Editing Medabots (section)

{{short description|Anime, manga, and video game series}}
{{About|the video game, anime and manga franchise|the Game Boy Advance game|Medabots (video game)}}
{{Infobox video game series
|title = Medabots
|image = Medabots logo.png
|caption = 
|genre = [[Role-playing game|RPG]]
|developer = [[Natsume Co., Ltd.]]<br>Delta Arts<br>[[Jupiter Corporation]]<br>digifloyd
|publisher = [[Imagineer (Japanese company)|Imagineer]]<br>Natsume Co., Ltd. <small>(Some GBA/GC titles)</small><br>[[Ubisoft]] <small>(PAL, GBA/GC titles)</small><br>Rocket Company <small>(2010-16)</small>
|platforms = [[Game Boy]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[WonderSwan]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[GameCube]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]
|first release version = ''Medarot''
|first release date = November 28, 1997
|latest release version = ''Medarot Classics Plus''
|latest release date = November 12, 2020
|alt = 
}}
'''''Medabots''''', known in Japan as {{Nihongo|'''''Medarot'''''|メダロット|Medarotto}}, is a Japanese [[role-playing video game]] franchise created by Rin Horuma (Horumarin) and currently owned by [[Imagineer (Japanese company)|Imagineer]]. The main series of RPGs focus on collecting and battling with the titular robots. The bulk of the games releases have been on Nintendo platforms, including the [[Game Boy]], [[GameCube]], and the [[Nintendo DS|DS]], and [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] [[Handheld game console|handhelds]].

The series was adapted into a Japanese [[anime]] television series spanning two adaptations. The first was animated by [[Bee Train]] while the second, ''Medarot Damashii'', was animated by [[Production I.G]]. The television series originally aired on [[TV Tokyo]] from July 2, 1999, to March 30, 2001. Both series were originally licensed and [[Dubbing (filmmaking)#Localization|localized]] into English by [[Nelvana]] and were broadcast on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] in Canada and [[Fox Kids]] and [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] in the United States from 2001 to 2004.

A [[manga]] series, written by Rin Horuma, was also produced. It was serialized in the [[Kodomo anime and manga|children]]'s magazine ''[[Comic BomBom]]'' in Japan and then published into [[tankōbon|collected volumes]] by [[Kodansha]]. The manga based on the first game, ''Medarot'', was never translated into English, but the manga based on the sequel, ''Medarot 2'', was licensed for an English language release in North America by [[Viz Media]], simply under the title ''Medabots''. ''Medarot 2'', 3, and 4, have also been translated into English for distribution in [[Singapore]] by [[Chuang Yi]].

To date, only ''[[Medabots (video game)|Medabots]]'' (a remake of ''Medarot 2'' for [[Game Boy Advance]]), ''[[Medabots AX]]'', and ''[[Medabots Infinity]]'' have been released in North America. There have also been plastic models produced by Kotobukiya.

A compilation game ''Medarot Classics Plus'' was released on November 12, 2020. It features the Kabuto and Kuwagata versions of the first eight mainline games.<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/medabots-franchise-gets-medarot-classics-plus-switch-game-compilation-on-november-12/.160796|title=Medabots Franchise Gets Medarot Classics Plus Switch Game Compilation on November 12|date=5 August 2023}}</ref>