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| country = Japan

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

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| developer = Shozo Uehara

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

| director = Atsuo Okunaka

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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]]''.

{{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'''.

* {{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.

* '''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.

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*'''Robochoi''':

*'''Robomecha''':

*'''Robina''':

==Cast==

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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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[[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]]