Product Details

• Actors: Tabitha St. Germain, Olivia Hack, Candi Milo, Wally Wingert, Bill Farmer
• Directors: Michael Hack
• Writers: Ai Ôta, Andrew Guerdat, Chiaki Konaka, Dennys McCoy, Dick Grunert
• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
• Run Time: 1010 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007KZQAC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,589 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Astro Boy - The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Complete episodes of the new 2003 version of the 60s television program about a robot boy who is sent to a robot circus by the man who creates him.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-APR-2006
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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55 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Watch the series, THEN review it!, April 4, 2005

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brian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Astro Boy - The Complete Series (DVD)

PLEASE, stop complaining that this isn't the original Astro Boy series. This has to be the most absurd basis for a review I've ever read. It's like yelling at a waiter for bringing you EXACTLY WHAT YOU ORDERED even though in your mind you really wanted something else. It's insane. You're not even reviewing the DVD set that this section is reserved for. You're just mad because you weren't paying attention. It's not like Amazon fooled you. If you had bothered to read the DVD specs in the first place, you would have realized that this set is from the 2003 TV series (which is beautiful and true to the "original" 1963-66 Japanese series). So, open your eyes next time. Don't bash it before you've seen it.

Any "true" Astro Boy fan will be happy to own this collection.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astro Boy The Complete Series, August 2, 2006

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Daniel Willis "Mr Quake" (Antlers, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Astro Boy - The Complete Series (DVD)

I've started watching Astro Boy on Cartoon Network. I missed a few episodes, so I picked up Astro Boy The Complete Series. The box set contains special feature. There are 50 episode on 5 DVDs. If you want to know the episode titles I have include them in this review. Also 29 episodes never before aired in the United States.

Disc .01
01.Power Up!
02.Rocket Ball
03.Atlas
04.Astro VS. Atlas
05.Destination Deimos
06.Into Thin Air
07.Rainbow Canyon
08.Neon Express
09.Franken
10.The Venus Robots

Disc .02
11.Revivng Jumbo
12.Robot Hunters
13.The Rise Of Pluto
14.The Fall Of Acheron
15.Dragon Lake
16Lost In Outland
17.Deep City
18.The Blue Knight
19.Hydra-Jacked
20.Geo Raider

Disc .03
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

Disc .04
31.The Case Of The Phantom Fowl
32.Gideon
33.Fairy Tale
34.Shape Shifter
35.Firebired
36.Space Academy
37.Atlas Strikes Back
38.Battle-Bot
39.Time Hunters
40.Escape From Volcano Island

Disc .05
41.Avalanche!
42.Battle Of Steel Island
43.Undercover
44.Into The Dragon's Lair
45.Night Before The Revolution
46.Robotnia
47.Showdown In Robotonia
48.Journey To Tomorrow
49.Astro Reborn
50.The Final Battle

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can do it Astro!, June 29, 2005

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Bokan - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Astro Boy - The Complete Series (DVD)

Astro, the beginning of all the world's anime. This young robot boy with the ability to think and feel like a human is truly a joy to have in anyone's anime collection. When the series aired on KTLA and later on Cartoon Network, I was impressed and astonished. Superb, top quality anime in all its glory, that is Astro Boy! Too bad both networks cut the series out of their line-ups shortly after it started. Their loss.

The DVD collection comes in a 5-CD set, with 10 episodes each. According to the box, 29 of these 50 episodes were not aired in the U.S. and I would have to agree. Some of these I have never seen before and I know Cartoon Network aired more episodes than KTLA, so if I didn't seen them on T.V., they must not have been planned on being released here. As for the anime itself, all I can say is "Wow." They did a superb job revamping the first anime in history into this masterpiece.

The visual quality is incredible. Everything from electricity to circuit boards to explosions to Astro's arm cannon attack, they all please the eyes. Voice acting is also very well-done, each character sounds exactly as they look. There are Spanish and Portuguese versions of the episodes, but no Japanese sadly and neither have subtitles. That's okay though, it doesn't make the anime less enjoyable. Plus, these two languages sound pretty good on the anime, especially if you're a pro in understanding either.

The only thing I can say that is off about this great collection is that the episode order is a bit misplaced. They first show you Astro's sister Zoran on Disc 2, but she actually is officially introduced on Disc 3. Also, flashbacks are shown in one episode, but they are of scenes that happen in future episodes. A slight mistake they have made, but I won't hold it against them. After all, there are so many pros that this small con is easily forgotten.

Extra side note: in historical context of thinking, feeling robot boys, Astro Boy came first and it seems like Megaman was based off of him in practically every way, so remember who the blue bomber should give credit to next time you see him.

Final conclusion: This anime belongs in every anime lover's collection! I haven't even finished watching the whole thing, but it doesn't matter. I know I'm going to love the rest of it. Do yourself a favor and get this. You won't be disappointed, especially if you watched the Metropolis anime. That anime and Astro have the same visual intensity and character design (same staff worked on both), so you're getting more out of buying this DVD set.