Over 23 years in the making, you can now finally play the original Medarot video game in English. Originally teased on this site back in 2015, the fan effort to translate the first entry in the franchise has finally reached a playable state. While it’s not entirely polished, a translation patch for the entire game launched earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Following a countdown teaser and yesterday’s unintended Famitsu leaks, Imagineer has officially announced their Medarot Day celebrations, which marked the franchise’s 21st anniversary. There were no surprises, though some additional information was revealed for the seven announcements. Read the rest of this entry »
In a since deleted article, Famitsu.com has revealed a new Medarot RPG is in development for smartphone platforms. According to Gematsu, it was given the following description: Read the rest of this entry »
The official Twitter account for the Weekly Medarot Broadcast column has announced that the first issue will become available on December 27th in the Manga HOT app. Additionally, the account shared the finished logo (above) for Hakubayashi‘s Medarot Re – Reloaded manga series that’ll be serialized in the column.
Imagineer has announced a collaboration with the mobile app Manga HOT to launch Weekly Medarot Broadcast, a column the company will begin in late December. It’ll feature reader participation as well as two new manga series, Medarot Short (working title) by franchise staple Horuma Rin and Medarot Re – Reloaded by franchise newcomer Hakubayashi. The latter was described as starring Rokuyo Kagami, a former Medarot great, aiming to win the World Robattle Cup. The company shared a preview image of the series:
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Last month, Kodansha’s Re:ComicBonBon announced Medarot: The Koishimaru Collection, two compilation books that cover Horuma Rin’s Medarot 5 and Medarot G manga series. The publisher revealed the books without a cover image, but Amazon Japan has now shared those:
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Kodansha is reviving their Medarot manga reissues this fall. The company’s Re:ComicBonBon label has announced the October 23rd release of two new Medarot collections. Centred around Medarot 5 and Medarot G protagonist Koishimaru Tensan, the release aims to compile Horuma Rin’s manga series duo of the name. The new books will retail for 1000 and 1200 yen respectively.
Medarot 5 was originally serialized in the monthly Comic BonBon anthology magazine between the December 2001 and June 2002 issues. Kodansha previously published the series through two individual volumes in July and August 2002. Medarot G ran in Comic BonBon between its August 2002 and July 2003 issues. It was compiled into two volumes originally released in February and September 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
The preview for Dengeki Maoh’s April 2016 issue has announced a Medarot: Girls Mission manga. The series will begin in the same issue and be drawn by Z-ton. No plot synopsis or series length were shared. Read the rest of this entry »
Community members Kimbles and Tobias have come together to bring the original Medarot manga to English readers for the first time! Chronicling the events of Hikaru Agata, the first manga series in the franchise was created by Horuma Rin between June 1997 and April 1999. You can read chapter 13: “Metabee … Rebels?” at Batoto or embedded below: Read the rest of this entry »
Community members Kimbles and Tobias have come together to bring the original Medarot manga to English readers for the first time! Chronicling the events of Hikaru Agata, the first manga series in the franchise was created by Horuma Rin between June 1997 and April 1999. You can read chapter 12: “Deep in Space!” at Batoto or embedded below: Read the rest of this entry »
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