Ganbare!! Robocon

Ganbare!! Robocon (がんばれ!!ロボコン) 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.

A new film Ganbareiwa!! Robocon: Oo-la-la! Lovable Soupless Tantanmen!! Chapter (がんばれいわ!!ロボコン ウララ〜!恋する汁なしタンタンメン!!の巻) was released theatrically on July 31, 2020. It is paired with the anime films Jintai no Survival and Sprin' Pan Mae e Susumō!.

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.

Robots

 * Robocon: 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.
 * 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

 * Shintaro Oyama (大山 新太郎): Shigehisa Ōno (大野 しげひさ)
 * Hatsue Oyama (大山 初江): Midori Katō (加藤 みどり)
 * Hajime Oyama (大山 はじめ): Yoshikazu Yamada (山田 芳一)
 * Midori Oyama (大山 みどり): Mayumi Sakuma (佐久間 真由美)
 * Makoto Oyama (大山 まこと): Nobuyoshi Fukuda (福田 信義)
 * Robin (ロビン): Kaho Shimada (島田 歌穂)
 * Yukari Yamamoto (山本 ゆかり): Yukari Yamamoto (山本 由香利)
 * Officer Machida (町田巡査): Tōru Yuri (由利 徹)
 * Taro Ogawa (小川 太郎): Masahiro Sumiyoshi (住吉 正博)
 * Yoshiko Ogawa (小川 よし子): Miyuki Ueda (上田 みゆき)
 * Mayumi Ogawa (小川 まゆみ): Yukiko Ebina (蝦名 由紀子)
 * Susumu Ogawa (小川 すすむ): Makoto Iida (飯田 誠)
 * Mitsuko Kurihara (栗原 光子): Mie (未唯)
 * Momoko Kurihara (栗原 モモコ): Saori Nara (奈良 沙緒理)
 * Osamu Kurihara (栗原 オサム): Keisuke Mishima (三嶋 啓介)
 * Jun Kurihara (栗原 ジュン): Jōtarō Koike (小池 城太朗)
 * Gotaro Kurihara (栗原 豪太郎): Ikkei Watanabe (渡辺 いっけい)
 * Robina (ロビーナ): Natsuki Katō (加藤 夏希)

Voice Cast

 * Robocon (ロボコン): Keiko Yamamoto (山本 圭子)
 * Robocon (ロボコン): Kazue Ikura (伊倉 一恵)
 * Gantz-sensei (ガンツ先生): Keiichi Noda (野田 圭一)
 * Robogari (ロボガリ): Sachiko Chijimatsu (千々松 幸子)
 * Robopar (ロボパー): Kōji Yada (矢田 耕司)
 * Robo Mecha (ロボメカ): Kōji Yada (矢田 耕司)
 * Robowal/Robopu/
 * Robopin (ロボピン): Ichirō Nagai
 * Robodoro/Roboton: Kenichi Ogata
 * Roboton (ロボトン): 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): Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳寿子)
 * Robobin (ロボビン): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一)
 * Robo-P (ロボピー): Keiko Han (潘 恵子)
 * Robogeta (ロボゲタ): Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝付 兼太)
 * Robokero (ロボケロ): Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助)
 * Robomogu (ロボモグ): Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二)
 * Roboboss (ロボボス): Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹)
 * Roboid (ロボイド): Hideyuki Hori (堀 秀行)
 * Robogasha (ロボガシャ): Yutaka Asukai (飛鳥井 豊)
 * Robopachi (ロボパチ): Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平)
 * Robopuru (ロボプル): Izumi Ōgami (大神 いずみ)

Episodes

 * 1) A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed (大当り!! ロボ根性全開)
 * 2) The First Usage (はじめてのおつかい)
 * 3) Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled (大ピンチ!! オイラ解体)
 * 4) Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything (絶好調! 何でも修理魔)

Theme Songs
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) 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) by Shotaro Ishinomori