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| country = Japan

| network = [[TVAll-Nippon Asahi|NETNews TVNetwork|ANN]] (NET)

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| developer = Shozo Uehara

| writer =

| company = [[ToeiTV CompanyAsahi|NET]]<br>[[IshimoriToei ProductionsCompany]]

| director = Atsuo Okunaka

| num_episodes = 118

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| composer = [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]

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{{Infobox television

| name = Moero!! Robocon

| genre = [[Tokusatsu]]<br>[[Comedy]]

| runtime = 24-25 minutes (per episode)

| country = Japan

| network = [[TV Asahi]]

| image =

| caption =

| developer = Satoru Nishizono

| writer =

| director = Taro Sakamoto

| num_episodes = 51

| list_episodes =

| creator = [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]

| company = Toei Company<br>Ishimori Productions

| starring =

| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|1|31}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2000|1|23}}

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer = [[Takanori Arisawa]]

| producer =

| narrated =

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{{nihongo|'''''Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|がんばれ!!ロボコン|Ganbare!! Robokon|''Do Your Best!! Robocon''}} is a Japanese [[tokusatsu]] [[comedy]] family robot television series created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and produced by [[Toei AnimationCompany|Toei]]. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on [[TV Asahi|NET TV]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85549|script-title=ja:がんばれ！！ロボコン(1974～1977)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref>

[[File:Kuha2053108.JPG|thumb|This train on the [[Senseki Line]], commissioned in honor of [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], features Robocon prominently.]]

{{nihongo|'''''Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|がんばれ!!ロボコン|Ganbare!! Robokon|''Do Your Best!! Robocon''}} is a Japanese [[tokusatsu]] [[comedy]] family robot television series created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and produced by [[Toei Animation|Toei]]. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on [[TV Asahi|NET TV]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=85549|script-title=ja:がんばれ！！ロボコン(1974～1977)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref>

{{nihongo|'''''Moero!! Robocon'''''|燃えろ!!ロボコン|Moero!! Robokon|''Burn!! Robocon''}} ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the finale of ''[[Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack]]'') to January 23, 2000 (a week before the premiere of ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=88085|script-title=ja:燃えろ!!ロボコン(1999～2000)|access-date= October 10, 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= ja}}</ref> This series joined ''[[Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive]]''.

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{{nihongo|'''''Moero!! Robocon vs. Ganbare!! Robocon'''''|燃えろ!!ロボコンVSがんばれ!!ロボコン|''Moero!! Robokon tai Ganbare!! Robokon''}} December 10, 1999, Toei released the direct to video movie where the Robocon of the 90s meets the original Robocon from the 70s.

In 2006, [[Cartoon Network]] planned to develop a western animated adaptation titled '''''Robocon!''''' The series would have been set in a futuristic city called Neo-Con City. The series never went beyond an animatic pilot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perkypickle.com/robocon/|title = Robocon!}}</ref>

A newrecent film {{nihongo|'''''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|Ganbareiwa!! Robokon: Urara~! Koi Suru Shiru-Nashi Tantanmen!! no Maki}} was released theatrically on July 31, 2020. It is paired with the anime films ''Jintai no Survival'' and ''Sprin' Pan Mae e Susumō!''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/ganbareiwa-robocon-robot-comedy-film-reveals-cast/.160752|title = Ganbareiwa!! Robocon Robot Comedy Film Reveals Cast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-13/sprin-pan-let-go-forward-anime-short-screens-alongside-jintai-no-survival-robocon-double-bill/.161751|title='Sprin' Pan Let's go forward!' Anime Short Screens Alongside Jintai no Survival!/Robocon Double Bill}}</ref>

==Plot==

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== Characters ==

=== Robots ===

* {{nihongo|'''Robocon'''|ロボコン|Robokon}}: 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'''.

[[File:Roboconrobots.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Robocon and Gantsu Sensei, with the 2nd class robots in ''Moero!! Robocon'']]Note: The characters listed are from both the original series and the 1999 series, ''Moero!! Robocon''.

* {{nihongo|'''GantsuGantz SenseiTeacher'''|ガンツ先生|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.

* '''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'''.

* '''Robin''': A ballerina robot and Robocon's love interest. Her mission is to attend ballet class.

* '''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.

* '''Robina''': A ballerina robot and Robocon's love interest. Her mission is to attend ballet class. In the 1999 reboot, she is a cupid robot, and her mission is to mediate between men and women with "Love Love Arrow" and "Tokimeki Harp". Unlike the other robots, her appearance is almost the same as a human being. She and Gantsu are the only other robot characters from the original series who appear in the reboot.

*'''Robopu''': A robot with a teapot for a head.

*'''Roboinu''': A dog-like robot who wears a bucket on his head.

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*'''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.

== Characters ==

*'''Robomero''': A girl robot.

=== Robots (1999 series)===

*'''Robodeki''': A genius robot.

* '''Robobin''': A snail-like delivery robot who is normal of leisure until he transforms into bike-mode, becoming fast yet impulsive. He always makes sure his deliveries get there on time and takes his job very seriously. Unfortunately, Robocon seems to always be there to mess things up for him somehow getting him a low score in the end.

