Astroboy
In the year 2000, humans and robots live together in peace in harmony. Dr. Tenma, the once head of the Ministry of Science, builds a robotic child in the likeness of his own deceased son, with amazing superpowers. Unable to fill the void of love his dead son left behind, Tenma discontinues the robot and burns down the Ministry of science disappearing into the night. Years later rebellious robots and corrupt evil have started to cause havoc in Metro City. The only being left to stop them is the newly activated Astroboy. Along with his unique gift of "Kokoro", various superpowers, and help from family and friends, Astroboy will stand to protect Metro City and return it to peace once again.
Based on the Original manga character from the popular comic book series of the 1950s, AstroBoy is a re-imagining of its predecessor series and manga, much like 2003's Cyborg 009. Created by Osamu Tezuka, AstroBoy (or Tetsuwan Atom as its known as in Japan) has delighted generations of the past, and more then likely generations of the future as well. The franchise has reinvented itself several times, having the series debut in 1963, re-released in 1980, and once again in 2003. The characters and story for Astroboy have been some of the most influential part of Japanese animation ever created. Astroboy premiered on Toonami Monday March 8th, 2004 at 5PM (EST).
Based on the Original manga character from the popular comic book series of the 1950s, AstroBoy is a re-imagining of its predecessor series and manga, much like 2003's Cyborg 009. Created by Osamu Tezuka, AstroBoy (or Tetsuwan Atom as its known as in Japan) has delighted generations of the past, and more then likely generations of the future as well. The franchise has reinvented itself several times, having the series debut in 1963, re-released in 1980, and once again in 2003. The characters and story for Astroboy have been some of the most influential part of Japanese animation ever created. Astroboy premiered on Toonami Monday March 8th, 2004 at 5PM (EST).
.:Episode Guide
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Season One
1: Power up 2: Rocket Ball 3: Atlas 4: Astro vs. Atlas 5: Destination Deimos 6: Into Thin Air 7: Rainbow Canyon 8: Neon Express 9: Franken 10:Venus Robots 11:Reviving Jumbo 12:Robot Hunters 13:The Rise of Pluto 14:Dragon Lake 15:Lost in Outland 16:Neon Express 17:Deep City 18:The Blue Knight 19:Hydra-Jacked 20:Geo Raider 21:Secret of the Blue Knight 22:Robot Circus 23:Little Sister, Big Trouble 24:Micro Adventure 25:Only a Machine |
26:Robot Boy 27:Dawn of the Techno-Revolution 28:The Legend of Tohron 29:March of the Micro Bears 30:Old Dog, New Tricks 31:The Case of the Phantom Fowl 32:Gideon 33:Fairy Tale 34:Shape Shifter 35:Pheonix 36:Space Academy 37:Atlas Strikes Back 38:Battle-Bot 39:Time Hunters 40:Escape from Volcano Island 41:Avalanche 42:Battle of Steel Island 43:Undercover 44:Into the Dragon's Lair 45:Night Before the Revolution 46:Robotonia 47:Showdown in Robotonia 48:Journey to Tomorrow 49:Astro Reborn 50:The Final Battle |
.:Misc.
- The 2003 series' Dialoge director was Michael Hack. The very same guy who casted the voices in Baby Looney Tunes and even the 1983 series Rubik, the Amazing Cube.
- Imagi, a Computer animation studio based in Hong Kong, currently has the rights to create a CGI Astroboy film for international markets. Imagi is the same studio that worked on the CGI TMNT movie.
- Astroboy first premiered on Kids WB, where it opened to dissapointing ratings and was quickly pulled from the channel. The network aired the series aired out of order and skipped various episodes all together, contributing to the confusion of on going plots.
- The VA for Atlas (Greg Cipes) is better known for his role as Beast Boy in Cartoon Network's Teen Titans.
