メダロット [Medarot / Medabots]

In the late 1990s, Kōdansha published a short-lived three-issue manga adaptation of the Medarot (known in English as Medabots) franchise, a world where children battle with customizable, sentient robot partners. This comic captures the core premise of the property—kids and their Medabots competing in tournaments—but compresses it into a tight, standalone story. While the series is brief, it serves as a faithful, early printed artifact of the multimedia phenomenon that began with the 1997 role-playing game, showcasing the franchise's signature blend of gadget-collecting and friendly rivalry.