*'''Robopeke''': A kind robot.

* '''Robo-P''': A policewoman robot who likes to whistle. She has a huge crush on Robocon and is usually distracted from her duties because of it.

*'''Robopin''': A fortune teller robot.

* '''Robogeta''': Though a weather forecasting robot, his forecast rarely proves right. What he does is throw his slipper into the air and judges the weather from the position it lands in. He always scores low because of this. He later makes friends with Roboboss as the bullies to Robocon.

*'''Roboriki''': A gorilla-like muscular robot

* '''Robokero''': A frog-karaoke robot. He always tries to improve the mood with singing and believes that songs are a good way of cheering people up. He scores decently, but what he does usually isn't sufficient enough to earn a perfect score.

*'''Robochoi''':

* '''Robomogu''': An egg-shaped chef robot who works in a restaurant and serves people delicious food. He's friendly and sociable, but takes his cooking very seriously. His appearance is based on Robokui from the original series.

*'''Robomecha''':

* '''Robodigi''': Robodigi is a robot with a large monitor like head with two number digits as eyes (his neutral eyes is the number eight and the line in the middle moves to show sadness/anger) He always speaks politely and is a know it all. He works in a laboratory helping solve complex problems.

*'''Robina''':

* '''Roboboss''': He works at a construction site and is physically the most powerful robot in his class. Rash and impulsive, he is always looking for ways to get a perfect score. And once that gets too hard he tries to find ways to ruin everyone else's.

==Cast==

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* {{nihongo|Makoto Oyama|大山 まこと|Ōyama Makoto}}: {{nihongo|[[Nobuyoshi Fukuda]]|福田 信義|Fukuda Nobuyoshi}}

* {{nihongo|Robin|ロビン|Robin}}: {{nihongo|[[Kaho Shimada]]|島田 歌穂|Shimada Kaho}}

* {{nihongo|Yukari Yamamoto|山本 ゆかり|Yamamoto Yukari}}: {{nihongo|[[Yukari Yamamoto (Actressactress)|Yukari Yamamoto]]|山本 由香利|Yamamoto Yukari}}

* {{nihongo|Officer Machida|町田巡査|Machida Junsa}}: {{nihongo|[[Tōru Yuri]]|由利 徹|Yuri Tōru}}

* {{nihongo|Taro Ogawa|小川 太郎|Ogawa Tarō}}: {{nihongo|[[Masahiro Sumiyoshi]]|住吉 正博|Sumiyoshi Masahiro}}

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* {{nihongo|Gantz-sensei|ガンツ先生|Gantsu-Sensei}}: {{nihongo|[[Keiichi Noda]]|野田 圭一|Noda Keiichi}}

* {{nihongo|Robogari|ロボガリ|Robogari}}: {{nihongo|[[Sachiko Chijimatsu]]|千々松 幸子|Chijimatsu Sachiko}}

* {{nihongo|Robopar|ロボパー|Robopā}}: {{nihongo|[[Kōji Yada]]|矢田 耕司|Yada KoujiKōji}}

* {{nihongo|Robo Mecha|ロボメカ|Robomeka}}: {{nihongo|[[Kōji Yada]]|矢田 耕司|Yada KoujiKōji}}

* Robowal/Robopu/

* {{nihongo|Robopin|ロボピン|Robopin}}: [[Ichirō Nagai]]

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==Episodes==

# {{nihongo|A Big Hit!! Robo-Guts Fully Unleashed|大当り!! ロボ根性全開|Ōatari!! Robo konjō zenkai}}

# {{nihongo|The First Usage|はじめてのおつかい|HajimetenōtsukaiHajimeteno otsukai}}

# {{nihongo|Big Crisis!! I'm Being Dismantled|大ピンチ!! オイラ解体|Dai pinchi!! Oira kaitai}}

# {{nihongo|Perfect! The Devil that Repairs Anything|絶好調! 何でも修理魔|Zekkōchō! Nani demoNandemo shūri ma}}

==Theme Songs==

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*OP 1: Ganbare Robocon, written by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]

*OP 2: {{nihongo|Oira Robocon Robotto dai!|おいらロボコンロボットだい!}} by Shotaro Ishinomori

*ED 1: {{nihongo|Robocon, Best in the Robot World|ロボコン・ロボット世界一|Robokon Robotto Sekaiichi}} written by [[Saburō Yatsude]]

*ED 2: {{nihongo|Robocon Gattsurakon|ロボコンガッツラコン}} by Saburō Yatsude

*Summer ED: {{nihongo|Robocon Ondo|ロボコン音頭}} by Saburō Yatsude

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{{reflist}}

{{MetalMoero!! Hero SeriesRobocon}}

{{Shotaro Ishinomori}}

[[Category:1974 Japanese television series debuts]]

[[Category:1977 Japanese television series endings]]

[[Category:1999 Japanese television series debuts]]

[[Category:2000 Japanese television series endings]]

[[Category:Robocon Series]]

[[Category:Ganbare!! Robocon]]

[[Category:Moero!! Robocon]]

[[Category:Japanese comedy television series]]

[[Category:Japanese television shows featuring puppetry]]