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Astro Boy (TV 1/1963)

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Alternative title:
Mighty Atom
Tetsuwan Atom (Japanese)
鉄腕アトム (Japanese)
우주소년 아톰 (Korean)
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: In the distant year 2003, Japan is a techonological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot cival rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capeable of. (from manga)
User Ratings: 255 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 21 votes (dub:11, sub:8, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 37 votes (dub:18, sub:12, edit.dub:5, ?:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 52 votes (dub:29, sub:17, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 40 votes (dub:18, sub:17, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 37 votes (dub:17, sub:11, edit.dub:6, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (dub:12, sub:4)
 Weak: 19 votes (dub:10, sub:6, ?: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 1284 users, rank: #939 (of 10143)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.125 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.2492, rank: #7298 (of 10316)
Weighted mean: 6.061 (Decent), rank: #7439 (of 10316) (seen all: 6.94 / seen some: 6.02 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.130 (Decent), rank: #6579 (of 7757)
Number of episodes: 193
Episode titles: We have 193
Production cost: ¥2,100,000 (per episode)
Vintage:
1963-01-01 to 1966-12-31
1970-09-27 to 1972-10-08 (South Korea, TBC)
1974 (México - Canal 5)
1980 (Colombia - Cadena Uno)
2007-07-15 (USA, Cartoon Network - Adult Swim)
Opening Theme:
"Tetsuwan Atom" by Kamitakada Shounen Gasshoudan
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
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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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Arashi Ishizu
Series Director: Osamu Tezuka
Script:
Aritsune Toyota (15 episodes
eps 70, 75-76, 78, 83-84, 86, 97, 100, 105, 110-111, 118, 121, 157
)
Atsushi Takagi (ep 166)
Eiichi Yamamoto (4 episodes
eps 63, 71, 74, 77
)
Gisaburō Sugii (ep 148)
Jinzō Toriumi (eps 123-124)
Kahei No (14 episodes
eps 67, 72, 87, 92, 99, 113, 115, 119, 141, 146, 158, 167, 171, 183
)
Masaki Tsuji (9 episodes
eps 79, 81, 85, 93, 101, 103-104, 107, 109
)
Osamu Tezuka (6 episodes
eps 89-90, 102, 116, 122, 193
)
Shūji Hirami (ep 136)
Tatsuo Shibayama (8 episodes
eps 50, 57, 62, 65, 73, 80, 91, 191
)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (15 episodes
eps 96, 98, 128, 131, 133, 138-139, 149, 156, 163, 173, 179, 181, 188, 192
)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Takagi (7 episodes
eps 56, 83, 98, 115, 126, 137, 150
)
Chuzo Katayama (12 episodes
eps 42, 55, 59, 81, 88, 95, 108, 144, 155, 168, 172, 177
)
Daisaku Shirakawa (ep 39)
Eiichi Yamamoto (17 episodes
eps 7, 13, 18, 25, 29, 35, 48, 52, 57, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 74, 77, 176
)
Gisaburō Sugii (14 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 24, 28, 33, 38, 45, 49, 53, 89, 106, 119, 148
)
Masaharu Endō
Minoru Okazaki (6 episodes
eps 130, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165
)
Osamu Dezaki (5 episodes
eps 112, 123, 132, 143, 175
)
Osamu Tezuka (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 11, 19-22, 41, 67, 90, 102, 122, 193
)
Rintarō (18 episodes
eps 26, 31, 37, 43, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 65, 69, 72, 75, 79, 86, 93, 95, 99
)
Shūji Konno (8 episodes
eps 9, 15, 23, 27, 32, 80, 101, 109
)
Tatsuo Shibayama (eps 40, 116)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (25 episodes
eps 96, 104, 111, 114, 120-121, 124-125, 128, 131, 133, 138-139, 149, 156, 160, 163, 171, 173, 179-181, 183, 188, 192
)
Yūsaku Sakamoto (9 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 47, 64, 70, 82, 164, 189
)
Music: Tatsuo Takai
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka

Animation:
Akio Sugino
Mao Lamdo (1965; Part-time)
Editing: Masashi Furukawa
In-Between Animation: Kazuo Nakamura (eps 57-60)
Key Animation:
Eiji Tanaka
Fujiko F. Fujio
Fujiko Fujio A
Gisaburō Sugii
Hideaki Kitano
Jirō Tsunoda
Kazuko Nakamura
Kōzō Masanobu
Noboru Ishiguro
Nobuhiro Okasako
Shigeyuki Hayashi
Shinji Nagashima
Shōtarō Ishinomori
Sound:
Matsuo Ōno
Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Theme Song Lyrics: Shuntarō Tanikawa
Theme Song Performance: Kamitakada Shōnen Gasshōdan
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)
Yōko Mizugaki as Uran (1st)

