын
Dude... I rock...
@elrick44 3 жыл бұрын
Dont you dare accuse me of sleeping on Medabots. even after all this time it'll bash its way back into my head at 80mph and claim its staying over for dinner
@coreywilson3493 3 жыл бұрын
That cringe-ass opening. My god. I will never forget that damn thing. I can STILL after all these years sing it word for word. And the fights were super memorable. Unlike the opening, I mean that in a good way.
@ChocolateKieran 3 жыл бұрын
ITS ME MR REFEREE… And I have rewatched this series more times than I should probably admit.
@thefalsescott1395 3 жыл бұрын
You are not alone in this
@Mike-uy5ml 3 жыл бұрын
Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobattle
@TheAwesomeMed 3 жыл бұрын
SAME DUDE! IT'S STILL FANTASTIC
@aztecklover69 3 жыл бұрын
dito on that mai freindo^^
@Vespuchian 3 жыл бұрын
The running gag of MISTER REFEREE just popping up out of the most random places (trash cans, water fountains, etc.) the moment a battle was declared was one of my favourite things about the show. The best part was that it was NEVER the same way twice. I'm pretty sure there was one episode when he's just casually strolling along with his groceries when a battle's declared and he calmly puts the bags down and launches straight into the pre-battle hype.
@emekaamerican863 3 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how I was thinking this looks like a 90s version of Gurren Laggann type animation and come to find out it has a link to Gurren Laggann.
@qforner 3 жыл бұрын
The doctors said it wasn’t real… but I’ve found my people.
@jeremytung1632 3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize how much insane talent went into this show.
@Cronix1011 3 жыл бұрын
Neither did i. I still remember it though so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.
@Chroniknight 3 жыл бұрын
Me neither, but I loved it as a kid
@MegamanStarforce2010 3 жыл бұрын
i always thought there was some weird incomprehensible 'problem' with the later parts of the show as a kid but i couldn't really understand what it was at all. this certainly explains a lot
@CombatSportsNerd 3 жыл бұрын
@@MegamanStarforce2010 Yeah it really makes me wonder if shows are just better off being axed once their OG creators squad decide to explore other projects. The boondocks went to absolute shit the second the creator left
@MadShadow_ 2 жыл бұрын
I remember getting bored very quickly with Pokemon and other shows of the same type of genre. But Medabots had functional animation and purpose. Which drew me in for the first 2 seasons. Also had better writing. Knew my favorite Animator had worked on the show but wasn't aware of the other insanely talented people as well..
@Debatra. 3 жыл бұрын
"an oppressed underclass of Digimon kids" Right in the childhood...
@pyrosianheir 3 жыл бұрын
And we're still such an oppressed underclass that Digimon Survive may or may not be stuck in Development Hell.
@charcoal200 3 жыл бұрын
@@pyrosianheir Dont you put that evil on us. Dare not speak the possibility
@pyrosianheir 3 жыл бұрын
@@charcoal200 I don't want that either, but like... no news this week! Next to nothing since they put that animated intro on youtube almost 2 years ago... 😢 hope is being lost...
@Asmodelta 3 жыл бұрын
Where I grew up Digimon and Pokémon were just as popular as each other. Now everytime someone mentions Digimon I see it referred to as budget Pokémon 😔
@ligtningdog6399 3 жыл бұрын
Well, we can take some proud in that Digimon is still around and holding it's own, while everything else has been grained to dust by bloated Pokemon IP.
@TE72GOD 3 жыл бұрын
My 34 yr old self was not tearing up hearing one of my all time favorite shows growing up be spoken about so lovingly the way it truly deserves. Thank you for this.
@tykep1009 3 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to know that this masterpiece has a lot of fans, even outside of Japan. It seems to be the dub teams also had done a great job for it.
@xunk16 3 жыл бұрын
French Canadian dub was also good.
