"New" Astroboy trailer 2003 series

April 4, 2005

Interesting discussion going on at astroboyonline

Thought I'd post the link here:

http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/inde...t=ST&f=1&t=1120

WP -- I'm curious about how many people are actually reading this thread and who you are. If you are reading it please just make a quick post saying that you are indeed reading. Thanks very much. All cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

Remember this is now a Samurai Jack combined with an Astroboy thread so feel free to talk about Samurai Jack as well.

Use Your Illusion · April 6, 2005

WAY too much spare time, wp, WAY too much spare time.

April 6, 2005

WAY too much spare time, wp, WAY too much spare time.

Sometimes perhaps. It's true I've had a little bit of spare time lately but before that I would like everyone that looks up to me as their one and only true Astroboy hero that I've worked on this thread when I "really shouldn't have been". 3 hours of sleep following 12 hours of hard extreme physical labour in 7 feet deep snow with fercious winds following weighttraining following whatever in the world you can think of. Yet I plodded on because I know without this thread smartmarks is essentially nothing and for all and intents and purposes dead. Yeah, that might sound like bragging but hey sometimes you gotta prop yourself up.

Congratulations by the way. You're now on the posting list.

WP -- Falling asleep as I type this. Once again I would like to thank everyone for making this thread what it is. Yes, I am Superman but Superman is nothing if he doesn't have anyone to worship him.

WP -- I'm curious about how many people are actually reading this thread and who you are. If you are reading it please just make a quick post saying that you are indeed reading. Thanks very much. All cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

P.S. -- From now on we're going to have an official "Official Astroboy Pg 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 ..etc babe of the day." Similar to what you find in some newspapers. I have not yet decided on the Pg 17 girl yet. Sex sells. The catch is they have to be an Astroboy fan.

Remember this is now a Samurai Jack combined with an Astroboy thread so feel free to talk about Samurai Jack as well

Always Believe!

April 6, 2005

Question for anyone out there:

Does anyone know who Miss Honey in Stampede wrestling was?

April 8, 2005

Official pg 17 Astroboy gratutious/sexy/without shame/fanservice picture of the day!!

And an awesome must see link!!

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=30

Use Your Illusion · April 8, 2005

I'm on the list!? Right. Well my Astro Boy knowledge begins and ends with the GBA game, which is mind-blowingly fucking awesome, by the way.

April 9, 2005

I'm on the list!? Right. Well my Astro Boy knowledge begins and ends with the GBA game, which is mind-blowingly fucking awesome, by the way.

So I hear. I don't have a Gameboy though I really would like to have one. What rating would you give it out of 10?

Yup, you're on the list. Infact, without going back and checking records it looks like you're already ahead of:

Alaways Pissed Off -- 1 post

Vyce 1 post

Spunk 1 post

Rob Edwards 1 post

Raven 1 post

Downhome 1 post

and tied with

M. Harry Smilac -- 2 posts -- The man who brought us the outstanding Astroboy balloon picture

vivisectvi -- 2 posts

This was the official post count from Pg 16. I haven't updated the lists yet as I think it's something I'll do every 8 pages

wldpegasus ----- 294 Can he be touched? by anything besides women?

Ohtani of Time --- 55 posts

Ray ---- 37 posts

M. Night Jericho -- 22 posts!

Ravishing Rick Rudo - 7 posts

Positively Kanyon -- 5 posts -- Slow but steady wins the race. Kanyon is closing in!

Andrew TS -- 4 posts

Regina Phelange -- 3 posts

Insane Bump Machine -- 3 posts -- A late entry but IBM is showing a lot of promise and could easily turn a few heads and sneak up the list

EricMM -- 3 posts -- Quality Samurai Jack poster!

Highland 3 posts!

M. Harry Smilac -- 2 posts -- The man who brought us the outstanding Astroboy balloon picture

vivisectvi -- 2 posts

Alaways Pissed Off -- 1 post -- I wonder if he'll be ticked off at this placing?

