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.
' 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). This series joined Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive.
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 distant, futuristic metropolis called Neo-Con City. The series never went beyond an animatic pilot.
A recent film was released theatrically on July 31, 2020. It is paired with the anime films Jintai no Survival and Sprin' Pan Mae e Susumà Â!.
The titular Robocon is a G-class robot student 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 a lottery, Robocon will be staying at the Kurihara family in Otara City. Robocon is a bit of a klutz, but he means well and tries to help wherever he can. The story depicts him as someone who strives to become an A-class robot with his "robo guts", even though he gets into various troubles every time. Other robots fill up the cast that each have different jobs assigned to them.
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.
All songs were sung by Ichirou Mizuki and composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
The second series was dubbed into Arabic by Venus Centre and was aired on the channel Spacetoon. It became a hit in the Middle East, the theme song in the Arabic version was performed by Rasha Rizk