@AzimSF 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots used to air SO EARLY in the morning on the WEEKENDS that I literally slept on the show
@AxxLAfriku 3 жыл бұрын
I have a big... BIG... BIIIIGGGGG... muscles!!! HAHAHA!!! What did you think I was going for? That's so DIRTY of you! GAGAGAGA!!! I am the funniest KZfaqr ever! Maybe that's the reason why I have TWO (!!!) HOT (!) GIRLFRIENDS. Thanks for being alive, dear au
@dillon9 3 жыл бұрын
@@AxxLAfriku imagine wanting to be in a relationship
@davidmcgowan9120 3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna post the same thing haha
@RuiRuichi 3 жыл бұрын
Cartoon Network had them on prime time 6-7pm in our country. Zoids, Medabots, Beyblade, Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed damn those were good times.
@emekaamerican863 3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I knew of it because the character design remind of my childhood game megaman and I had a small meta bee toy. I never had a chance to watch it and if I did I caught the end of the episode.
@Vackret 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots was part of Brazil’s morning kids shows for a good while. Didn’t really spur the same toy buying craze as pokemon or beyblade, but I’m sure everyone here born in the mid to late 90’s remembers it.
@erickjordan4812 3 жыл бұрын
Back when toys had some good quality. I still remember trading some "tele senas" for 10R$ to buy CDZ Hyoga... Those were the days...
@heyhorinshi 3 жыл бұрын
Yep I’m Z gen and I def watched it
@J134757 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, i loved metabots so much
@Atlasbr001 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Medabots definitely part of the brazilian anime fans shared consciousness...
@BrunoLopes-ou1gy 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots, yuyu hakusho, shurato, bucky, super champions, cdz, dbz...was a good time.
@DefaultSeaTurtle 3 жыл бұрын
"An oppressed underclass of Digimon kids" Finally I feel seen.
@jamalhartley5863 3 жыл бұрын
The times this show was on was so in frequent. And it would bounce around stations so much it was hard to be able to watch. And then Metabee got a redesign which kinda changed the flow of the show. But Rokusho was such a freaking badass. I swear he was one of my favorite characters.
@reikolupus136 3 жыл бұрын
Studio: Mmm, we need to make this silly Anime to sell toys to children... Let's bring all the heavy weights in the animation industry.
@masterofhippos1395 3 жыл бұрын
but they weren't really heavy weights at the time
@ToonGrin 3 жыл бұрын
Cut to western animation and we are lucky if they aren't using flash tween animation.
@Donderu 3 жыл бұрын
It was a videogame
@mattwo7 3 жыл бұрын
@@ToonGrin Aside from professional website designers, who even used Flash in the span of 1999 to 2001? Also I thought most professional animation that uses third party animation software these days uses Toon Boom Harmony, not Flash/Adobe Animate?
@fwobebe5164 3 жыл бұрын
Given how popular Pokemon ended up, it's not surprising that they'd throw everything into another possible contender. ^^
@justinmontana3710 3 жыл бұрын
*sees notification* Me, a rabid Medabots fan since middle school: FINALLY, MY TIME HAS COME
@ChocolateKieran 3 жыл бұрын
I felt this
@maxxcreese9911 3 жыл бұрын
There are dozens of us dozens!
@neseipraxosia832 3 жыл бұрын
We out here!!!
@Karlos1234ify 3 жыл бұрын
Same.
@RyuLightorb 3 жыл бұрын
Still remember the opening to the GBA game.....ICONIC
@youngknowledgeseeker 3 жыл бұрын
There were a bunch of slept on good animes from the late 90's/early 2000's. Monster Rancher, Zatch Bell, Zoids and Medabots. All great, fun and creative shows.
@emilchan5379 2 жыл бұрын
Man those shows were my intro to anime before I even understood what anime was. Such great shows.
@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots was amazing. My brothers and I were hooked on the show. I wish it was possible to gather lots of that talent up again and remake the show with modern animation, no need to make up a new story.
@sokumotanaka9271 3 жыл бұрын
Man I WISH more people liked this as much as they liked Zach bell.
@gentlemandemon 3 жыл бұрын
I really need to give Zatch Bell a rewatch. I loved it as a kid, but I missed a couple weeks and fell off the story, so I never finished. Kids are so lucky that they don't have to worry about weekly schedules anymore lol
@daasnahk5058 3 жыл бұрын
The ending for Zach bell got really dark
@Zerolink30 3 жыл бұрын
@@daasnahk5058 the anime never finished though, right?
