Episode 1

TITLE
Medarot: うごけ! ポンコツメダロット (Move! Medarot, you Piece of Junk)

Medabots: Stung by a Metabee

NAMES

MEDAROT	MEDABOTS
Doctor Study	Dr. Bokchoy
Blackmail	Blackram
HellPhoenix	Phoenix

CUTS

Kikuhime punching Iwanoi at the beggining of the Robottle.

Kikuhime kicking Iwanoi after the Robottle.

After finding the Reamedal, Ikki cries cuz he has a Medal but has no Medarot to use it.

"Super Turbo-kun"

"Ultra Hard Spray"

When the Screws arrive at the park, Iwanoi can't recognize the Rockers, so they do their hair and apply make-up to reveal their real identity.

Kikuhime asks the Rockers to become a member; Ikki and Arika yell at her for that.

Iwanoi cries upon Kikuhime's actions.

The blue-haired Rocker attacks Ikki.

The blond Rocker attacks Arika.

Iwanoi cries when the Rockers use the part they stole from him.

The Rockers whining at their leader while Metabee kicks some ass.



PICTURE EDIT

In Medabots, a sign is added with the Medabot name. Notice in Medarot they only mention "___type Medarot: (Name)" while in Medabots they also add a serial number.

Of course they had to rewrite "Medabots" on every "Medarot" sign. However...

The Medarotch still says "Medarot".

During the News-report, they change the Japanese text on the background for an image of the Rockers.

The "666" tattoo on the blond Rocker's head was erased.

The "Screws" signs among other things were changed for "Studen Council" signs.

However, the Japanese text is back later on.

Metabee aiming at Ikki with his shooter was edited.

Parts Acquired in this Episode
"WEA-02: Death Bomb.
Hability: Gunpowder.
Action: Sharpshoot. It has high attack and penetrating power. Iwanoi broke into tears and exchanged it.
BOK-02: Point Radar.
Hability: Enemy tracking.
Action: Support.
Thinner armor without power. Not suitable for battle."

Also, the Battle Stats were very different.












OTHER NOTES

In Medabots it isn't until near the end we find out Henry was actually Hikaru. However, in Medarot, he's always Hikaru. Look at his uniform, it says "HIKARU" and that wasn't edited in Medabots.

In Medabots, Ikki names his Medabot as Metabee. However, in Medarot it's Hikaru who tells Ikki his name is Metabee. Also I think it's cute how in Medarot, the Bandit Retort reffers to himself as "Ai no Medaru Hantâ" (The Medal-Hunter of Love) <3  

MEDAROT FEATURED
I wish these screens were also featured in Medarot. These are a Medabots exclusive :)

I think that's all by now. Stay tuned for my next entry. If I missed any edit, please let me know so I can update it giving you the credit ;)

Bye-Ha-Hi~~

Introduction

Hello everybody. My name is Nana.
As a child I used to watch this marvellous anime on TV called Medabots.
You remember it, right? I'm pretty sure most of you do :)
It used to be one my favest cartoos on that time. I remember I had completed my Medabots pog collection (although years later I lost'em).
Anyway, a couple years ago I found out in Japan it is actually called Medarot. (a pormanteau of "Medal" [メダル] and "Robot" [ロボット]) An animated adaption of a videogame franchise developed by Natsume in 1997. This anime premiered in Japan on July 2nd, 1999. 52 episodes, produced by Bee Train. Followed by a 39 episode long sequel titled Medarot Damashii (メダロット魂, "Medarot Spirits"). Both were licensed and dubbed by Nelvana in America, renaming it as Medabots, and premiered on September 1, 2001. Medabots (not Medarot) premiered in my country sometime around 2002 dubbed in Spanish.

At the time I found out about Medarot, I was pretty aware America has the habit for editing any anime they are planning to broadcast for children. I was wondering how was the original Japanese version. Lucky, somebody uploaded on YouTube the raw episodes of Medarot. So now I'm planning to use this blog to do a comparison between Medarot and Medabots.

First of all, I'll show like the general edits done in every episode.

OPENING
The opening for Medarot is titled "知恵と勇気だ! メダロット" (Chie to Yuuki da! Medarot | Wisdom and Courage! Medarot) sung by Junko Takeuchi.

 The opening for Medarot Damashii is titled "SUPER GUYS!" sung by Yuusuke Nakamura

The opening for Medabots sung by Martin Kucaj and Mia Sheard

And just cuz I feel like it, this is the opening that played in LatinAmerica, sung by Paul Gillman and Luis Miguel Pérez

What can I say? Honestly I enjoy all of'em. Listening Medabots opening brings me back so much memories, it's like so overwhelming :3

ENDING
The ending for Medarot was titled "やっぱり君が好き!" (Yappari Kimi ga Suki! | Still I Love You!) sung by Eri Sendai.

