Robby the Rascal

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 	Original 	English
Robby (Robotchi) 	Natsumi Sakuma 	Gregg Berger (uncredited)
Dr. Art Deco (Bokota "Dr. Deco" Dekoyama) 	Hiroshi Masuoka	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Yosaku 	Hiroshi Masuoka	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Tiffany (Kurumi Yukino) 	Yōko Kawanami 	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Sergeant Sally (Sachiko Yukino) 	Eiko Yamada 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Mrs. Hoover (Takedon) 	Eiko Yamada 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Horatio "Horace" Percival Thornton III (Sir Highbrow)	Hideyuki Umezu 	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Tracy (Sylvia) 	Aya Mizoguchi 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Yvette (Nancy) 	Akiko Inose 	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Maximo (Sekitori) 	Kenichi Ogata 	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Cookie (Okame) 	Naoki Tatsuta 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Kusaku 	Kazuya Tatekabe	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Stumpy (Nozoki) 	Kazuya Tatekabe	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Butch (Matsuo Namakura) 	Kazuya Tatekabe	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Gosaku 	Toshiya Ueda 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Mr. Lightbulb (Matomo) 	Yoko Kawanami 	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
Burikko 	Masako Miura 	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Terry (Uzura Namakura) 	Masako Miura 	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Karakara Karasu 	Unknown 	Mona Marshall (uncredited)
Narrator 	N/A 	Jan Rabson (uncredited)
The Ladybug (Kabutomaru) 	N/A 	Kathy Ritter (uncredited)
Junior (Raisin Rocco) 	N/A 	Unknown
==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.
==External Links==
*Cybot Robotchi at the Internet Movie Database
*Cybot Robotchi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Category:1985 films
Category:Anime films