| Tobot | |
|---|---|
 Opening title card for the English dub | |
| Directed by | Nico |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 4 (English version) 19 (Korean version) |
| No. of episodes | 102 (English version) 392 (Korean version) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Young Toys Retrobot Studio Button (Tobot V/Tobot Galaxy Detectives) |
| Running time | 22 minutes (English version) |
| Original release | |
| Network | JEI TV, Tooniverse |
| Release | March 2010 – December 2015 |
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Tobot (Korean: 변신자동차 또봇, RR: Byeonsinjadongcha Ttobot) is a South Korean animated television series produced by Young Toys and Retrobot. The series features transforming cars — some of which are designed after Kia vehicles.[1]
The series is available in Korean and English on Young Toys' official YouTube channel. The toy line beat Lego as South Korea's most popular toy line in 2013.[2]
An official English dub was produced in Canada by Ocean Productions and its sister studio Blue Water Studios, airing over a few months in 2018. This version is currently available on Netflix.
A spinoff series known as Athlon Tobot aired in three seasons from 2016-2017, before getting rebooted in 2018 as Tobot V (in English dub version known as Tobot: Galaxy Detectives), with animation done by Studio Button, an animation studio that made Jurassic Cops & Fire Robo, instead of Retrobot (which also created Biklonz & Potendogs). Like the original, Galaxy Detectives is also available on Netflix. Tobot V lasted for three and a half seasons from 2018 to 2022, and a sequel to the original series is set to release in 2023. Retrobot once again animates for the series, known as Tobot: Heroes of Daedo City/Daedo's Heroes, featuring new Tobots designed after Hyundai vehicles instead of Kia.
- ^ "Animation". Young Toys. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ Kim Tae-jong (2013-12-26). "Korean toy, Tobot, defeats Lego". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-07-13.