Robby the Rascal

Robby the Rascal
Original Title	Cybot Robotchi (サイボットロボッチ)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Jim Terry Productions
Voice Director	Jim Terry
Translation & Adaptation	Collins Walker
Recorded	1985
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	39
Year	1982-1983

Robby the Rascal (サイボットロボッチ Cybot Robotchi, Saibotto Robocchi) was a 1985 film produced by Jim Terry Productions, compiled from a 1982 anime series. Cybot Robotchi was created by Ken Ishikawa It premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 7, 1982 and ran for 39 episodes until its conclusion on June 29, 1983. The series was assembled into a 90 minute film and released in 1985 on the Kidpix Inc. video label.

Synopsis Robby (Robotchi) is a fun-loving, mischievous robot with a TV built into his stomach. Robby lives in a peaceful village with various other robots, all created by the eccentric and lecherous Dr. Art Deco, who has a major crush on local policewoman Sgt. Sally (Sachiko). Although Robby is an android and prone to accidentally causing mischief, he has a warm, kind heart and is always willing to help out a friend in need. With his human girlfriend Tiffany (Kurumi Yukino), he gets into a variety of wacky adventures. However, a rich, spoiled inventor named Horace (Highbrow) will stop at nothing to get Robby for his own. Much of the plot of the English feature-length dub of the anime involves Horace's attempts to threaten the peace in Robby's village, with the help of his female assistants, Tracy and Yvette.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Robby (Robotchi)	Natsumi Sakuma	Gregg Berger
Dr. Art Deco (Bokota "Dr. Deco" Dekoyama)	Hiroshi Masuoka	Jan Rabson
Tiffany (Kurumi Yukino)	Yōko Kawanami	Mona Marshall
Sergeant Sally (Sachiko Yukino)	Eiko Yamada	Kathy Ritter
Horatio "Horace" Percival Thornton III (Sir Highbrow)	Hideyuki Umezu	Jan Rabson
Tracy (Sylvia)	Aya Mizoguchi	Kathy Ritter
Yvette (Nancy)	Akiko Inose	Mona Marshall
Maximo (Sekitori)	Kenichi Ogata	Jan Rabson
Cookie (Okame)	Naoki Tatsuta	Kathy Ritter
Mrs. Hoover (Takedon)	Eiko Yamada
Kusaku	Kazuya Tatekabe	Jan Rabson
Gosaku	Toshiya Ueda	Kathy Ritter
Yosaku	Hiroshi Masuoka	Jan Rabson
Mr. Lightbulb< small>(Matomo)	Yoko Kawanami
Burikko	Masako Miura	Mona Marshall
Junior (Raisin Rocco)	N/A	¿?
Stumpy (Nozoki)	Kazuya Tatekabe	Mona Marshall
Terry (Uzura Namakura)	Masako Miura
Butch (Matsuo Namakura)	Kazuya Tatekabe	Jan Rabson
The Ladybug (Kabutomaru)	N/A	Kathy Ritter
Karakara Karasu	¿?	Mona Marshall
Narrator	N/A	Jan Rabson

Notes

• The English version contains a number of original songs by Marc Mercury and his production company, Bullets.
• The film is assembled from 15 out of 39 episodes. Only 7 of those 15 were adapted into the main plot of the film, while the remainder were used for opening and closing credits footage.
• While Cybot Robotchi was only released in America as this film, the whole series was dubbed into Italian as Robottino and into Spanish as Robocito.
• Horace III does not appear in the original anime until episode 21. Robby the Rascal edits the storyline so he is the central villain while the series's early villains - the mob trio - are his hired operatives.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Paramount Home Video	1985		NTSC	United States
MY-TV	1980s		PAL	United Kingdom

External Links

• Cybot Robotchi at the Internet Movie Database
• Cybot Robotchi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia