Mechamato

Mechamato or MechAmato, is a Malaysian animated series produced by Animonsta Studios, focusing on a boy named Amato and his partner robot MechaBot, who fight against bad robots. The animated series was premiered in Cartoon Network Asia on 4 December 2021. Mechamato is a part of the BoBoiBoy franchise.

Mechamato
Genre
Created byNizam Razak
Developed byAnimonsta Studios
Written byAnas Abdul Aziz
Directed byDzubir Mohammed Zakaria
Raja Nukman Raja Mohd Noordin
Voices ofAlexander Machado
Alex Teixeira
Katherine Clare Clavelo
Daniel Cortes
Christopher Leigh Jahn
Siti Salwa Samsuddin
Opening theme"Armored Hero Mechamato", written and composed by Nur Sharmine Md Bakri
Performed by Nil Cardoso
ComposersNur Sharmine Md Bakri
Mohd Rizdzuwan Md Jusoh
Country of originMalaysia
Original languagesMalay
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26[1]
Production
ProducerNizam Razak
EditorsDzubir Mohammed Zakaria
Raja Nukman Raja Mohd Noordin
Running time21mins/episode
Production companyAnimonsta Studios
DistributorWarnerMedia (Asia-Pacific)
Jetpack Distribution (outside Asia)
Release
Original networkCartoon Network Asia
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio format5.1
Original release4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)

Premise

A boy named Amato finds a prison spaceship containing evil robots that have crashed to earth. One such robot is the MechaBot which has the ability to mechanize everyday objects into high-tech devices. Amato manages to outsmart MechaBot and eventually becomes the master of MechaBot. Since then, MechaBot and Amato have started working together to find and capture the evil robots.[2]

Characters
  • Amato / Mechamato
  • MechaBot
  • Pian
  • Mara
  • Deep

Production

Mechamato is created by Animonsta Studios which is known for BoBoiBoy series. The series itself is an indirect prequel for BoBoiBoy when the main character, Amato is revealed as the father of BoBoiBoy,[3] which is under the Power Sphera Universe.[4] The name of the series was revealed as early as 2019 when Animonsta Studios announced the series on a video for their 2020 plans.[5] The first look of the series is revealed on 8 April 2020 when the first teaser is released on Monsta official YouTube channel.[6]

Media

Movie

The movie of the series, named "Mechamato Movie", is originally planned to be released in 2020, but it was postponed to 2021.[7] The official trailer was released on 1 January 2021 for the release of 2021. The movie will be distributed by Astro Shaw.[8] However, due to uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic situation and vaccination, the film was postponed several times, from November or December 2020 to March 2021 to May or June 2021 and finally until end 2021.[9] However, plans to release the film earlier than the animated series were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the animated series had already been developed according to schedule which is set to be released in December 2021.[10] The movie will be released after the first season of the animated series or even later, based on the COVID-19 situation.[11]

Animated series

The animated series, named "Mechamato: The Animated Series" was announced to be broadcast on Cartoon Network Asia under WarnerMedia for the Asia-Pacific region.[4] It was premiered on 4 December 2021, with a special sneak-peek episode on 6 November 2021.[12] Although the series was released before the Mechamato Movie, it is the sequel to the film.[10][11] The series will be available in 21 countries with dubbing in English, Malay, Indonesian, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Tagalog and Thai for their respective countries on 4 December 2021. For Korean, it will be available starting 11 December 2021 in South Korea, while for Japanese, it will be available starting March 2022 in Japan.[13]

For outside Asia, Jetpack Distribution has acquired worldwide rights, which includes season one which comprises 26 episodes.[1]

References
  1. "'Mechamato The Animated Series' arriving on Cartoon Network this December". Television Business International. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. "Mechamato". Monsta. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. "Monsta Memperlihatkan Siri Animasi Mechamato Secara Rasmi – Pengembaraan Baharu Buat Power Sphera Universe". Aksiz (in Malay). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. "Cartoon Network Picks-Up Monsta's 'Mechamato' for Asia Pacific". Animation World Network. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. "MONSTA 2020 - A NEW ERA!". YouTube. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. "Mechamato™ Series - Teaser Exclusive First Look TOMORROW! (8.4.2020) #ANewEra". YouTube. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. "'BoBoiBoy Movie 3' due in 2022, after 'Mechamato Movie' in 2021 say Animonsta Studios". The Star. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. "MECHAMATO MOVIE - OFFICIAL TRAILER [HD]". YouTube. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  9. "Enggan rugi, filem animasi Mechamato tangguh tayangan". Berita Harian (in Malay). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  10. "Mechamato Bakal Mengubah Industri Animasi Tempatan – Kenapa?". Aksiz (in Malay). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. @nizamabdrazak (6 December 2021). "In term of timeline, Mechamato series come after Mechamato Movie. Mechamato Movie will focus on Amato's 1st encounter with MechaBot. However, due to the Omicron variant, we are still unsure when we can release Mechamato Movie. After 1st season or maybe even later🙃 #Mechamato" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. "'Mechamato The Animated Series' arriving on Cartoon Network this December". Animation Xpress. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  13. @mechamato (7 October 2021). "Mechamato series officially dubbed into Japanese and Korean on Cartoon Network!🇲🇾🇯🇵🇰🇷 More languages to be added soon!🔊🌏" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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