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by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: 149 Can Capriccio
Replies: 24
Views: 11863

I just saw this from a link in another thread. This is another RARE thing for the 1960's show, both Astro and Cobalt are DRESSED!. BTW the guy with the 'lips' looks like a recycled star system character who was in the episodes 'colossus/frankenstein' as well as 'memory day'.
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Interesting themes to explore in Tetsuwan Atom series
Replies: 23
Views: 5442

Well Astro boy has been compared to both Pinocchio and Peter Pan (the want to be a real boy, and never grow up themes).
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: 140, The King and Atom
Replies: 11
Views: 5523

This is probably one episode that would have never made it past the censors over at NBC, too politically incorrect. Jeffbert, I don't know what the subject matter of your pending book will be, but it would be great to have a plot outline and frame shots for these episodes in a book. BTW someone in a...
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Interesting themes to explore in Tetsuwan Atom series
Replies: 23
Views: 5442

Tezuka hinted at that in the story "Astro's been stolen" (Dark Horse #10)
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Interesting themes to explore in Tetsuwan Atom series
Replies: 23
Views: 5442

I've given some thought to the robot aging issue. First of all there were stories where a robot grew up by exchanging bodies with larger ones. The one I'm thinking of was from the '60's series with a robot who didn't know he was a robot. One day he caught his father disposing of his younger bodies. ...
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Do you guys know where I can find the 80s Astro boy series in english
Replies: 10
Views: 3688

Worldcat is a great service I was able to read the entire Viz Blackjack series borrowed from the library via worldcat.
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Atom Cat Manga
Replies: 2
Views: 1809

http://www.digitalmanga.com/books/?page=3
Available in April, in fact.
by Tetsuwan Penguin
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Tetsuwan Atom: Uran and Uran
Replies: 5
Views: 4745

Now that's the same storyline used in the 1963 series for the episode where Uran was first introduced. In the 1980 series they used a different story where she runs away and gets kidnapped by robot thieves.
BTW the look on her face in the last picture you posted reminds be a bit of Betty Boop.

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