Medabots (2004 film)

Medabots (also known as Medabots: The TV Movie or simply Metabots: The Movie) is a 2004 El Kadsreian science fiction action comedy television film produced and directed by Takima Susima, written by Norman Rompay and stars Tom Omazaki and Hideki Hamasaki.

Based on the and mostly adapted from the  video game Medarot R, it was a first film adaptation of Medabots and it was produced by El TV Kadsre Television in association with Caldatite.

The film premiered on June 4, 2004 on ETVKK in El Kadsre. The film was later aired on the in the  on September 18, 2004 and  in  on January 1, 2005. The film also had an theatrical release in, , and  in 2005.

Humans

 * Tom Omazaki as Ikki Tenryou
 * Jenny Vabron as Arica Amazake
 * Seihachi Akagi as Keiji Aomine
 * Bella Matthews as Samantha Lucus
 * Satou Song-il as Sloan Kazama
 * Brodie Battle as Spyke Edinbrough
 * James Chavez as Henry Krahm/Phantom Renegade
 * Shinhei Zayasu as Koji Karakuchi
 * Elise Samuel as Karen Johnson
 * as Mitchell Evans
 * Kruku Makusa as Prof. Eugene Aki
 * Zlata Lugnov as Jick Manuel
 * as Ryomi "Mr. Referee" Uruchi
 * Kazu Tenabe as Katekin Ten
 * Patrick Dry as Red Makko
 * Kouki Hashimoto as Mitsuo Tenryou
 * as Chloe Tenryou
 * Momoko Shiraishi as "Grandma" Kameya

Medabots

 * Hideki Hamasaki as Metabee
 * Kimbra Weaver as Brass
 * Jodocus Reinder as Rokusho
 * Free as Peppercat
 * Teiji Utsumi as Sumilidon

Production
Principal photography of the film began on August 2, 2003 and was wrapped on October 26, 2003. The film was mostly shot in Madwyn while some of the scenes including the Medabot expo scenes were filmed in El Kadsre City. The exterior and interior shots of the Medatown High School were shot in the Madwyn Secondary College while both the interiors and exteriors of the school gymnasium was shot in Madwyn Primary School. The 24 Hop Mart convenience store where the first Robattle took place is a 7-Eleven store that was located near the Madwyn Secondary College. The diamond-shaped building that is used as the headquarters of the Medabot Corporation is a Madwyn Government Building, located near the Madwyn railway station. The arena in which several Robattles take place was a set built in the Pasi Peure Stage, which was the re-used Fusa sports arena set from Lana X2: The Enhanced Earth, while the Madwyn Entertainment Center is used for exterior shots.