The series revolves around household robot Robotan, who is created by a boy and lives with the family as a domestic servant and friend to the children.

Production moved to Tokyo Movie Shinsha for the 20th-anniversary color remake New Robotan (1986) under director Masaharu Okuwaki.

Written and illustrated by Kenji Morita, the manga began serialization in the Shonen Gaho magazine in 1966.

The manga was published simultaneously with the 1966 anime version after Morita was hired by Daiko Advertising to create a series similar to Obake no Q-Taro.

[2] The 1986 anime color remake was produced by Daiko who contracted Tokyo Movie Shinsha to handle the production of it.