Stanbot

The **Stanbot** is a robotic helper created by Constanze as her assistants.

## Description

### Appearance

In its active form, Stanbot is a mechanical robot with a large head that looks like either a real-life Nintendo 64 or a GameCube but with grey and blue patterns, a small cuboid body, and two arms and legs. Stanbot's legs and arms can be tucked in whenever it shifts to its box configuration. Aside from box configuration, it can also transform into a magic gun that resembles a shotgun (Walther MPL in short films), a RPG, and an electric oven. Latter configurations are accessible manually however.

### Abilities

These robots are capable of performing various tasks given by Constanze as well as to express herself, usually by having one or multiple of them speaking for her behalf. They are also programmed to have sentience and intelligence of their own, allowing them to work independently.

Stanbots can also be manually reconfigured into a gun mode to be used as a weapon. In this configuration, Stanbot uses magic energy as ammunition, though it has "unlimited ammo" when a magic source is around. As shown in *Chamber of Time* game, Stanbot's gun mode can also project a destructive laser beam as an attack called **Laser Blast**.

## History

### Background

Stanbots are among the magic-mechanical projects that Constanze worked on since her enrollment at Luna Nova developed as her robot helpers whilst remaining undetected by teachers. Until the events of either TV Series (specifically during *Chamber of Time* that set between Orange Submariner and Sleeping Sucy) or Enchanted Parade, Stanbots initially lacked their ability to assume their autonomous robot forms.

### TV Series

#### Luna Nova and the White Dragon

Constanze has begun working on at least one stanbot sometimes prior to or during the events of this episode. Although the stanbot is yet to possess its robot configuration, its weapon (shotgun and RPG) and electrical oven configurations has been installed with the former being used in great effect against Fafnir's Robot Dragons.

#### Sky War Stanship

Akko accidentally destroys one of the Stanbots when he was loading the things of Constanze. Later, it is revealed that Constanze has several copies of them, which tell Akko to leave and stop bothering Constanze. Later, everyone helps Akko and Constanze to build the Stanship and they find Akko's design for the Grand Charion absurd although Constanze manages to implement it. Finally, they appear dismissing the Stanship when this part to Wild Hunt.

### Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

By the events of the game, Constanze has managed to complete at least 3 fully functional Stanbots. She brings two of them with her whenever she explores regions accessible through the use of Magic Keys on Sealed Door of Horologium Chamber.

## Gallery

### Official Art

Concept art for the Stanbot's gesturesAnother concept art for the Stanbot's gesturesConcept design for Stanbot's magic gun configuration in *The Enchanted Parade*.Merry Christmas by LWA animaton director and character designer Shuhei Handa (半田修平) @ebisu1984Constanze illustration for LWA TV series by LWA animator Kengo Saito (斉藤健吾) @kengo1212A sample Little Witch Academia illustration by Yoh Yoshinari, featuring all the girls of The Enchanted Parade, which was bandled with a Blu Ray - DVD box that came out on 20th of January, 2016.The poster of Little Witch Academia The Enchanted Parade (リトルウィッチアカデミ魔法仕掛けのパレード) illustrated by key-animator Takafumi Hori (堀剛史), that was featured in Ultra Jump’s October issueDoodles on a Steven Universe artbook done by Takafumi Hori (堀剛史) @porigoshi posted on March 26, 2018Masaru Sakamoto's illustration for the series' episode 18Sketches of different Little Witch Academia scenarios by Yusuke YoshigakiGreen Team's unexpected meeting with Finnelan Part 1 by Yusuke YoshigakiGreen Team's unexpected meeting with Finnelan Part 3 by Yusuke YoshigakiA sketch of Constanze with Stanbot in gun configuration by Yoh YoshinariA sketch of Constanze by Yoh Yoshinari alongside Creator's sketchbookA sketch of Constanze with her Stanbot by Yoh YoshinariAmanda and Constanze who works on her stanbot by Arai HirokiThe second official poster of Yusuke Yoshigaki's Tokyo Expo
### Short Films

#### Animated Gifs

Constanze activating a StanbotConstaze transforming a Stanbot into a submachine gun
### TV Series

#### Screen captures

A Stanbot with Sucy and Constanze during the laundry dutyGreen Team cheers for Akko, Lotte, and SucyA Stanbot carrying a box of materialsConstanze's Stanship design explorationsConstanze working on Stanship's enginesConstanze goes to Luna Nova's kitchenConstanze awkwardly asks the goblin chef whether she can borrow his Orichalconium WhiskStanbots, Constanze and Akko admiring their workStanbots argue that Akko's mecha transformation concept for Stanship is too childish
#### Animated Gifs

The Stanbots giving a farewell to the Starship.

## Trivia

* The     design of Stanbot's magic gun configuration in the anime seems to shares significant similarities to the Kel-Tec KSG. Out of all the guns in the Shotgun family, the KSG has the closest and nearly identical design to the aforementioned firearm. These similarities become especially apparent when Constanze uses it during "Luna Nova and the White Dragon".
	+ In *Enchanted Parade* on the other hand, the firearm configuration is based on Walther MP instead.