The gobots
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The gobots |
| Original title | Challenge of the GoBots |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English ( AE ) |
| Year (s) | 1984-1985 |
| Episodes | 65 in 1 season |
| genre | Action , adventure , science fiction |
| First broadcast | October 29, 1984 (USA) |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 6th, 1996 on kabel eins |
The Gobots (original title: Challenge of the GoBots ) is an American animated series by Hanna Barbera Studios , which is based on the GoBots toy series by the American manufacturer Tonka . Most of the toys were adopted from the Japanese machine-robo toy series.
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GoBots are transforming robots from the planet GoBotron, made up of the heroic Guardians and the evil Renegades. The Guardians are led by Leader-1 and his assistants Turbo, Small Foot and Scooter. The Renegades were led by Zero, who was later replaced by Cy-Kill. The GoBot characters Crasher, Fitor and Cop-Tur also belong to the close ranks of the Renegades. Weapons are rarely used, instead they shoot energy blasts from their fists.
The story begins with the fact that thousands of years ago on the planet GoBotron there were human-like beings known as GoBings. Civil war broke out on the planet when the Renegades terrorist group emerged and waged wars against the peaceful Guardians. The leader of the Renegades at the time was a maniac named "Master Renegade". Accidental sabotage by the Renegades caused the planet GoBotron to collide with gigantic asteroids, which resulted in a serious natural disaster and the GoBings were on the verge of extinction. However, a genius known as the Last Genius saved the last of his people by conducting experiments and transforming the GoBings' brains into large robots: the GoBots. The GoBot bodies have another ability that enables them to transform into vehicles. The last genius wanted to retire to the distant galaxy after he finished his work. However, he did not succeed because the evil "Master Renegade" stole his spaceship and escaped. The war continued between the Guardians and the Renegades. But the evil Renegades also transferred their brains to GoBot robots.
In the 20th century, the earth was increasingly drawn into the conflict between the Leader-1 Guardians and the Cy-Kill Renegades.
synchronization
There are two German dubbed versions of the series. The first came about in the 1980s for a video release by Screen Entertainment and limited it to a handful of episodes. The second dubbed version was created in the 1990s at Johannisthal Synchron GmbH in Berlin; the dialogue book was written by Stefan Mittag and the dialogue was directed by Hannes Gromball .
| role | Original speaker | German Voice actor (VHS) | German Voice actor (TV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardians | |||
| Leader-1 | Lou Richards, Jr. | Walter von Hauff | Rainer Doering |
| turbo | Arthur Burghardt | Gernot Duda | |
| Scooter | Frank Welker | Franz Rudnick | Michael Iwannek |
| Renegades | |||
| Cy kill | Bernhard Erhard | Horst lamp | |
| Crashers | Marilyn Lightstone | Anita Höfer | Regine Albrecht |
| Cop-tur |
Bob Holt Arthur Burghardt |
Karl Schulz | |
| Other | |||
| Matt Hunter | Morgan Paull | Ulrich Bernsdorff | Ernst Meincke |
| Dr. Braxis | René Auberjonois | Thomas Rau | Michael Narloch |
Trivia
- The series was continued in 1986 by the film Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords .
- The series was called " Challenge of the Machine Men " in Australia .