Medarot Damashii

So this is the 3rd and last season to Metabot. We are following the character, but NOT the story of the previously seasons.

The story is about new types of bots, and fighting against the troubles these are making, as well a hidden secret within it all. The story is honestly very well put together as a stand alone, but i sadly wish there were more to the ending. They tried giving a little "this is what happen after" -ending, but it felt way too rushed within 1 min explanations. The season doesn't have many fillers either, maybe two, since most of it ... has a meaning to it later in the season, but I honestly wish there maybe was one last ep (even if it was a filler) which would be only dedicated to "this is what happen after".

When it comes to the music; it's the same intro and the same outro, which is in season 1 and 2 as well, BUT they did make a new intro video.

Characters in this season start showing a little bit more emotional towards each other, making the feeling of them growing up a little bit. (Like they arent in the same mental age even tho they started a new schoool year, kinda.) And we can to small degree see some hints of feelings in the air. (Im not going into these details.)

Overall, i do find this interesting, and worth watching. The story line has a lot of different patterns it can take, so u never really know what to expect, which is the main thing that made me continue watching.

If you watch this with the exception to have any connection to the previous season, i will not recommend you watching it since they aren't connected. Think of it has a new anime, not a follow up, instead before u start watching it, and enjoy! :)

It's a continuation of the original but it's very different. The tone is more serious, which I preferred, but unfortunately that's as far as my praise goes when comparing it to the original. The animation is not nearly as good, but worse than that, they removed some indispensable characters like Koji, Karin, Hikaru, Rokusho, Medabot Professor, AND THE GADDAM REFEREE! The new characters are fine but it's heartbreaking seeing all the best characters of the original series go without any fanfare.

There's new antagonist, there's no Rubber Robo this time around, which is a blessing, they're schtick got old very fast in the original. There's ... less filler episodes and it's less episodic than the original.
The dub has the same voice actors, and they do a good enough job.
The music's solid.

It is worth a watch if you're a Medarot fan but the original I can just recommend to non-Medarot fans too, it's that good.

The story continues with the protagonist Ikki and his medabot Medabee. However, Ikki loses a battle to a new type of Medabot without emotions called Kilobots. Disturbed by the inherent nature of Kilobots, Ikki and Medabee fight Kam, the mastermind/creator of these Kilobots throughout the series.

Story: The story was decent at best. In all honesty, it was a disappointment. The plot did not pull you into the story nearly as much as the previous seasons. Additionally, the story follows a common archetype and fails to build up suspense in the fights.A good characteristic was the continuing motifs of friendship and teamwork, although very straightforward at ... times, it abided by the previous notions of the Medabot series. Lastly, a real disappointment was the absence of previous characters in the series. My favorite Medabot Rokusho did not partake in this series, however they made an awful imitation of him called Roks which just made the sereis feel like its been going on far too long. Henry and the Referee had also been eliminated. Henry was awesome and the Referee was humorous at times.

Sound: The sound effects were kinda crappy. I've taken into account that this is an older show, yet it does not live up to other series of the same period including various Gundam series and Hajime no Ippo.

Characters: My only complaint from this category is the character development. Kam, Ginkai and several other main characters histories are introduced at what I thought was a bad time or simply gave vague details to support the following actions. The author also gave many episodes to develop some characters, but many of these scenes give counterproductive insight.

I would rate this series a "6" or a "5" mainly because I enjoyed the prequels. Overall, I think this series killed Medabots.