@TheCrashunderride 3 жыл бұрын
@@Zerolink30 The anime never got the the end of the Manga if thats what you mean. and Boy freakin howdy did the managa take a tone shift.
@CombatSportsNerd 3 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute other people actually like that series? I couldn’t find anybody who enjoyed that show! Damn it!😂
@Radicalweegee 3 жыл бұрын
i adored Medabots as a kid lost so meny cool toys during a move ;w; The adventures of Child friendly Bender and his owner were alotta fun
@AkitaCafe 3 жыл бұрын
After 7000 years. Someone else who acknowledges Metabots as a long lost gem.
@ThinkBeforeYouSleepYT 3 жыл бұрын
8:35 Hey man, you made a mistake here. The camera is out of focus on the G Fuel.
@divian22 2 жыл бұрын
LOL Dude your content is very good, I'm shocked to see you here!
@EagleXYZLibertarianForChrist 2 жыл бұрын
Found you again. Lol, great minds think alike. I want to see more medabot puns in your videos.
@paulwilliams8278 3 жыл бұрын
I loved Medabots! The best Mr Referee moment is when he wasnt needed and after showing up all dramatically like he normally does, he gets sad and slinks away. And you didnt mention Rokusho like at all. And thats a crime. Hes awesome and his voice is Da Best.
@rob.3143 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite moment is when he has to referee multiple battles and has wood cut outs with moving limbs attached to his own.
@mohamadameen94 3 жыл бұрын
I had the GBA game for Metabots and it was amazing. When you fight you could win or lose new parts and those golden gems it put alot of weight to each battle.
@mothersbasement 3 жыл бұрын
It was a really fresh take on the JRPG formula!
@reiwa_clan 3 жыл бұрын
@@mothersbasement you should check out Gokudou. An another sleep Anime that I think it need more attention.
@zigzoinks5493 3 жыл бұрын
I remember the one with the Smash Bros. Like gameplay style!
@maxxcreese9911 3 жыл бұрын
There is a similar game in the 3ds.
@Blaze3691 3 жыл бұрын
Such a good game it was. The battle theme still stuck in my head.
@ookamitsk8104 3 жыл бұрын
After all these years...I thought I was the only one 😭😭 customizable figurines, badass games, and a dope ass show...I have and always been a metabots fan! Thank you for showing people how awesome this show is
@McDodgerMan 3 жыл бұрын
So what you’re telling me is that this is the Dexter’s Laboratory of anime
@emperorza5777 3 жыл бұрын
Aye yo 😂😂
@GhostEmblem 3 жыл бұрын
Was Dexter's lab underrarted? Never met anyone my age who didn't watch it.
@McDodgerMan 3 жыл бұрын
@@GhostEmblem Not so much underrated as incorporating a lot of early careers
@Graysett 3 жыл бұрын
I sure as hell wasn't sleeping on it. Medabots is the shit, always has been, always will be. Medabee's VA KILLED that role, it's been more than 2 decades and I still have "Dude... I rock." playing through my head on the weekly.
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 жыл бұрын
I've never even heard of this show, but now that Mother's Basement has informed the world about this show's existence, I'll definitely give it a shot now.
@Kaldurahm1 3 жыл бұрын
OMG... I'm excited for you. This was a fun part of my childhood. Maybe swing back after you watch it with a comment?
@caosisaac 3 жыл бұрын
Seriously this and digimon were my life as a kid. Enjoy best boy narrator
@LD33004 3 жыл бұрын
There's also a mobile game currently available called Medarot S if you want scratch that Robobattle itch you'll surely get when you watch the Anime (as long as you don't mind it being in Japanese).
@REALwoombath 3 жыл бұрын
Okay hivemind. You sure will.
@RyuLightorb 3 жыл бұрын
look up the Medabots GBA game it's so fucking good
@Zornarka 3 жыл бұрын
I remember really liking this when I were little, and then it sorta just vanished/stopped. Happy to be reminded of it today, and to also know it's probably not just nostalgia that makes me think fondly of it today; might have to give it another go after this!
