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Synopsis
Megas XLR is a series about an overweight couch potato named Coop who stumbles across a giant robot in a junkyard. He soon discovers that the robot was sent from the future when a woman named Kiva returns to the past to claim what is rightfully hers, though Coop made so many modification to the machine so he's the only one who can fully operate it. Things also heat up when Coop learns that an alien race called the Glorft are also after his MEGAS robot, so he teams up with Kiva and his best friend Jamie to fight them off, though mostly so he can keep his new toy.
Cast & Crew
Wendee Lee
Kiva Andru (voice)
Steve Blum
Jamie (voice)
David DeLuise
Coop (voice)
Chris Prynoski
Director
Trivia about Megas XLR
While playing video games, Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic came up with an idea of making an animated series in which the main character would use his video gaming skills to pilot a giant robot.
The pilot short (LowBrow) was shown in 2002 as part of Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Weekend Summerfest, a contest to determine which pilot would be selected as the next Cartoon Cartoon.
It was the most popular among viewers, and was greenlit as a series.
Much of the series is inspired by Japanese mecha anime which the two grew up watching, with the animation being inspired by both anime and Western animation.
After being delayed from its original debut in December 2003, Megas XLR finally debuted on the Toonami block on May 1, 2004.
However, due to low ratings, the series was cancelled after two seasons, with the final episode airing on January 15, 2005.
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