Vyce 1 post

Spunk 1 post

Rob Edwards 1 post

Raven 1 post

Downhome 1 post

Did you check out that link from my last post? It is incredible. Every once in awhile I'll give a treat to all the family members of this thread. It's one of the benifits of posting here. Oh, and thank you for posting.

WP -- I'm curious about how many people are actually reading this thread and who you are. If you are reading it please just make a quick post saying that you are indeed reading. Thanks very much. All cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

Remember this is now a Samurai Jack combined with an Astroboy thread so feel free to talk about Samurai Jack as well.

April 9, 2005

ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

Use Your Illusion · April 9, 2005

I'm on the list!? Right. Well my Astro Boy knowledge begins and ends with the GBA game, which is mind-blowingly fucking awesome, by the way.

So I hear. I don't have a Gameboy though I really would like to have one. What rating would you give it out of 10?

An easy 9 out of 10, just one of those games you can either use to really get into or just pick up randomly to blast away some time. I'd imagine someone who is really into the story etc. of Astroboy would love it even more. However, buying a GBA is pretty pointless now, as you can just get the latest piece of hardware, the Nintendo DS (which plays GBA games), for a bit extra.

April 9, 2005

I'm on the list!? Right. Well my Astro Boy knowledge begins and ends with the GBA game, which is mind-blowingly fucking awesome, by the way.

So I hear. I don't have a Gameboy though I really would like to have one. What rating would you give it out of 10?

An easy 9 out of 10, just one of those games you can either use to really get into or just pick up randomly to blast away some time. I'd imagine someone who is really into the story etc. of Astroboy would love it even more. However, buying a GBA is pretty pointless now, as you can just get the latest piece of hardware, the Nintendo DS (which plays GBA games), for a bit extra.

Andrew TS likes the game a lot too.

Does the NintendoDS play Gameboy games as well as Gameboy Advance games?

I wonder how long this system will be around for. I thought I was hearing talk from somewhere that Nintendo would probably go to another handheld system in the not too distant future.

Use Your Illusion · April 10, 2005

The DS only plays DS and GBA games.

The DS will be around for the long haul, as it is very likely to be compatible with Nintendo's new next-gen console, the Revolution. However, Nintendo will also be releasing the successor to the GBA this X-Mas. So handhelds ahoy!

April 10, 2005

The DS only plays DS and GBA games.

The DS will be around for the long haul, as it is very likely to be compatible with Nintendo's new next-gen console, the Revolution. However, Nintendo will also be releasing the successor to the GBA this X-Mas. So handhelds ahoy!

Right. Thanks for the information. It'll be interesting to see how powerful Nintendo's succesor to the GBA will be.

April 10, 2005

ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

April 11, 2005

Comments on the NOW Astroby comic series from the 80s. All comments are not mine and are opinion.

1980s NOW Comic scans--why aren't there any?

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Thylacine 2000 Posted: Apr 7 2005, 11:26 AM

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I know I can't be the only person who first got introduced to Astroboy through the NOW Comics series of the 1980s. So why is there nothing--and I do mean *nothing*--about them on the web from a fan viewpoint? The way they presented the emotional relationships between the chief characters was at times really gripping--in particular that between Astro and Dr. Boynton.

At the very least, the artwork on the covers by Ken Steacy was superb, and really deserves to be scanned and archived for more fans to see.

DrFrag Posted: Apr 7 2005, 03:11 PM

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Welcome to the forums Thylacine!

I just completed my collection of these last week. If I ever get around to making an Astroboy web site, I'll definately have a section on them. I have no scanner though.

Incidentally, I have four duplicate issues for anyone in Australia is interested in buying them.

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Once I get off this canoe club cruise in the Gulf I'll start putting up the one's I have. I liked that series. Use to get the Speed Racer NOW's too.