@kid0krewgaming326 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots will always have a special place in my heart. It was such an amazing show 🥺❤️
@justincohen8692 3 жыл бұрын
My brother passed away this morning. The music in this video brought tears to my eyes, reminding me of all the fun times we had together. Especially the Duel Generation music at the end; we used to have so much fun building decks together with all the random cards we got from packs and duelling each other. Thank you.
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 3 жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for your loss. I hope you and your family receive the strength to face this hard time. God bless.
@RandalfElVikingo 3 жыл бұрын
Be strong.
@hansgomez1317 3 жыл бұрын
As a mexican, to me is always fascinating when you talk about anime from this era, here in mexico we knew about it, as it was in the same block as others such as shaman king, etc. We just didnt have the money for all the thingys
@nekokey 3 жыл бұрын
Los buenos tazos, aun tengo algunos como metabee xD
@TheSwordmanDrake 3 жыл бұрын
@@nekokey Cierto! Hubo tazos de Medabots! boy que triste que no haya despegado mas la serie
@leonardolf6974 3 жыл бұрын
Same in Brasil D':
@maya_chan 3 жыл бұрын
Exaaaacto!!!!!
@leonardolf6974 3 жыл бұрын
yep, in Brasil it was also in fox kids, best channel ever.
@JordTheeNord Жыл бұрын
A cool thing to note with Henry/Phantom Renegade's character is that he's basically the Red of Medabots. He was the first protagonist for their Japan only Medarot game and his Medabot Arcbeetle was orginally put in a Metabee tinpet (seems likely the same one that he sold to Ikki). He collects rare medals for Dr Aki to prevent a redo at an event called the 10 Days of Darkness which was triggered by the high resonance of two rare medal Medabots going at it in the World Robattle Championships.
@seanlees8429 7 ай бұрын
I’m just jumping into the fan translation, I really hope this is the case. A story artefact completely glossed over in the anime.
@o0Lukan0o 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots was a part of my childhood. It was so awesome when I watched it all those years ago, and finding out that a lot of big name and legends in the anime world worked on it that makes the series much more awesome
@89Crono 3 жыл бұрын
I remember starting the second season of Medabots, and immediately stopping after the first episode. The spark just wasn't there for me anymore, but I couldn't explain why. Now it makes sense.
@fran13r 3 жыл бұрын
Every single kid my age was a medabots kid, this shit caught on HARD here in latin america, but since it stopped airing the craze inevitably died. I remember we would all wish the franchise would start releasing games for the PS or the 64. I miss medabots, I miss latin american Fox Kids.
@rodrigolealmartir5902 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, came here to say this. I think because all the toys attached to the Pokemon-like kind of shows were incredibly inaccesible (save for Beyblade and maybe YuGiOh cards, at least where I live) the playing field for those shows was kind of "evened out". And so Medabots did really well, because it was an amazing show on its own merit.
@fran13r 3 жыл бұрын
@@rodrigolealmartir5902 Oh I don't even think it was that, you have no idea how much pokemon and digimon toys I had, but medabots was such a good show that it took off anyways without any merch. Imagine if they started selling those robots, oooof, would've exploded here.
@taylor_green_9 3 жыл бұрын
It was one of the best anime I watched as a kid, but somehow I missed the finale and only looked it up many years later
@danvulkhan3284 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots merecia mas 😞
@TheMaxinR 3 жыл бұрын
really wish natsume would bring all games to the west.
@ChasehaWing 3 жыл бұрын
"I. MR. REFEREE SHALL BE, THE REFEREE TO ENSURE NO ONE GETS HURT!"
@ParadiseExile 3 жыл бұрын
Dude YES! Medabots was my jam! It was my favourite thing on Fox Kids and YTV at the time, and it had everything! Cool looking robots, funny and memorable characters, an actually compelling plot, and a good ol' early 00s Canadian dub! It's still a series I look fondly on and having seen you bring it up in past videos before, it does my heart proud to know others loved it as much as I did and look back on it fondly, too.
@mattwo7 3 жыл бұрын
"That one digimon movie that Mamoru Hosoda keeps making" Wait, there's more than just Summer Wars? I _had_ been wondering if Hosoda was responsible for designing EDEN in Cyber Sleuth because _BOY_ does it ever look a lot like OZ and the internet in Our War Game.
