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- ↑ @discotekmedia (July 28, 2019). "We're releasing a dub-only SD-BD collection of Medabots season 1; dubbed, with closed captions. We are planning on releasing more Medabots seasons in the future, and a little further down the road, the original Japanese version: Medarot!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Discotek Turns to Community for Help Locating Mon Kolle Knights, Medabots English Dub Masters".