Fan Page: MIGHTY ORBOTS

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HOW IS THIS CARTOON NOT MORE POPULAR?!?!? When the 80's nostalgia wave hit, I was SURE that this one would have been bigger than Thundercats or any of the other 3rd-string cartoons that have garnered huge cult fan followings which created a demand for DVD's, Toys, T-Shirts and other merchandise.

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Comments

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Tokyo Movie Shinisha produced the series for MGM in the US...a natural for giant robo anime stories.

The individual Orbots robots were humorous (Bo, Boo, Torg, Bort, and Crunch) and had interesting personalities...although when they joined together into one robot...the gestalt (little pieces becoming one big piece) robot didn't exhibit much of a personality of its own.

Gary Owens was the narrator although his speaking tone seemed too comical when th action got serious on screen...it didn't fit too well. If Owens spoke like his Space Ghost character...maybe that would have helped.