The ending for Medarot Damashii was titled "年下のボク" (Toshi Shita no Boku | The Younger Me) sung by Yuriko Kaida

 Both are really CUTE! Although... the first one is kinda cheesy for my taste XD
Meanwhile... Medabots ending was...

 ..*poker-face*
TERMS

MEDAROT	MEDABOTS
Medarot	Medabot
Death Medarot	Kilobot
Medarotter	Medafighter
Medarotch	Medawatch
Robottle	Robattle
Reamedal	Rare Medal

NAMES & VOICES
Now a chart displaying the names used in both versions and the dub actor for the Japanese and English dubs.

MEDAROT	SEIYÛ	MEDABOTS	ENG VOICE
Ikki Tenryo	Michiru Yamazaki	Ikki Tenryo	Samantha Reynolds/ Susan Laney Dalton
Metabee	Junko Takeuchi	Metabee	Joseph Motiki
Arika Amazake	Eri Sendai	Erika	Lisa Yamanaka/ Bryn McAuley
Brass	Masami Suzuki	Brass	Julie Lemieux
Kikuhime	Masami Suzuki	Samantha	Shannon Perreault
Peppercat	Mika Ishibashi	Peppercat	¿?
Iwanoi	Shigenori Yamazaki	Spyke	Robert Tinkler
Cyandog	Kôichi Tateishi	Cyandog	Robert Tinkler
Bluesdog	Kôichi Tateishi/ Jun'ichi Miura	Krosserdog	Robert Tinkler
Kagamiyama	Yoshiko Iseki	Sloan	Darren Frost
Kiethturtle	Fumei/ Masaru Hotta	Totalizer	¿?
Kouji Karakuchi	Reona Yokomaku	Koji Karakuchi	Joanne Vannicola
Smilodonad	Satoshi Tsuruoka	Sumilidon	Martin Villafana
Karin Junmai	Maaya Sakamoto	Karen Junlei	Ashley Taylor
Saintnurse	Noriko Namiki	Neutranurse	¿?
Hikaru Agata/ Bandit Retort/ Space Medarotter X	Ryô Naitô	Henry/Hikaru/ Phantom Renegade/ Space Medafighter X	Jamie Watson
Rokushô	Isao Shinohara	Rokusho	Mark Dailey
Mr. Uruchi	Hiroshi Shimazu	Mr. Referee	Dennis Akayama
Chicken Salesman	Masanori Tomita	Chicken Salesman	¿?
Jouzou Tenryo	Masanori Tomita	Ikki's dad	¿?
Chidori Tenryo	Masami Suzuki	Ikki's mom	¿?
Dr. Atom Akihabara a.k.a. "Dr. Medarot"	Ryôsuke Ôtani	Dr. Eugene Aki	Ron Pardo
Rintarô Namishi	Chieko Higuchi	Rintaro	Jacqueline Pillon
Kantaroth	Takayuki Kondô	Kantaroth	¿?
Sakenosuke Kasukabe a.k.a. Sakekaasu (Sake Lees)	Masami Iwasaki	Seymour Slugbottoms a.k.a. Seaslug	¿?
Rumi Takasu a.k.a. Surume (Cuttlefish)	Noriko Namiki	Gilda Girlnikova a.k.a. Gillgirl	¿?
Mitsuo Sara a.k.a. Salami	Kazuhiro Shindô	Shrimpy Lipowitz a.k.a. Shrimplips	¿?
Raizô Shioka a.k.a. Shiokara (Salted Fish Entrails)	Harii Kaneko	Guido Gudalucci a.k.a. Squidguts	¿?
Dr. Hebereke	Ren Tamura	Dr. Meta-Evil	Len Carlson
Nae Akihabara	Risa Mizuno	Nae	Ashley Taylor
Honey	Mayumi Shintani	Honey	Julie Lemieux
Yûzuru Ôzora	Naomi Wakabayashi	Zuru Zora	Jeff Berg
Dorcus	Daisuke Fukagai	Rocks	Mark Railey
Ginkai	Eishi Takemoto	Ginkai	Phil McCordic
Arcbeetledash	Naomi Matamura	Arc-Dash	¿?
Kokuryû Kamizake	Yumi Kakazu	Kam Kamazaki	Caroline Lesley
Blackbeetle	Yû Daiki	Blackbeetle	Caroline Lesley

Introduction

At the beggining of each Medarot episode, there's a brief introduction in which the narrator explains what a Medarot is. This was dropped from Medabots.

I think that's all for now. Next entry I'll compare episode 1.
I'll try to update at least weekly.
ByeBye~ <3