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Tobot
Opening title card for the English dub of Tobot
Directed byDahl Lee
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons19
No. of episodes392
Production
ProducersYoung Toys
Retrobot
Running time22 minutes
Original release
NetworkJEI TV
ReleaseMarch 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 met 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.

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

  1. ^ a b "Animation". Young Toys. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  2. ^ Kim Tae-jong (2013-12-26). "Korean toy, Tobot, defeats Lego". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-10. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b Limb Jae-un (2014-07-11). "Young Toys' transforming robot Tobot popular among kids". Korea.net. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  4. ^ Dong, Bamboo (2014-12-24). "Seoul Erects an 8-Meter, 3-Ton Tobot Kia Robot Statue". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
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