[4] A boy named Amato finds a prison spaceship containing bad robots that have crashed on Earth.

The studio wanted a robot-buddy story that represented a child-like imagination that could be associated with each child, such as making a robot costume out of a cardboard box.

[3] The creator Nizam Razak wanted Mechamato to inspire children to imagine possibilities, to use technology responsibly.

[12] He and his creative team initially envisioned Amato and MechaBot as a duo of superheroes riding futuristic motorcycles and fighting super villains bigger than themselves.

Based on the initial concept, their animator partners and friends in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and France gave positive feedback.

[18] However, due to uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic situation and vaccination, the film was postponed several times, from November or December 2020 to March 2021 to May or June 2021 and finally until end 2021.

[24] Mechamato was announced to be broadcast on Cartoon Network Asia under WarnerMedia for Adult Swim the Asia-Pacific region.

[33] For the Malaysian market, the series is also broadcast on Astro Prima, starting 16 July 2022 where it would be aired each Saturday and Sunday at 7 pm.

[21] For Netflix release, it is available in 6 languages, namely Malay, English, Thai, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese.

The third season premiered on 16 September 2024 in over 30 Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand, via the streaming platform Netflix and YouTube.

It is an online gaming space where players can explore the vast open world of Kota Hilir, as seen on Mechamato: The Animated Series.

[46] For second round, Mechamato managed to beat Spy × Family, One Piece Film: Red, Extreme Hearts and many more to steal the first place.

[50][51][52] The film based on the series, Mechamato Movie was appeared in the 5th minute of Astro Shaw 2024 film on the background, The Experts when Luqman Hariz, an Astro Awani news anchor reporting the news of RM40 million worth of gold missing after being stolen by family.