Draft:Moero!! Robocon

Moero!! Robocon
Genre	Tokusatsu Comedy
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Developed by	Satoru Nishizono
Directed by	Taro Sakamoto
Composer	Takanori Arisawa
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	51
Production
Running time	24-25 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	Toei Company Ishimori Productions
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31) – January 23, 2000 (2000-01-23)

Moero!! Robocon (燃えろ!!ロボコン, Moero!! Robokon, Burn!! Robocon) ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the finale of Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack) to January 23, 2000 (a week before the premiere of Kamen Rider Kuuga). This series joined Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.

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

Note: The characters listed are from both the original series and the 1999 series, Moero!! Robocon.

• Robocon: The main character of this work is a helping robot of the 1st generation. He lives with the Kurihara family and tries his best to become a full-fledged robot, but he often fails and often receives 0 points or minus 100 points from Mr. Gantz. When he fails, he has a habit of holding his head with both hands and saying "Urara~". He grew as he encountered various people and experienced drama in human society, and in the latter half of the year, he began to receive 100 points and other points more often. He hates cockroaches, and when he sees one, he goes on a rampage and destroys the surrounding area. He unleashes his full power with the words "Roborenarin Full Throttle!" When he gets even more serious, he shouts, "Guts! Guts! Robo Guts!"

In episode 14, he became a serious character after being exposed to radio waves from the artificial satellite Terra.

• Robina: The heroine of this work is the Cupid robot, who is a dream come true for Robocon. Her mission is to mediate between men and women using "Love Love Arrow" and "Tokimeki Harp." Unlike other robots, it looks almost exactly like a human.

According to Kojima, unlike the previous Robin, who was an alien, he was made into a genuine robot, as the fantasy elements were also present in ``Kabutak and ``Robotak, so he decided to do away with them this time. He says that was his intention.

• Robobin: A snail-like delivery robot who is normal of leisure until he transforms into bike-mode, becoming fast yet impulsive. He always makes sure his deliveries get there on time and takes his job very seriously. Unfortunately, Robocon seems to always be there to mess things up for him somehow getting him a low score in the end.

• Robo-P: A policewoman robot who likes to whistle. She has a huge crush on Robocon and is usually distracted from her duties because of it.

• Robogeta: Though a weather forecasting robot, his forecast rarely proves right. What he does is throw his slipper into the air and judges the weather from the position it lands in. He always scores low because of this. He later makes friends with Roboboss as the bullies to Robocon.

• Robokero: A frog-karaoke robot. He always tries to improve the mood with singing and believes that songs are a good way of cheering people up. He scores decently, but what he does usually isn't sufficient enough to earn a perfect score.
• Robomogu: An egg-shaped chef robot who works in a restaurant and serves people delicious food. He's friendly and sociable, but takes his cooking very seriously. His appearance is based on Robokui from the original series.

• Robodigi: Robodigi is a robot with a large monitor like head with two number digits as eyes (his neutral eyes is the number eight and the line in the middle moves to show sadness/anger) He always speaks politely and is a know it all. He works in a laboratory helping solve complex problems.
• Roboboss: He works at a construction site and is physically the most powerful robot in his class. Rash and impulsive, he is always looking for ways to get a perfect score. And once that gets too hard he tries to find ways to ruin everyone else's.

Cast

• 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

• 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)
• 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

1. A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed (大当り!! ロボ根性全開, Ōatari!! Robo konjō zenkai)
2. The First Usage (はじめてのおつかい, Hajimetenōtsukai)
3. Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled (大ピンチ!! オイラ解体, Dai pinchi!! Oira kaitai)
4. Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything (絶好調! 何でも修理魔, Zekkōchō! Nani demo shūri ma)