Tobot: Difference between revisions
m Task 14: cs1 template fixes: misused |publisher= (1×/1×); |
Added characters Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
In another city, a boy named Ryan dreams of becoming a champion of the robot racing circuit. His Mom, with the help of Dr. Char, create three new Tobot’s designed for racing. The Athlons Alpha, Beta and Theata. However the current champion, Maverick, has hired Two brothers called the biker bros, to stay at the top. Later Ryan and the Athlon’s make friends with Teran, with his new Athlons, Valcun, Tornado, and Rocky, to win the Robot dodgeball tournament, and find out who is sabotaging the other teams to win it all. Finally we meet a new kid named Nathan, meets Happy Joe, a former Athlon pilot. Nathan bonds with Jango, Ambulon and Metron planning to win the off road Robot Racing Circuit, but the current Champion, the Baron, plans to make sure he stays at the Top. |
In another city, a boy named Ryan dreams of becoming a champion of the robot racing circuit. His Mom, with the help of Dr. Char, create three new Tobot’s designed for racing. The Athlons Alpha, Beta and Theata. However the current champion, Maverick, has hired Two brothers called the biker bros, to stay at the top. Later Ryan and the Athlon’s make friends with Teran, with his new Athlons, Valcun, Tornado, and Rocky, to win the Robot dodgeball tournament, and find out who is sabotaging the other teams to win it all. Finally we meet a new kid named Nathan, meets Happy Joe, a former Athlon pilot. Nathan bonds with Jango, Ambulon and Metron planning to win the off road Robot Racing Circuit, but the current Champion, the Baron, plans to make sure he stays at the Top. |
||
'''Tobot V Characters-''' These Tobots are toys that came to life. While some have Tokeys, others have Tobeast, animals that unlock their transformations, or form their heads. |
|||
Speed- Based on a Italian race car, he stared out as a RC car. His Tokey is based an eagle. Like his name, Speed is very Fast. His finisher is moving his legs so fast, that his opponent doesn’t have time to counterattack. |
|||
Monster- Based on a Monster Truck, he started out as a toy Monster Truck. His Tokey is based on a gorilla. Monster is known for his super strength. His finisher is creating two energy fists, and then punches his opponent with a bunch of power. |
|||
Rocket- Based on a Rocket Ship, he started out as a model rocket. His Tokey is based on a owl, and he gets seen the most out of Speed and monster. Like his name, Rocket can travel through space, and to other planets. His finisher is creating a portal into space, then throws his opponent into earth’s gravity and letting them crash. |
|||
Rescue Team- These are red and white recolors of Adventure Y, R and Zero. They came from a box, so it’s likely that they were transformed from old toys. R’s Tokey is based on a fireman’s axe, Zero’s is based on a wrench and Y’s is based on a Helicopter Key. They have a team finisher, Zero will rap up the opponent with his Tow Cable, Y will lift up his landing Greaves and R will be launched into the air and spray his opponent with a huge blast of water from his cannon. |
|||
Captian Police- Based on a Police Cruiser. Where he came from is unknown but they other Tobots already knew about him. His is the first to have a Tobeast, which is based on a German Shepard. He’s always ready to obey the law, even if the law is against him. He doesn’t have a finisher but he does have a police shotgun. |
|||
==Production== |
==Production== |
||
Revision as of 14:16, 1 November 2019
| Tobot | |
|---|---|
 Opening title card for the English dub of Tobot | |
| Directed by | Dahl Lee |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 19 |
| No. of episodes | 392 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Young Toys Retrobot |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | JEI TV |
| Release | March 2010 – March 2015 |
Tobot (Korean: 또봇) is a South Korean animated television series produced by Young Toys and Retrobot. The series features transforming cars - some of which are designed after Kia Motors vehicles.[1]
The series is available in Korean and English on Young Toys' official YouTube channel. The toy line beat Lego as South Korea's most popular toy line in 2013.[2]
An official English dub was produced in Canada by Ocean Productions and its sister studio Blue Water Studios.