Thylacine 2000 Posted: Apr 10 2005, 05:20 PM

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I recently re-read through the whole NOW run--the 20 issues of Astroboy itself, the back-up story he got in an issue of NOW's Speed Racer comic, and some promotional interviews--for the first time in about eight years. Here are a few thoughts on the overall structure of the series. Again, if this is all second nature to most Astroboy fans then I apologize, but I get the feeling based on the total lack of references on the 'net that most people have really never been exposed to these comics, and so starting some discussions might be worthwhile.

#1-8: "The Boy in the 'Bot". Written by Michael Dimpsey, illustrated by Ken Steacy. The artwork is by and large gorgeous--Steacy knows how to make his creations somehow both humanlike and mechanical and is great at evoking personification through facial expressions. This story arc is the origin of Astroboy--basically a prolonged, character-driven retelling of the first episode of the 1960s cartoon. Yes, that's about 200 pages of illustrations to depict what the cartoon had established in 24 minutes; so there's lots of room to introduce new characters and emotional threads. The relationship between Astro and Dr. Boynton is deep, frightening, almost heartbreaking..... Boynton is more unstable here than I think any other medium ever depicted him. Astro, for his part, alternates between trying to win his dad's affection and deeply resenting his manipulative and abusive attitude. As for the "good doctor"'s style of disciplining Astro: Gah. Bruno the torture-spider just scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and now when I re-read it as an adult I find it downright perverse... really just weirdly cruel that someone would have thought they could get away with writing and drawing a story element like that into a kids' comic book. In other news, we also find out just why this would-be child of a reclusive scientist also has all those weapons and jets built into him: Boynton only got the money for the project by agreeing to build it for military use! General Hawkins is none too happy when Astro doesn't show up for duty, and she and her combat legions put some pressure on both him *and* Boynton. Cacciatore's accent is an intrusive and annoying bit of stereotyping, but that's more or less what he was like on the show. Astro definitely "grows" during this story: he starts out totally childlike and good-natured; then he becomes a technical and scientific genius while still being naiive and gullible; after his abusive treatment by both Boynton and Cacciatore he is sullen and bitter; and after seeing how the other cast-off robots look to him for inspiration he becomes a pacifist and mediator to human/robot conflict.

#9-16: The credits now say the books are written by Steacy, with artwork by both him and Andrew Pratt.... however, the art style and quality of these books as compared to the first eight is so drastically different--having changed for the worse--that I believe that either Pratt was doing all the work or Steacy was so preoccupied with writing that he didn't have time to draw well and so Pratt came in for cleanup-work. There is much less attention paid to shading and color gradations, to proper humanoid proportions, and in some cases even to "finishing" the art--in some places quick movement is shown by mere scribbles. Production values really seemed to take a turn for the worse; many of the word balloons have visible white-out marks inside them, and on one page in issue 15 you can see the photographic after-images of pieces of Scotch tape that had been used to hold some of the picture elements together. Though at least all the covers are still vintage Steacy works of art. The stories are not as impressive as the origin arc had been (which is deliberate, as the Amazing Heroes interview below mentions), though they did not fall as seriously as the art quality. They're now mostly stand-alone pieces: Astro's first day of school, Astro meets his sister, Astro fights dinosaurs, etc. There's an interesting sub-story where Astro has to disprove some parents' fears in order to be allowed to attend a normal school; during a later battle, his internal nuclear reactor malfunctions and he actually becomes radioactive--now Astro even frightens himself! To make up for this, he insists that Dr. Elefun reconfigure him to run on batteries--a move that makes him significantly less powerful. What's really remarkable about these issues is that they establish Dr. Boynton as trying to redeem himself, issuing a heartfelt apology to Astro and even acting as a sort of behind-the-scenes guardian. Issue 13 is kind of a funny satire of the comics industry: small, innocent, unassuming Astro meets up with "Mutex the Mutant Marvel," a savage, foul-mouthed mutant superhero with a suspiciously familiar pointy costume. Seeking more headlines and attention for himself, Mutex ambushes Astro and just about demolishes him in a very one-sided battle--but a crowd of onlookers jeers at him for being an un-heroic bully, and so he backs down out of embarassment! Issues 14 and 15 both feature Astroboy reading a "bedtime story" to Astrogirl, which in both cases turn out to be reprints of short sci-fi comics that Ken Steacy had earlier published in the 1970s; Steacy's name is featured very prominently as the "author" of these "bedtime stories," and since each is at least 4 pages long I found them to be really intrusive and unwelcome distractions away from the real story.