@NukeOTron 3 жыл бұрын
Well, if you've been noticing trailers, there is a movie called Belle directed by Mamoru Hosoda that's being advertised recently. I don't know if it's out yet, but it seems to have that same digital world flair.
@mattwo7 3 жыл бұрын
@@NukeOTron Looks like "Beauty and the Beast but it's Summer Wars, also Belle is a country bumpkin posing as a noblelady online"
@DelgadosNEOCorp 3 жыл бұрын
"Don't mess with me, Mr. Referee!" That line from episode 1 will be stuck forever in my brain
@pedroinfa3340 3 жыл бұрын
First came pokemon, then digimon... then monster rancher and medabots... I was into everything lol
@VivaLaReverend 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVED watching Medabots growing up. Thanks for bringing back the memories
@66Roses 3 жыл бұрын
"You've all been asleep for two decades now" You act as if Medabee hasn't been living in my head rent free for that entire time.
@coreywilson3493 3 жыл бұрын
"... an oppressed underclass of Digimon kids..." Dude, that hit right in the feels 😣 In case it wasn't obvious, I was definitely one of them...
@DrewWaranis 3 жыл бұрын
I was raised by Pokémon and turned out Pokémon, but Tamers rules!
@coreywilson3493 3 жыл бұрын
@@DrewWaranis To be honest, I didn't like anything past season 2.
@Hadeshy 3 жыл бұрын
I still am
@coreywilson3493 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hadeshy Have you seen the new one? I liked it a lot.
@Hadeshy 3 жыл бұрын
@@coreywilson3493 I've seen almost all of them. The only ones I haven't watch is Xross Wars two because I still haven't finished the first Xross Wars. And Appmon cause... Well... They're Appmon, not Digimon, so I'm not really interest. I also played LOTS of digimon games, and even rebought cyber sleuth now that it came out on switch.
@Calruxio 3 жыл бұрын
Sunday mornings on ABC family was my source of Medabots. And yeah the referee was the real MVP of that series because every time I hear Medabots I immediately go to "ROOOOBATTLE!!" I think I have a Medabot toy or 2 from a fast food restaurant's kids meal stored away somewhere too.
@ziamarashi5962 3 жыл бұрын
Loved this show as a kid. It introduced me to Takoyaki
@alexpage10 3 жыл бұрын
Me a Medabots fan since elementary school: The virgin KBT vs the chad KWG/STG
@Thecolorgreen 3 жыл бұрын
Based. Metabee's cool, but Rokusho is just badass.
@lerona.martyr3811 3 жыл бұрын
@@Thecolorgreen his version of the gameboy game is hella hard tho 😭😭😭😭
@Thecolorgreen 3 жыл бұрын
@@lerona.martyr3811 Yeah, I think he has less armor than Metabee, so it's easier for him to get KO'd. The best way around it is to just not use him as your leader.
@cindermoth3421 3 жыл бұрын
@@Thecolorgreen On the other hand his hammer hits like a frickin truck when you give him high propulsion legs. Same for all berserk melee actually. And yeah, as a leader you'd want something with high evasion, like that butterfly medabot.
@zerokura 3 жыл бұрын
Whats his name sniper wolf it the dog with guns i remember its bad because his owner have like a cat medal in it. Like if he put a dog in it ill be taking shots like metabee.
@ONALARK 3 жыл бұрын
Mr Referee is the only sports official I trust nowadays...
@ferretappreciator 3 жыл бұрын
I watched this series religiously when I was younger. It was my first anime, before I even knew pokemon. I still have the DVDs somewhere and I occasionally listen to the first theme song
@miteihiro3283 Жыл бұрын
I have always and will always be a Battle Network kid, so the fact that there’s a crossover between it and Medabots makes my heart melt. Love the design they gave to MegaMan, ProtoMan, and Bass as Medabots. Pure perfection. Speaking of perfection, Cell from DBZ as a Medabot would be sick.
@CEDL0W 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Henry/Phantom Renegade was actually the protagonist of the first medabot game back when he was a kid. Thought I don’t think the first game ever had an official English release.