A spinoff series known as Athlon aired in three seasons from 2015-2017, before getting rebooted in 2018 as Tobot V, with animation done by studio button instead of retrobot. Season 2 has been released and a new enemy has the technology to turn the Tobot’s against each other. This enemy also has new Tobot’s that rival the power of Master V
Plot
While investigating a string of mysterious car accidents, Dr. Franklin Char is abducted by the perpetrators. This incident activates his creations called "Tobots", cars that transform into robots with a special key called a "Tokey". Dr. Char's first two Tobots, Tobot X and Tobot Y, are entrusted to his twin sons Ryan and Kory, respectively, to fight crime and protect their neighborhood.[1]
In another city, a boy named Ryan dreams of becoming a champion of the robot racing circuit. His Mom, with the help of Dr. Char, create three new Tobot’s designed for racing. The Athlons Alpha, Beta and Theata. However the current champion, Maverick, has hired Two brothers called the biker bros, to stay at the top. Later Ryan and the Athlon’s make friends with Teran, with his new Athlons, Valcun, Tornado, and Rocky, to win the Robot dodgeball tournament, and find out who is sabotaging the other teams to win it all. Finally we meet a new kid named Nathan, meets Happy Joe, a former Athlon pilot. Nathan bonds with Jango, Ambulon and Metron planning to win the off road Robot Racing Circuit, but the current Champion, the Baron, plans to make sure he stays at the Top.
Tobot V Characters- These Tobots are toys that came to life. While some have Tokeys, others have Tobeast, animals that unlock their transformations, or form their heads.
Speed- Based on a Italian race car, he stared out as a RC car. His Tokey is based an eagle. Like his name, Speed is very Fast. His finisher is moving his legs so fast, that his opponent doesn’t have time to counterattack.
Monster- Based on a Monster Truck, he started out as a toy Monster Truck. His Tokey is based on a gorilla. Monster is known for his super strength. His finisher is creating two energy fists, and then punches his opponent with a bunch of power.
Rocket- Based on a Rocket Ship, he started out as a model rocket. His Tokey is based on a owl, and he gets seen the most out of Speed and monster. Like his name, Rocket can travel through space, and to other planets. His finisher is creating a portal into space, then throws his opponent into earth’s gravity and letting them crash.
Rescue Team- These are red and white recolors of Adventure Y, R and Zero. They came from a box, so it’s likely that they were transformed from old toys. R’s Tokey is based on a fireman’s axe, Zero’s is based on a wrench and Y’s is based on a Helicopter Key. They have a team finisher, Zero will rap up the opponent with his Tow Cable, Y will lift up his landing Greaves and R will be launched into the air and spray his opponent with a huge blast of water from his cannon.
Captian Police- Based on a Police Cruiser. Where he came from is unknown but they other Tobots already knew about him. His is the first to have a Tobeast, which is based on a German Shepard. He’s always ready to obey the law, even if the law is against him. He doesn’t have a finisher but he does have a police shotgun.
Production
Young Toys came up with the idea of developing an animated series and related toys during the early 2000s. While Transformers and Power Rangers are popular among older elementary school children, Young Toys decided to Tobot to younger primary school children and kindergarteners. Rather than obtain licenses from animation studios after production, Young Toys did the opposite by developing the animated series and characters from scratch before producing the toys.[3]
Marketing
Between August and October 2014, Young Toys sold the licenses for the Tobot toys and characters to Southeast Asian nations. The series was made available in some Middle Eastern countries in January 2015.[3]
In December 2014, Young Toys erected an eight-meter, three ton statue of Deltatron at the Sky Park outside Seoul's Lotte Mall Gimpo International Airport shopping complex to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Tobot. The statue will be on display until 2019.[4]
See also
- Cubix - A 2001 TV series by the same animation studio
References
- ^ a b "Animation". Young Toys. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ Kim Tae-jong (2013-12-26). "Korean toy, Tobot, defeats Lego". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ a b Limb Jae-un (2014-07-11). "Young Toys' transforming robot Tobot popular among kids". Korea.net. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ Dong, Bamboo (2014-12-24). "Seoul Erects an 8-Meter, 3-Ton Tobot Kia Robot Statue". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
External links
An affiliate of Hyundai Motor Company | |||||||||||
| Parent | |||||||||||
| Subsidiaries and divisions | |||||||||||
| Current models |
| ||||||||||
| Future models | |||||||||||
| Discontinued models | |||||||||||
| Concepts and prototypes |
| ||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||