#17-20: Written and illustrated by Brian Thomas, who in my opinion does not do either job at all well here. The artwork is now almost totally flat, and the proportions of the characters are awful--I can best describe Thomas' work as "slug-like." Everybody is this vaguely human-shaped blob, without a single rigid structure or sharp angle anywhere in their bodies. Also, Thomas stole Astro's pinky-fingers, so now he looks like Mickey Mouse. The story development is very strange: at the end of issue 17, Astro is blown up into little tiny pieces--yet on the next page the other heroes are giddily dancing and celebrating, and Astrogirl declares it a "happy ending." (Issue 18's cover is Astro's lifeless decapitated head, its eyes staring blankly.) Issues 19 and 20 are pure stand-alones. Comic Shop News featured solicitations and promotional blurbs for issues 21 and 22, but to the best of my knowledge, having spoken to several comic shop managers about this, they were never actually released. I don't know the reason for this--I suspect that perhaps Osamu Tezuka passed away around that time and they could no longer secure the license, or perhaps sales numbers were really dropping (as the later interview in 'Amazing Heroes' suggests).

Speed Racer #17: Astro gets a six page back-up story, again written and drawn by Brian Thomas, but a Thomas who seems to have gotten his head in the game. There's no escaping the "slug" art style, but at least now the coloring and shading are more detailed and vibrant. More importantly, the story is great--in a bizarre and black-humored manner. Astro is afraid that if any of his mental circuitry were to be damaged or over-stressed, then with all of his strength and firepower he could inflict terrible damage on innocent people. Dr. Elefun agrees to run computer tests of how Astro's brain would respond to extreme stress--but before he can finish, a madman goes on a sniper rampage at a school, killing several children--really. Astro defuses the situation, and Elefun sadly reports to him that his test results do seem to show that Astro could be just as prone to becoming unhinged as any human is. Astro responds happily--joyously, even--because this means he is even more human-like than he had hoped to become. It's.... true, I guess, though a weird and creepy thing to show him being grateful for. Which, I guess, is the point.

Amazing Heroes #153: There's a very long interview with the NOW team, of which some is devoted to Astroboy. NOW publisher Tony Caputo says that the series had not caught on with audiences as well as Speed Racer and other titles. Ken Steacy says the eight-part origin story arc had aimed too high for their audience--that Michael Dimpsey "was writing for a teen-and-older audience", whereas Steacy wanted the character simpler and more childlike. So that explains the clear difference that we saw when he took over writer's duties in issue 9. And in some respects I can totally understand where he was coming from.... I mean, come on, BRUNO THE TORTURE-SPIDER. Anyway, Steacy also said that he had made Astro ditch his nuclear reactor because he felt the character needed a real weakness, and the need for near-constant recharging of his battery packs would fill that gap. Speaking of Astro's fuel requirements, Steacy also opined that the "fuel injections" from the original manga were "not quite ready for newsstand comics... too disgusting. Astro bends over with this huge smile on his face as his mother rams this huge thing.... I had kittens the first time I saw this."

OVERALL: In case it's not clear enough yet, I'd say the eight-part origin story is just superb and all serious fans should strongly consider picking up a set; and up through issue 16 it's at least still worth looking at because they're still developing the relationship between Astro and Boynton--though otherwise those issues are much lighter and less serious than the opener. Once Brian Thomas takes over, I don't see much to like anymore--except for his ingeniously dark Speed Racer back-up story.

Comments, anyone?

ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

April 11, 2005

Bonus!! ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

April 12, 2005

Jeter Mars websites

http://www.geocities.jp/jetter_mars2015/

http://en-f.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/ts/ts016.html

Backstory by Atoman

Hey all, here's a cool link to the only Jetter Mars fan site:

http://www.geocities.jp/jetter_mars2015/

Sorry the site's in Japanese, I coudn't get Google to translate properly, so if anyone could translate the site for me, I'd appreciate it.

Watch him fight with a hutensugi. What's a hutensugi, well it's a funny drawing of an ugly pig Osamu Tezuka's sister drew and it's appeared in most of Tezuka's anime and manga. It usaully shows up at random for comic relief.

Ok a bigger question you might ask, Who's Jetter Mars? Well he's basically the 70's version of Astro. In the late 70's Tezuka was in limbo. Having lost Mushi Productions in the early 70's and having lost the main manga magazine he published Astro in, back in '68, and he had not yet formed his new anime company Tezuka Prod., so he was on hard times, but he still had work with other studios, like Toei productions, hope I spelled it right. They are a toy company in japan, and yes there were a lot of Jetter Mars toys made from this anime.

I think at the time there may have been legal battles for him to use Astro with there studio, so he redesigned Astro and gave him a new name Jetter Mars, evan some new theme songs, there great. But the basic story of an innocent little boy robot that becomes a super hero is still there. Evan most of the same supporting characters are there, like Tameo, Shibugaki, and Kenichi are there, as well as Rock Holmes, I think Daddy Walrus too and lots more. Evan the villans are the same like Dam-Dam, the headless robot, and I think I saw Pluto in one pic.

This show only ran one season, about 27 eps. or so, but to this day, has a cult following. Here's the Tezuka link:

http://en-f.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/ts/ts016.html

April 12, 2005

Not sure if I posted this in here yet but this is a web page dedicated to showing the "secret" that even the Simpsons made fun of Disney for. Here's a comparison of Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion and Disney's Lion King.

http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm

ASROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

April 13, 2005

Various Astroboy quotes. Favourites from various folks at www.astroboy-online.com

Astroboy: There's a moral here somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

Uran: Mom! Jump is gone and his dog house is broken to pieces!

Mother: Uran, have you forgotten to say your goodmorning?

Uran: But this is important.

Mother: You must say goodmorning first.

Uran: 'morning.

Mother: Say it properly.

Uran: GOODMORNING!!!

Astroboy: Mom! There are a bunch of huge footprints in the yard! Something happened last night!

Uran: You have to say goodmorning.

WP -- Liked this one. Put a smile on my face.

Daddy Walrus: What! This is an outrage, you hysterical old battleaxe!

Astro, to micro-bot inside Uran: "You made my sister feel pain, I won't forgive you!"

Another again, from "the human faced rock":

"You can't hurt my sister and get away with it!"

The Robot Vikings):

Astro: "Uran, stop playing with that dog! Have you forgotten about Jump already?

Why don't you go to the hospital to see how he is?"

Uran: "This dog is a lot better than Jump, he can sing and dance too. He even can play cards."

Astro (Turns himself to the robot dog): "It's getting late time for you to go outside! You're supposed to be a watchdog, so go take up your post and watch!"

Eventually this particular command was the robot dog's fate.

ep The Lightray Robot:

Astro reacts quite angry at Daddy Walrus for scaring Lightray off the Xmas party by spraying his legs with red ink.

Astro: " He was just about ready to stay, now he never comes back!!"

WP -- Very sad episode

WP -- Astroboy is still learning stuff. From the first episode:

Dr Boynton: Say you're sorry!

Astroboy: You're sorry.

Atlas Forever

KILI: This is the super megaton cannon. I developed it myself. It'll have a tremendous destructive effect on Atlas's omega factor.

ASTOBOY: What will it do to him?

KILI: It'll avenge my brother's death.

ASTRO: Where am I?

ELEFUN: A rescue centre near the UN building. We're safe now, but seventy percent of the city has been destroyed. There's been terrible damage, not only here, but all over the world. But with your help, the defence force has been able to hold off the first squadron.

