Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack

Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack (鉄腕探偵ロボタック) is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series created and produced by Toei Company. The series is the seventeenth and final installment of the Metal Hero Series and the partial sequel to B-Robo Kabutack. It premiered on March 8, 1998, the week following the finale of B-Robo Kabutack and ended on January 24, 1999. It joins Seijuu Sentai Gingaman as a program featured in TV Asahi.

Status as a "Metal Hero" series
While it is commonly known that Kabutack and Robotack are part of the Metal Hero series, there is much debate on whether or not they are part of the Metal Heroes series.
 * During Super Hero Taihen, a list is presented showing each of the previous Metal Hero series, and Kabutack and Robotack are shown. However, Moerro!! Robocon is also shown along with the other shows, possibly meaning the list was not for all the Metal Hero shows that have aired, just the shows that were aired after the Kamen Rider series ended.
 * The designs for Kabutack and Robotack are stranger in appearence then the previous shows, due to the more Robocon-inspired design. However, they gain the ability to change into modes more similiar to other Metal Heroes.
 * The recent Super Hero Taisen Z showed another list of all Metal Hero series, and Kabutack and Robotack are not shown.

Plot
The story begins when the Ruling Elder of Harappa Land sent a few of his robotic people to seek out the sacred treasure of their kingdom: The Landtool. Two such robots, Robotack and Kamerock, arrived to a place called Yumegaoka. It was there that Robotack befriended a boy named Kakeru and aided the boy's uncle, Kaoru Sugi, in his Private Investigation business. But also on the quest for the LandTool is DarkCrow and his lacky Kabados, who were exiled and intend to make money off the LandTool.

Shardock P.D. Agency



 * Kaoru Sugi

YST

 * Kakeru Yukiyanagi
 * Kouta Umeda
 * Shigeru Sakaki
 * Misaki Tachibana

Yumegaoka Police

 * Detective Karamatsu

Citizens

 * Saburo Sazanka

Gold Platinum P.D. Agency

 * Sakurako Takamine/Phantom Thief Cherry

Others

 * Dr. Yuichiro Takamine
 * Kabutack

Harappa Robots

 * Elder
 * Master Ranking
 * Baby Elephant Robots
 * Preparing Elephant
 * Watching Elephant
 * Interfering Elephant
 * Reflecting Elephant

Special
Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack and Kabutack: The Great Strange Country Adventure (テツワン探偵ロボタック&カブタック 不思議の国の大冒険, Tetsuwan Tantei Robotakku to Kabutakku: Fushigi no Kuni no Daibōken)

Cast

 * Kakeru Yukiyanagi - Etsuya Murakami (村上 悦也)
 * Misaki Tachibana - Mei Kurokawa (黒川 芽以)
 * Kaoru Sugi - Hiroo Ōtaka (大高 洋夫)
 * Shigeru Sakaki - Yū Yoshida (吉田 由)
 * Kōta Umeda - Yousuke Okano (岡野 洋祐)
 * Detective Karamatsu - Shoichiro Akaboshi (赤星 昇一郎)
 * Sakurako Takamine - Hitoe Ōtake (大竹 一重)
 * Saburo Sazanka - Ijiri Okada (イジリー 岡田)
 * Dr. Yuichiro Takamine - Yū Numazaki (沼崎 悠)

Voice actors

 * Robotack - Nozomu Sasaki (佐々木 望)
 * Kamerock - Hideyuki Hori (堀 秀行)
 * Mimeena - Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠)
 * Darkrow - Hiroyuki Shibamoto (柴本 浩行)
 * Kabados - Takehiro Murozono (室園 丈裕)
 * Mog-Lucky - Yūko Mita (三田 ゆう子)
 * Takkard - Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫)
 * Torabolt - Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平)
 * Speedam/Speedy Wonder - Ryo Horikawa (堀川 りょう) (Played as "堀川 亮")
 * Mightburn/Mighty Wonder - Naoki Tatsuta (龍田 直樹) (Played as "竜田 直樹")
 * Baby Elephant Robots - Hiromi Nishikawa (西川 宏美)
 * Master Ranking - Tamio Ōki (大木 民夫)
 * Elder - Yutaka Ōyama (大山 豊)

Suit actors

 * Robotack - Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子) (1st), Fukuko Azuma (東 福子) (2nd)
 * Robotack (Special Mode) - Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Kamerock - Takeshi Miyazaki (宮崎 剛)
 * Mimeena - Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子)
 * Darkrow - Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * Kabados - Toshihiro Ogura (小倉 敏博)
 * Mog-Lucky - Takeshi Mizutani (水谷 健)
 * Takkard - Kouji Matoba (的場 耕二)
 * Torabolt - Naoko Kamio
 * Torabolt (Special Mode) - Toshiyuki Kikuchi (菊地 寿幸)
 * Speedam/Speedy Wonder - Keizo Yabe (矢部 敬三)
 * Mightburn/Mighty Wonder - Yoshimasa Chida (千田 義正)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "Naseba Naruhodo Robotack" (なせばなるほどロボタック)
 * Lyrics: Tamanosuke Ōga (大賀 玉之輔)
 * Composition & Arrangement: Keiju Ishikawa (石川 恵樹)
 * Artist: Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ)
 * Ending themes
 * "Robotack Ekakika" (ロボタック絵かき歌)
 * Lyrics: Tamanosuke Ōga with Kēsuke & Yūgi & Moe (大賀 玉之輔 with ケースケ & ユーギ & モエ)
 * Composition: Natsuko Ōtani (大谷 奈津子)
 * Arrangement: Youichi Yamazaki (山崎 洋一)
 * Artist: Nozomu Sasaki (佐々木 望)
 * Episodes: 1-31
 * "Ii ja nai" (いいじゃない)
 * Lyrics: Tamanosuke Ōga
 * Composition & Arrangement: Hideki Fujisawa (藤沢 秀樹)
 * Artist: Robotack All Stars
 * Episodes: 32-45