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- All 50 episodes from the 2003 TV series, including 29 episodes never before seen in the US
- "Remaking of Astro Boy"
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When Osamu Tezuka created Tetsuwan Atom (literally Iron-arm Atom) a.k.a. Astro Boy, he set his birthdate as April 7, 2003--51 years after the initial manga and 40 years after the groundbreaking television series debuted. Sony produced this third incarnation in 2003, and a few episodes aired on American TV in 2004. A combination of drawn and computer-generated animation, the new version is far more lavish than the initial black-and-white series or the 1980 color remake. The artists strive to preserve Tezuka's drawing style, keeping Astro's outsized eyes and Dr. O'Shay's pickle nose. Spaceships and other robots float effortlessly by, but Astro's legs shoot old-fashioned rocket flairs.
The newly born Astro is a complete innocent, but as he explores various aspects of the world, he develops a strong sense of purpose, aiding those in need. His state-of-the-art brain includes kokoro, which can be translated as "heart," "spirit," or "will," which makes him more human. The conflict between humans and robots--which some critics have interpreted as a metaphor for racism distinguishes--escalates into a battle at the city of Robotonia in Antarctica. Astro strives to make peace between the hostile factions, although many of the conflicts were sparked by Dr. Tenma, who originally created him. Although visually appealing, this lush reinterpretation lacks the gritty charm of Tezuka's low-budget original. The only extra is a short "remaking of"; the dialogue is dubbed in English, Spanish, and Portuguese--but not Japanese. (Unrated, suitable for ages 8 and older: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
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A research scientist models a secret, atomic-powered robot boy on his deceased son. After jolting to life, Astro Boy tirelessly fights for justice. Includes 50 episodes on 5 DVD's, with 29 never before seen tin the USA.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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
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
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Amanda
Format:DVD
I saw the theatrical movie the day it came out and loved it, so went and bought the 1980s color remake version DVD set and this 2003 version DVD set. I gave this product 4 stars because the series itself is great and I would highly recommend purchasing it, but there are a few flaws with this DVD set that made it so I could not give it 5 stars.
1. My primary problem with this set is it does not have the option of Japanese with English translation subtitles that I prefer having while watching anime (the 1980s set did though).
2. My next concern is there are several scenes missing throughout the episodes. Also most of the episodes are out of order, but that didn't bother me as much as the lack of Japanese language option and the missing scenes.
--Many of the missing scenes I don't understand why they cut, like the scene in the second episode that explains why Astro sleeps even though he's a robot.
--A couple more examples are: 1)the missing scenes of how Tobio died, Dr. Tenma finding Tobio after the car accident, and crying over his dead son (there's no blood/gore) in a couple episodes; 2)in the first episode when Astro is flying for the first time they cut some cute parts of his interactions with robots and humans (including a man and his daughter who you see later in the episode and other episodes).
--In this DVD set Atlas is said to have always been a robot and is just remade, but in the uncut he was actually the man's son who died in an accident and Dr. Tenma agrees to make the robot with the boy's memories (like he did with Tobio).
--Also, the episodes are originally in widescreen.
--Even though I bought an import uncut copy (Japanese with English/Chinese subtitles) of the series I would still buy a domestic uncut release, partly because the translation subtitles on the import are not great quality and are a little hard to understand at times.
3. This I thought was funny more than a problem. When watching the episode "Dawn of the Techno-Revolution", which is completely made up of scenes from other episodes in the series, I saw a scene of Astro in front of a fountain with a boy that appeared to be in a wheel chair that does not fit with any of the other episodes. This scene is actually from an episode that was completely cut out and "Dawn of the Techno-Revolution" replaced. Why cut an episode and include a scene from it in the episode that they replaced it with? LOL
--The cut episode has to do with Astro and his school friends watch a robot play of Peter Pan in a park and bring up the fact that Astro will never grow up. A man nearby has the robot fairy sprinkle dust on the kids watching, which allows him to hypnotize the kids that night. The hypnotized kids end up on a flying space craft that looks like a pirate ship. The man plans to use a device he built that will make it so the kids will never grow up and take the kids to a place in space he made to look like Neverland. Astro is trying to find his missing friends and meets a boy in a floating (wheel) chair in front of a fountain in the park who is also looking for missing friends. The two boys find the ship and rescue the kids who when no longer hypnotized tell what they want to be when they grow up and also tell Astro they will always be his friend even though he will never grow up.
The following is the order the episodes play on the import uncut set:
01. Power Up!
02. Rocket Ball
03. Destination Deimos
04. Into Thin Air
05. Rainbow Canyon
06. Atlas
07. Astro vs. Atlas
08. Neon Express
09. Franken
10. The Venus Robots
11. Robot Circus
12. Reviving Jumbo
13. Little Sister, Big Trouble
14. Micro Adventure
15. Only a Machine
16. Robot Hunters
17. The Rise of Pluto
18. The Fall of Acheron
19. Robot Boy
20. (Eonian Teenagers aka Eternal Boy)= replaced episode
21. Dragon Lake
22. The Legend of Tohron
23. Lost In Outland
24. March of the Micro Bears
25. Deep City
26. The Blue Knight
27. Old Dog, New Tricks
28. Hydra-Jacked
29. The Case of the Phantom Fowl
30. Geo Raider
31. Gideon
32. Secret of the Blue Knight
33. Fairy Tale
34. Shape Shifter
35. Firebird
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
Thank you for reading my review, again I highly recommend this series and please support the release of an uncut DVD and/or Blu-ray set for this series in the U.S.! =)
1. My primary problem with this set is it does not have the option of Japanese with English translation subtitles that I prefer having while watching anime (the 1980s set did though).