@freddogrosso9835 3 жыл бұрын
I wanna say "HELL YEAH IT IS!" before watching the video.
@KiraAotsuki 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@chocolatasoo 3 жыл бұрын
F yea
@NEFxDEF 3 жыл бұрын
Liked it b4 i watched!
@Mojaveknight17 3 жыл бұрын
Naruto voiced the main medabot
@HectorPerez-xu9ks 3 жыл бұрын
Here in Mexico it has always stood tall with the classic anime of the old millenials.
@DoodOverThere 3 жыл бұрын
I rewatch Medabots once a year. Great visuals, great dubbing and cool music. Top tier dub.
@Erinyes 3 жыл бұрын
As a kid who loved Pokémon and robots, this was my fav as a kid. Unsurprisingly I loved zoids
@mariusamber3237 3 жыл бұрын
Lots of Game Boy/Game Boy Color games in this series, almost none of them localized; I think that may be part of why the show itself is pretty much unknown, too.
@zerokura 3 жыл бұрын
It was sad states got LBX but the first one that did not had online muitplayer if they went with releasing the second LBX game we might of had more at less the second series came to nick the three one was um interesting wonder if Japan have medabot anime that never came out?
@BlazeX808 Жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite morning cartoons!! really loved the way mtabee would take parts from victories and gain different abilities!
@WilliamHungVEVO 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots was one of the funniest most well written kids anime I've watched back in the day, that English dub is a definite 10/10. Rather unfortunate that this received very poor marketing cause the games, 2 Core especially, is a load of fun.
@quincygraham71 3 жыл бұрын
I loved the series it just up and disappeared so I couldn't see it anymore.
@gordieparenteau6555 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Once it's original run ended, it just vanished off the face of the Earth. It was like it never existed.
@Goomyx1492 3 жыл бұрын
@@gordieparenteau6555 Seriously, the back of my mind thought I made it up until I finally found the blu ray releases recently.
@AssaulteedOne 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! It's been really great that Discotek has re-released the entire Medabots show.
@jonathanathor117 3 жыл бұрын
I watched Medabots. It was fun. That referee and gym teacher were the most memorable characters. The rubberobo gang was funny, a bit cheesy at times but they were funny.
@EnsignGeneric 7 ай бұрын
You know a kid's show is on some next level shit when it's got extras wearing Wu-Tang shirts in the first episode
@itsmytoast666 3 жыл бұрын
I've seen some videos and swore I was already subscribed. I saw this as a recommendation and figured I'd be able to watch while playing on my phone during a break from work. It was hard to play on my phone... Great video. Super full of information and it feels more like a conversation than someone telling me information. Rad, dude. This show was one of my favorites, it's weird there isn't more merch or a bigger fanbase.
@karakuri100p 3 жыл бұрын
MEDAAAAABOTS!!! Rokusho is my favorite character in this awesome series.
@RazingPhoenix0079 3 жыл бұрын
I loved Rokusho. Metabee and Sumilidon were awesome as well.
@karakuri100p 3 жыл бұрын
@@RazingPhoenix0079 yeah I know but Rokusho just caught my eyes. It’s probably cause him wearing that cape, reminds me of the introduction scene for EVA-02 in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just go and take a look at that scene in NGE and you’ll see what i mean. Worm perspective shot matches , the vibe of them , spot on. Hey, have a great day 🙋🏾♂️
@archwaldo 3 жыл бұрын
Don't sleep on Arcbeetle bruh The Medabot with a fking SOLAR CANNON XD
@undeadlegion1805 3 жыл бұрын
I loved Medabots back in elementary school, and even had a Medabots friend with whom I could watch the show on the rare times were were at each others houses on the right days. I rewatched it back when I was in college, and that animation made it age like fine wine. I simply cannot watch it in Japanese. That dub is a huge part of the experience. Also, the idea of a world where people kitbash robot kits together to form the best possible combinations for robot fights is a concept that someone should really try again at some point. Like, someone just make a Custom Robo anime already. Or another Medabots. I'm not picky.
@badreddinekasmi8919 3 жыл бұрын
Oh god yes somebody who knows about custom robo!