Akihiko Mitsueda as Atlas
Akihisa Toda as Ethanol (Atom's Father)
Akiko Tsuboi as Bulbo's Mother
Ayao Wada as Higeoyaji (2nd)
Chikao Ōtsuka as
Ham Egg
Nouveau
Eisuke Yoda as Dr. Tempo
Eken Mine as Ethanol (Atom's Father)
Fuyumi Shiraishi as Titan
Genzō Wakayama as Detective Boone
Gorō Naya as
Box
Dr. Bomb
Hassam
Heracles
Mayor Raymond
Military Police Captain
Hiroshi Masuoka as Robot Cyrano
Hisashi Yokomori as
Dr. Tenma
Sultan
Tsukioka
Ichirō Nagai as Dr. Ross
Iemasa Kayumi as Skunk Kusai
Isao Yatsu as Narrator
Junichi Takagi as Robot P
Junji Chiba as
Dr. Fooler
North #2
Kaneta Kimotsuki as
Ham Egg
Roboid
Kazuo Arai as Rafflesia
Kazuo Kumakura as
Dr. Kosumi (ep 56)
Human Vapor
Midro Swamp Lizard
Kei Taguchi as Acetylene Lamp
Kei Tomiyama as Sultan
Keita Nishi as Dr. Yakovlev
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Dr. Tenma (ep 172)
Kiyoshi Komiyama as
Cobalt
Kōichi Hoshino
Kōichi Chiba as Police Inspector Tawashi (2nd)
Kōji Miki as Shibugaki
Kōji Yada as Ethanol (Atom's Father)
Kōsei Tomita as
Anna's Father
Columbubu
Dr. Dallos
Dr. Pavlov
Ethanol (Atom's Father)
Hellenia President
Judge
King Canute
Kurama Tengu
Resistance
Masaaki Maeda as Mercury Iceman (ep 110)
Masaaki Yajima as
Higeoyaji (1st)
Narrator
Masako Nozawa as
International Telephone Robot
Yūbijin Queen's Child
Masako Sugaya as Bem
Michiko Hirai as Rin
Michiru Hōjō as Number 7 (Musashi Miyamoto; ep 56)
Minori Matsushima as Gazusuke
Nobuo Tanaka as Thompson
Osamu Ichikawa as
Black Lux
Brawn X
Dan
Dead Cross
Eiichi Yamamoto
Pearl Captain
Robio
Robot Musketeer
Tap
Tsukio Tsukioka
Osamu Monbu as
Atom's Father
Chief of Food Agency
Patler Alien Cell
Ryūsuke Shiomi as
Freezer
Mahari
Toguruma
Shingo Kanemoto as
Gaston
Pluto
Police Inspector Tawashi (1st)
Shinpei Sakamoto as Police Inspector Nakamura
Shōji Ichimura as Rintarō
Shōzō Iizuka as Kin Sankaku (ep 136)
Shūichi Ikeda as Tamao Ōme
Shun Yashiro as Reporter Knowles
Takashi Ebata as Ham Egg
Takashi Toyama as Dolphin King Philipo
Takeshi Sagami as Brando
Takuya Fujioka as Ethanol (Atom's Father)
Tamio Ōki as Dr. Gerald
Teiji Ōmiya as Robot School Principal
Toshiko Maeda as Cleopatra
Toshio Kitayama as
Dr. Haido
Pluto
Toshirō Ishii as Moss
Toshiya Ogata as Dr. Baribari
Yoshiko Ohta as Rin (Atom's Mother)
Yoshio Kaneuchi as
Blue Knight
Sherlock Holmspun
Yoshiya Nemoto as Kin Sankaku (eps 14, 22)

Akira Kimura
Atsushi Watanabe
Chieko Yasuda
Chikao Ōtsuka
Eiko Masuyama
Gen Idemitsu
Gorō Naya
Jun Hazumi
Junko Hori
Junpei Takiguchi
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Kazuko Makino
Kazuo Kumakura
Keiko Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Makio Inoue
Masako Nozawa
Masashi Amenomori
Masashi Nakamura
Michiko Nomura
Michio Hazama
Minori Matsushima
Miyuki Ueda
Nachi Nozawa
Nobuo Tanaka
Noriko Ohara
Ryōko Kinomiya
Seizō Katō
Shigeyuki Hosoi
Shūichi Ikeda
Shūichirō Moriyama
Shun Yashiro
Shūsei Nakamura
Takeshi Kuwabara
Takuya Fujioka
Teruo Nakayama
Tetsuya Asado
Tōru Ōhira
Toshiko Fujita (1965)
Yoshihisa Kamo
Yuki Aresa
Japanese companies
Animation:
Mushi Production
Tama Production
Animation Production: Mushi Production
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Production: Mushi Production
Sound: Aoi Studio
Sponsor: Meiji
English staff
English companies
Director: Fred Ladd

Dialogues:
Billie Lou Watt
Fred Ladd
Peter Fernandez
Ray Owens
Editing: Pablo Zavalo
Theme Song Lyrics: Don Rockwell
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
NBC
Ten Network Australia (Australia)
Distributor: Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Stone Bridge Press
The Right Stuf International
Licensed By (Australia): Madman Entertainment
Production: Video Promotions
English cast
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Tongyang Broadcasting Company (from 26 September 1970)
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Spanish cast
Esperanzita Martínez as Astroboy

Félix Antelo as Dr. Elefun
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Rede Globo
Distributor: JBGroup 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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