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Astro Boy (TV 1/1963)

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[ adapted from Astro Boy (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Astro Boy (TV 2/1980) (remake)
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        Astro Boy - Tetsuwan Atom (manga) (adaptation)
    Astro Boy: Hero of Space (movie) (compilation, episodes 46, 56, 71)

Alternative title:
Mighty Atom 
Tetsuwan Atom (Japanese) 
鉄腕アトム (Japanese) 
Genres: action , adventure , science fiction 
Themes: mecha 
Objectionable content: None 
User Ratings: 221 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (dub:5, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (dub:11, sub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 31 votes (dub:15, sub:11, edit.dub:4, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 44 votes (dub:27, sub:13, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 33 votes (dub:17, sub:11, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 34 votes (dub:16, sub:10, edit.dub:5, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (dub:12, sub:3)
 Weak: 20 votes (dub:10, sub:7, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 11 votes (dub:10, others:1
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1195 users, rank: #804 (of 5564)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.896 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.2538, rank: #4288 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 5.819 (Decent−), rank: #4367 (of 5554) (seen all: 6.60 / seen some: 5.92 / won't finish: 4.16)
Bayesian estimate: 5.901 (Decent), rank: #3731 (of 4226)
Number of episodes: 193 
Episode titles: We have 193
Production cost: ¥2,100,000 (per episode) 
Vintage:
1963-01-01 to 1966-12-31 
1974 (México - Canal 5) 
2007-07-15 (USA, Cartoon Network - Adult Swim) 
Opening Theme:
"Tetsuwan Atom" by Kamitakada Shounen Gasshoudan 
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Often referred to as the first Anime TV series, but it is not. The first Japanese animated TV series was Manga Calendar, however Tetsuwan Atom was the first Japanese animated TV series to feature an ongoing plot. 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Astro Boy - Beginning (DVD 1) 2009-10-06 (from $6.35)
    Astro Boy - Ultra DVD Box Set 2 Limited Edition (Dub.DVD) 2006-08-29 (from $68.26)
    Astro Boy - Mini Collection 1 (Dub.DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $35.47)
    Astro Boy - Mini Collection 2 (Dub.DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $29.99)
    Astro Boy - Ultra Collector's Edition DVD Set (Dub.DVD 1) 2006-03-28 (from $75.73)
Novel
    Astro Boy - Essays (Fred Schodt) (Novel) 2007-09-01 (from $12.71)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Osamu Tezuka 
Screenplay: Yoshiyuki Tomino 
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino 
Music: Tatsuo Takai 
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka 

Animation: Akio Sugino 
Theme Song Performance: Kamitakada Shounen Gasshoudan 
Kazue Tagami as Atom (eps 97-106) 
Mari Shimizu as Atom 

Hisashi Katsuta as Dr Ochanomizu 
Kazuko Yoshikawa as Uran (3rd) 
Reiko Mutoh as Uran (2nd) 
Yoko Mizugaki as Uran (1st) 

Ayao Wada as Higeoyaji (2nd) 
Hisashi Yokomori as Dr. Tenma 
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Cobalt 
Koichi Chiba as Police Inspector Tawashi (2nd) 
Masaaki Yajima as Higeoyaji (1st) 
Shingo Kanemoto as Police Inspector Tawashi (1st) 
Shinpei Sakamoto as Police Inspector Nakamura 

Yuki Aresa (as Chieko Yasuda) 
Japanese companies
Animation: Mushi Productions 
Broadcaster: Fuji TV 
Production: Mushi Productions 
English staff
English cast
Director: Fred Ladd 

Editing: Pablo Zavalo 
Theme Song Lyrics: Don Rockwell 
English companies
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim 
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) 
NBC 
Licensed By (Australia): Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. 
Production: Video Promotions 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Esperanzita Martínez as Astroboy 

Félix Antelo as Dr. Elefun 

Jesus Barrero as Colocho (one ep) 
Maynardo Zavala as Dr. Hulefante 
Rocio Garcel as Astroboy 
Vanessa Garcel as Lucero 
Spanish companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: JBGroup 
Portuguese cast
(none)
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