@chrisklein2924 3 жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen it you might enjoy the first Gundam Build Fighters.
@CherrieBoard 3 жыл бұрын
you should really give the subs a try! The original japanese dubs actually have a lot of scenes that explain a lot of context that were censored or cut in the english dub
@afox-likecryptid9460 3 жыл бұрын
I had this really cool medabee toy my brother bought me back when it was around. Good times. I miss that toy and anime.
@Xalyn937 3 жыл бұрын
I just started playing custom robo again and my brother and I were just talking about how its what a medabots game should be like.
@DjFrancoj 3 жыл бұрын
Medabots has one of the best intros of the late 90s early 2000s and also best fight scenes as well of that time. For me what killed it was actually the second season. First season was bomb awesome action funny as hell plus getting to see the medaforce was dope.
@greythedarkmaster3380 3 жыл бұрын
Watched this show to completion when I was young, including the somewhat lackluster second season. Loved every minute of it.
@josue1996jc 3 жыл бұрын
the animation was good and the early plot was funny, BUT the late plot involving rokusho, the bad guys and the "professor" (if you saw it you know what i mean) is fucking mindblowing, i will never forget the plot twist at the end, 9 yo me was like "WTFFFFF IS THAT!?? NO FUCKING WAY!" and that is pretty hard to obtain form a 9yo power rangers and anime lover like me. xd
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
By plot twist do you mean the giant Metabee fight?
@josue1996jc 3 жыл бұрын
@@PsychoMagnet by plot twist i mean the professor taking of the skinn and revealing that he was an alien xd
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
@@josue1996jc Oh that was actually Brandon, who appeared in about two episodes earlier into the series. Dr. Hushi stayed the same I think, but he came down from space.
@josue1996jc 3 жыл бұрын
@@PsychoMagnet oh sorry, havent seen that finale again since 2004 xd can't remember the exact details lmao
@PsychoMagnet 3 жыл бұрын
@@josue1996jc Understandable lol, I just recently rewatched the series myself.
@TheFallenStarlight 3 жыл бұрын
This era was my childhood. Kotobukiya is now reissuing their Medarot/Medabots model kits. I'm still hoping for Kotobukiya to make a PepperCat model kit at least.
@maxxcreese9911 3 жыл бұрын
I hope they bring out a cyandog model
@larrychilders6599 3 жыл бұрын
Yes we robot leading guys need it
@ryokuhasu9699 3 жыл бұрын
I was talking about Custom Robo and Custom Robo Arena the other day, and after explaining the premise of the game someone said "Oh you mean like metabots?"
@nikolapetrovic4139 3 жыл бұрын
Ah man this takes me back. Medabots was one of the cartoons that got fully dubbed on the Serbian Television back in the early 2000s. Used to be my favorite show growing up! Thanks for covering this one, mate. It's a blast!
@everyanimereactionever 3 жыл бұрын
The backing music is hella fire, and the action is cool in the 90’s unique style. Looks like a watch after a certain someone catches up on ODDTAXI….ahem.
@EcchiHeroOda 3 жыл бұрын
Finally! I've been saying this forever. Metabee is the goat
@baronstriker8378 3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@chinwyian 2 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who appreciates Medabots/Medarot. I love the games(I have the collection on switch) and the anime so much it’s so slept on.
@gantzisballs 2 жыл бұрын
The director of Kill la Kill, the director of Elfen Lied, and the director of Angel Cop were all working on the same episode. How did the combined edge not kill everyone in the building?
@giancarloabreu2523 3 жыл бұрын
“That one Digimon movie that Mamoru Hosoda keeps making” 😂😂😂 bro, I can’t, this is the best quote of 2021
@LXXVIIZONE 3 жыл бұрын
SOMEONE FINALY fucking SAID IT 😭 The anime was so dope, mr referee I miss you 🤣!!
@draconis17 3 жыл бұрын
As a kid I had a DVD of a few dubbed episodes of Medabots, and the only things I remember from it are a bit about the main yellow robot being "naked" at a zoo and an episode about a plant robot wanting its owner to get laid. Very interested, will definitely go and properly watch it.