ASTRO: Dr Elefun, what's going to happen to us?

ELEFUN: Well, the world leaders are all still in conference. But they decided we should put all our efforts together to save the Earth from destruction. They didn't say how to do that.

LIVIAN: Atlas, if your brother were a human he would have shed tears.

ATLAS: Astro, you stop here. I'll show them the power I've never shown you. If we come out of this, we'll meet again as brothers.

ASTRO: Atlas!

ATLAS: I don't know if your friends could ever be mine, but one thing I know. We were made from the same mold. You're my brother. If I live, I'll leave you, and the Earth, in peace.

This is my favourite Daddy Walrus quote, featuring in the ep 'Uran's Twin':

Astro and Daddy Walrus at the roboting match.

Astro: "Woow, this stadium is huge!"

Daddy Walrus: "Now remember, we are only here to look for Uran".

(after a while has passed)

Daddy Walrus: "That's it! Give it to him!!"

Astro: "Sir!"

Daddy Walrus: "Well, er... I'm..."

WP -- The preceding was from an episode which featured some wrestling

Ok, here is a quote that was apparently edited out even in the Japanese language version. It is from the very last episode in the 80s series, which was "Atom's first love." Atom is rumored to have said at the very end of the episode, "I'll be back."

Atoman -- Tezuka probably cut it out later because he either didn't have money to make more eps. or he just moved on to another show, and since he was always working on multiple projects, including his manga, he probably didn't have the time either. I always felt that the 80's series ended unresolved, but I shouldn't complain. At least Astro didn't die(or not come back)like in the 60's

had to add one of my own favorite quotes!

From The Robot Vikings:

Atlas: I want to repay my debt to you. Shall I repair the damage to your head?

Astro: No, I'll have Doctor Elefun do it for me!

Atlas: You and I have to settle accounts someday. But for now, a debt is a debt. Ask anything.

Astro: You can do anything?

Atlas: Of course.

Astro: Well let's see... Can you make a serum to cure a dog?

Atlas: A dog?!?

It's just too cute. He can ask for anything and all he wants his to save his dog! Atlas' answer tone was so hilarious too!

WP -- I'm curious about how many people are actually reading this thread and who you are. If you are reading it please just make a quick post saying that you are indeed reading. Thanks very much. All cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

Remember this is now a Samurai Jack combined with an Astroboy thread so feel free to talk about Samurai Jack as well.

April 14, 2005

ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!

April 14, 2005

This thread is becoming quite surreal.

April 14, 2005

This thread is becoming quite surreal.

Ohtani, did you check out the thread underneath the official pg 17 Astroboy gratutious, sexy, without shame, fanservice picture of the day? Talk about a BUTT to end all butts and the dancing! I've never seen anything like it. I can't even go back to pornography now I've been spoiled that much by that video.

I'll talk to ya some after 3 minutes or so. I'm going to be busy for a little bit.

ASTROBOY PICTURE OF THE DAY!!!

Maybe the best one yet

April 14, 2005

Sorry I took so long. The keyboard got a little messy and I had to clean it up.

Anyway, did you watch the last couple of LOST episodes yet?

Hey, anyone notice that if you give L a numerical value of 12, O a numerical value of 15, S a numerical vaule of 19 and T a numerical value of 20 the word LOST becomes suspicious.

If you take L and divide it by 12 you get 1 which represents A. So L = A

Now if you divide 12 by 3 (the amount of letters in the word LOST once you take out the letter "L" which becomes "lost". It's also a multiple of 12) you get 4 which is how many letters are in LOST originally. 3 is also a multiple of 12.

