Robodz (partially found Disney Toei animated TV series; 2008)
Robodz Kazagumo Hen(shortened to just Robodz overseas) is a short CG anime series created by Toei Animation and produced by Disney. The episodes are generally 2 minutes long. It ran on Toon Disney Japan from June 21, 2008 to November 24, 2008. The series is a mix of Sci-Fi, action and comedy.
An English dub of the series, directed by Jeff Nimoy of Digimon fame[1], premiered on Disney XD in America in June of 2009, and broadcast on the network until 2011. A Spanish Dub and and Turkish dub were also produced.
Plot
The series revolves around 3 Robodz ninja, Nejimaru, Sombrenosuke, and Drum Kanbe(localized as PinDz, SosDz, and CamDz), and their ongoing struggle to protect Earth from the Baddle(localized as Bugroy) army.
Notes
- [11 episodes of the Turkish dub,] [10 episodes of the Spanish dub,] and [1 episode of the English dub] are available on YouTube as of June 2020. Jeff Nimoy's YouTube channel has a playlist of all the English Dub episodes, but they are all set to private.
- The English dub featured Greg Cipes as the voice of PinDz, and [Sam Riegel in a role that he did not specify]. Cipes uploaded a minute long clip to his Facebook page on January 25, 2020.4]
References
The Anime Lodge: Q and A with Jeff Nimoy: http://www.animelodge.co.uk/jeff-nimoy-interview/ Role of the Week RoboDz 2-Greg Cipes Channel: https://www.facebook.com/gregcipes/posts/488421828529174?comment_id=491227191581971