2. My next concern is there are several scenes missing throughout the episodes. Also most of the episodes are out of order, but that didn't bother me as much as the lack of Japanese language option and the missing scenes.
--Many of the missing scenes I don't understand why they cut, like the scene in the second episode that explains why Astro sleeps even though he's a robot.
--A couple more examples are: 1)the missing scenes of how Tobio died, Dr. Tenma finding Tobio after the car accident, and crying over his dead son (there's no blood/gore) in a couple episodes; 2)in the first episode when Astro is flying for the first time they cut some cute parts of his interactions with robots and humans (including a man and his daughter who you see later in the episode and other episodes).
--In this DVD set Atlas is said to have always been a robot and is just remade, but in the uncut he was actually the man's son who died in an accident and Dr. Tenma agrees to make the robot with the boy's memories (like he did with Tobio).
--Also, the episodes are originally in widescreen.
--Even though I bought an import uncut copy (Japanese with English/Chinese subtitles) of the series I would still buy a domestic uncut release, partly because the translation subtitles on the import are not great quality and are a little hard to understand at times.
3. This I thought was funny more than a problem. When watching the episode "Dawn of the Techno-Revolution", which is completely made up of scenes from other episodes in the series, I saw a scene of Astro in front of a fountain with a boy that appeared to be in a wheel chair that does not fit with any of the other episodes. This scene is actually from an episode that was completely cut out and "Dawn of the Techno-Revolution" replaced. Why cut an episode and include a scene from it in the episode that they replaced it with? LOL
--The cut episode has to do with Astro and his school friends watch a robot play of Peter Pan in a park and bring up the fact that Astro will never grow up. A man nearby has the robot fairy sprinkle dust on the kids watching, which allows him to hypnotize the kids that night. The hypnotized kids end up on a flying space craft that looks like a pirate ship. The man plans to use a device he built that will make it so the kids will never grow up and take the kids to a place in space he made to look like Neverland. Astro is trying to find his missing friends and meets a boy in a floating (wheel) chair in front of a fountain in the park who is also looking for missing friends. The two boys find the ship and rescue the kids who when no longer hypnotized tell what they want to be when they grow up and also tell Astro they will always be his friend even though he will never grow up.
The following is the order the episodes play on the import uncut set:
01. Power Up!
02. Rocket Ball
03. Destination Deimos
04. Into Thin Air
05. Rainbow Canyon
06. Atlas
07. Astro vs. Atlas
08. Neon Express
09. Franken
10. The Venus Robots
11. Robot Circus
12. Reviving Jumbo
13. Little Sister, Big Trouble
14. Micro Adventure
15. Only a Machine
16. Robot Hunters
17. The Rise of Pluto
18. The Fall of Acheron
19. Robot Boy
20. (Eonian Teenagers aka Eternal Boy)= replaced episode
21. Dragon Lake
22. The Legend of Tohron
23. Lost In Outland
24. March of the Micro Bears
25. Deep City
26. The Blue Knight
27. Old Dog, New Tricks
28. Hydra-Jacked
29. The Case of the Phantom Fowl
30. Geo Raider
31. Gideon
32. Secret of the Blue Knight
33. Fairy Tale
34. Shape Shifter
35. Firebird
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
Thank you for reading my review, again I highly recommend this series and please support the release of an uncut DVD and/or Blu-ray set for this series in the U.S.! =)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Bokan
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
my brother recently discovered astro boy.
bought this as gift.
he loved it. as all the episodes and seasons.
a great but
bought this as gift.
he loved it. as all the episodes and seasons.
a great but
Published 2 months ago by Demetria Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars
SWEET
i waited years to see this show again cause im a huge fan of course :). when i seen it at this price i could not pass it up great storyline it gets a 20 out of 5
Published 4 months ago by shelly baker
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good entertainment
A nice evolution of the Astro Boy legend and stories. Good voice work, plots and anime-style animation. Video and sound quality are very good. Read more
Published 4 months ago by KURT WILEY
5.0 out of 5 stars
awsome!!!!!!!!
its just such an awesome product of the series every episode of astro boy packed in one whole box set i used to watch this when i was a kid and it was vary great to relive the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Josh .V
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great series even if you're not a big anime fan
I recently watched the computer animated movie from a few years ago, and liked it so much that I bought this. I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Russell
1.0 out of 5 stars
Forgive them... They dont know what they are doing!!!
Im a lucky owner of the Korean DVD Boxes but until today i haven't seen the complete Show (they only released the Discs 1-6). Read more
Published 14 months ago by Schalk
4.0 out of 5 stars
A classic updated
I didn't realize till after I'd bought this set that it wasn't the original Astro I remember from TV, but on the whole it's equally as good as that version, and in some ways... Read more
Published on October 5, 2010 by Chrijeff
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful and new, but old too!
There are a number of people who wrote reviews for this collection who have rated it unfairly due to a couple of misunderstandings. Read more
Published on April 26, 2010 by TwisT
5.0 out of 5 stars
Astro Boy still equals Awesome!
I've been a fan of Astro Boy since I was very young and my dad would tape the cartoons from the 80's for me. Since then, I've seen all three series and I love them all. Read more
Published on March 24, 2010 by CLD
5.0 out of 5 stars
ASTRO BOY
WOW!!! EXELENT MOVIE I REALLY ENJOYIT WITH MY KIDS AND THEY LIKE IT
TOO... HIGHLY RECOMENDED A +++++ ...
TOO... HIGHLY RECOMENDED A +++++ ...
Published on January 30, 2010 by Helmer Landaverde
