Genre:
Action + Comedy + Sci-Fi

Synopsis:
In January 2008, almost 31 years after the beginning of the original series, a remake has started airing on Yomiuri TV. It's basically a retelling of the original story updated to fit the tastes of a more modern public. However, for a comedic effect, the "Dorombo Gang" is able to breach the fourth wall, making passing references to the original series. Albeit the "Dorombo Gang" has stayed the same, the main characters and the plot was tweaked a little bit. Since the first episode, the Dokuro Stone was replaced with the "Dokuro Rings", able to grant every wishes to the being able to collect them. Ganchan, still a young genius, is now a slacker, easily distracted (he is shown being able to rebuild Yatterwan almost effortlessly, but preferring to play with the toys in the shop and slacking off), and a foil for the the more serious, reliable and responsible Ai-chan. Ai-chan itself is now mellowed in a cuter, childlike personality, at least in her flirtatious relationship with Ganchan: in this reloading of the myth, Yatterwan was meant as a birthday gift for her, to ease her desire to go driving with her boyfriend (being underage they couldn't get a driver's licence). As a gift for Ai-chan, and displaying some degree of preference for her instead of his creator, Yatterwan (still a sentient mecha) appears now more incline to follow every whim and order of her mistress instead of the ones given by Ganchan himself. Aside from this quirk, Yatterwan is still the same, acting in battle as his former incarnation. The plot has stayed largely the same, sporting an episodical structure in which the Doronbo Gang plots a scam, that usually backfires in a spectacular way; they're engaged by Dokurobee to get the Dokuro Ring hidden elsewhere with a new mecha of their own making, they're stopped by Yatterwan, with the surplus energy given by the "Mecha Food" supplied by Ai-chan, and they're left tattered and in rags to be punished by Dokurobee himself.
(from wikipedia.org)

Casts:
Chiaki Takahashi … Omocchama (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino … Gan-chan/Yattaman No. 1 (voice)
Shizuka Itou … Ai-chan/Yattaman No. 2 (voice)
Jouji Yanami … Boyakkii (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi … Dokurobee (voice)
Kazuya Tatekabe … Tonzura (voice)
Kouichi Yamadera … Narrator/Odate-Buta/Yattawan (voice)
Noriko Ohara … Doronjo (voice)

Superheroes:
Yattaman No. 1
Yattaman No. 2

Villains:
Doronjo
Boyakkii
Dokurobee

Runtime:
25 min (70 episodes)

Internal links:
Yattaman (1977) (TV series 1977-1978)

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