O = 15 and once you add on 4 which is both the amount of letters in LOST and what you get when you divide 3 into 12. 15 + 4 = 19 = S

Bottom line is O = S

So now we have LO = AS

Say now if you take 12 and divide it by 12 we get 1. The reason why we do this is that there are 4 letters in LOST. An easy pattern here is visible. L = 12 and the 4 letters when added give 12. 3,6,9,12. Way too coincidental. 12 divided by 12 = 1. If you take that 1 like we did before once we did our division and add it on to S and the T you get T and R. Now this is the tricky part. One might think you get U ut you don't. Since the last letter of LOST is an "T" it is the direct opposite of L since it's at the beginning of the setence. Therefore, we have a negative here and you must actually subtract a letter from "T". That's gives you S.

Bottom line is S = T and T = S. Or is it. We all know LOST loves its swerves and this is one of them. For whatever reason and I'm not quite sure of the reasoning yet but you have to subrtact one letter from the S. This gives you R.

So now we got S = T and T = R

If we put it all together we have LOST + me being delusionary fatigued = ASTR

Therefore LOST = ASTROBOY!!

I'm not quite sure what it means yet but I do have some ideas. I'll have to sleep on it.

April 15, 2005

ASTROBOY or well, actually Jeter Mars PICTURES OF THE DAY 24 minutes early!!!!

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http://www.pelleas.net/hm/16.shtml

Jetter Mars

2/3/1977 - 9/15/1977, Thursdays 7:00 - 7:30 PM TV series 27 episodes Tôei Dôga/Fuji TV

HATA'S ROLE

Episode Director:

#4: Goodbye, little brother!

STAFF

Original Idea/Layout: Tezuka Osamu

Series Organizer: Maruyama Masao

Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki, Yukimuro Shun'ichi, Suzuki Yoshitake, Yamamoto Yû

Series Director: Rin Tarô

Episode Directors: Hata Masami, Chiba Sumiko (Hirata Toshio), Kurokawa Susumu, Mizusawa Wataru, Sasaki Masato, Serikawa Yûgo

Character Design Supervisor: Sugino Akio

Animation Directors: Sugino Akio, Mori Toshio, Shingû Akira, Daikuhara Akira Shikajima Tsuneyasu, Mibu Wataru, Ashida Toyoo

Artistic Director: Mukuo Takamura

Art: Kawamoto Shôhei, Mukuo Takashi, Kubota Norio

Music: Koshibe Nobuyoshi

Theme songs sung by Ôsugi Kumiko

Jetter Mars has suffered an unfortunate fate, now completely forgotten, and never before released on video. However, its luck is now turning. The series has been aired on satellite channels in Japan devoted to anime along with other obscure and hitherto unreleased Hata titles like Animal 1 and Andersen Stories. There is yet no word of a DVD release.

As the legend goes, the reason for this series looking like a knock-off of Atom Boy has to do with the fact that it was originally supposed to be Atom Boy. The series was planned as a continuation of the famous first TV anime, but the producers found out at the last minute that they did not have the rights to it, and were forced to do a different project. With no time to prepare a different project, and barely any time before the deadline, they instead modified the Atom Boy character designs and story just enough to turn them into what would pass for a different story. Hence we have a cast of characters, situation and design of the main characters which seems straight out of Atom Boy, just with minor differences. (The preceding is nothing more than hearsay AFAIK, but there is no manga version of Jetter Mars, which at least lends some credence to this explanation.)

April 15, 2005

Check it out. Fun stuff with our hero Astroboy!

http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~taishi/pdf/09atom.html

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April 16, 2005

ASTROBOY PICTURES OF THE DAY!!

We Astroboy fans get all the ladies!

Use Your Illusion · April 16, 2005

I'm starting to think this guy has a thing for Astroboy or something

April 17, 2005

I'm starting to think this guy has a thing for Astroboy or something

Actually, I got a thing for Livian. Sexiest robot of all time bar none distinctly.

Use Your Illusion · April 17, 2005

Bye

Use Your Illusion · April 17, 2005

You own this, WP?

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/229598

April 17, 2005

You own this, WP?

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/229598

No, most of it is in English and I'm holding out for an original Japanese version someday.

Thanks for keeping an eye out. It's appreciated.

Ever watch any anime stuff before?

"New" Astroboy trailer 2003 series

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