@Shyny_Yordy 3 жыл бұрын
It's good to finally see someone showing Medabots some love. Out of all my Childhood anime both Medabots & Zoids seem to be the most slept on.
@tubakun8616 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if it’s just me, or if Jeff actually appears on camera longer in this episode, but I like this format. Nice work!
@DrButthugger 3 жыл бұрын
Same! I feel like it’s been a while since I saw Geoff on screen, but it’s really nice, I hope he continues this format too.
@powerofanime1 3 жыл бұрын
Geoff: "You were asleep!" Me: *laughs in watched it when it first came to America.*
@haruhirogrimgar6047 3 жыл бұрын
I watched this show after it stopped running in NA but many years before this video. I found the show while it wasn't even on streaming services :^)
@powerofanime1 3 жыл бұрын
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Nice.
@BaoHadir 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode has to be when the kids are being tortured via running laps by their PE coach, Coach Mountain (if I remember right) only to find out he's been moonlighting as a fighter to save a playground for other kids. And when Ikki wins the fight, the coach makes him run laps anyway.
@Lightspeeds 2 жыл бұрын
"I'd help you out, but Medabots don't swear."-Metabee.
@zaneex4043 3 жыл бұрын
This played every weekday after school long before I even knew what anime was and I never missed an episode. -It's time to kiss your bot goodbye, That line still gives me goosebumps
@Speeds_Gaming_Corner 3 жыл бұрын
Gfuel: we will give you 5,000 dollars for every time you say gfuel this episode. Geoff: I'm about to bankrupt a company
@trevorv87 3 жыл бұрын
Then it's agreed! was still all I hear when I see just a glimpse of Mr. Referee
@rahbee6266 Жыл бұрын
I too was a medabots kid. Couldn't figure out the game but I loved it. I even had a big medabee figure that I couldn't figure how to put together lol
@patitodoido 3 жыл бұрын
In Portugal Medabots was a thing, it went on our kids channel dubbed and had some merch of it going around. It didn't last much but I remember watching Medabots and being amazed by it.
@marcusferro7588 3 жыл бұрын
This comment section was become a ground of even more oppressed than digimons, medabots lovers who can’t speak up to their normal friends
@zebimicio5204 3 жыл бұрын
You know how hard it is when Medabots didn't even get a new game nowadays. ust remember, their newest video game is a humanoid girl battle simulator....
@dustgraystone9448 3 жыл бұрын
@@zebimicio5204 that sounds... lovely....
@MegamanStarforce2010 3 жыл бұрын
the GBA RPG is also 100% required playing along with this. such a weirdly high quality game with super well-made sprites. i still remember it clearly to this day
@zebimicio5204 3 жыл бұрын
Its also a very fair but challenging rpg for its time. And taht says something about its quality!
@fizzy3911 3 жыл бұрын
damn it man!! i told myself i was just gonna put this on as background noise because i'm not interested at all in mecha, but you've got me seriously contemplating picking this up... i've been bamboozled
@MrBanjob 3 жыл бұрын
10:35 absolutely perfect use of the HxH score, the tension it gave to him rising out of the water lool
@elemomnialpha 3 жыл бұрын
Counterpoint: Symphogear exist Also Metabee for Smash who's with me?
@Karlos1234ify 3 жыл бұрын
Symphogear is amazing
@AzureBeatPony 3 жыл бұрын
My people here. Also yeah, Symphogear G is basically the same popularity level on Mal. Which is a true crime.
@bofoitakoyaki9859 3 жыл бұрын
WHEN HE SAID SPIDER RIDERS MY MEMORIES EXPLOOOODED
@mothersbasement 3 жыл бұрын
Blue spider was played by metabee
@bofoitakoyaki9859 3 жыл бұрын
@@mothersbasement i literally went and watched like two episode. you said spider-riders, and i paused the video and made another youtube tab lol.
@foreverclassic105 3 жыл бұрын
I had a bunch of mini Medabots with a weird hexagonal prism dice thing. No one ever wanted to play it but I loved the figures.
@t850terminator 3 жыл бұрын
Metabee's dub actor, Joseph Motiki, really carries it, he's like a kid friendly Bender.