Robokon

Drama Titles:

Robot Contest

Description:

Lazy girl Satomi is assigned a stint, against her wishes, to her school's Robot Club. However, it's not the premiere club that she got assigned to, but the "B" team where the team members are hardly cooperative, made up of a motley bunch of losers. There's the ineffective soft spoken captain of the team, the genius arrogant designer, and a technici… more Lazy girl Satomi is assigned a stint, against her wishes, to her school's Robot Club. However, it's not the premiere club that she got assigned to, but the "B" team where the team members are hardly cooperative, made up of a motley bunch of losers. There's the ineffective soft spoken captain of the team, the genius arrogant designer, and a technician who dropped out but decided to join them again when the team had inexplicably entered the Nationals through a technicality. Her role in the team- She's the designated driver, the operator of the machine, needing to learn how to be one with the robot through the use of the remote control. This group of students undergo boot camp ? in a training regime at a beach resort - to build camaraderie, trust and friendship as they spend their off hours in designing and fine tuning their prototype YET-13, into Boxhund, their entry for the finals. It's like a coming of age movie, with the characters developing skill sets, and in the further discovery of their strengths and weaknesses, combined with their willingness to change for the better, not just for themselves, but for the team. less

Category: Japanese Movie

Status: Completed

Released: 2003

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