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by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost Fan?
Replies: 4
Views: 1866

Lost Fan?

Someone here recently contacted me over Facebook -- which is fine, anyone's welcome too (or PM me here). For some mysterious Facebook reason, I can't respond. My apologies to whomever it was. Blame Fb, not me!

-- Jay
(1980s American Skunk, and others)
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Japanese 1980s Tawashi, Ham Egg have passed away
Replies: 5
Views: 1951

I'm sorry to hear this. R.I.P.!
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Japanese 1980s Skunk has passed away
Replies: 5
Views: 2244

What a long and significant career. He will be remembered.
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Jay Rath
Replies: 20
Views: 7090

To those fans who celebrate it, Merry Christmas! And a happy 2014 to us all. (My good friend Skunk just told me that he's going to try to be nicer in the coming year . . . but then he laughed in a very odd way!)
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT ON THE WIKIPEDIA ASTRO BOY PAGES!
Replies: 45
Views: 12768

Holy cow, I just read wiki's Astro page and 1963 series page, and no mention is made of the the 1980s U.S. dub or the subsequent Canadian dub in the first, and only passing reference to the U.S. dub in the second. I don't mind for myself, but a whole lot of other very fine voice-over actors, our pro...
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Which Character in Astro Boy reminds you of Yourself?
Replies: 16
Views: 6106

I remind me of me in Astroboy. ;)

Except far shorter, much kinder, and hopefully cuter.
by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Toward a real Astro?
Replies: 15
Views: 4085

by jayrath
10 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Toward a real Astro?
Replies: 15
Views: 4085

Toward a real Astro?

I really don't know what to think of this:
http://news.yahoo.com/talking-humanoid-robot-launches-japan-rocket-061256685.html

Does this advance science in a meaninful way? Or is it a gimmick, a novelty? I don't think it would exist if Astro had never been created.
by jayrath
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: Who's your favorite vilian from Astro Boy (or ANY Tezuka story)?
Replies: 31
Views: 11119

I'm just gonna jump in here... My favorite Astroboy villain is Skunk. I really enjoy his 2003 voice and design and his laugh from the 1980s Japanese version. The way he plans things and carries them out, such as setting up a bigger problem somewhere else to force the police away from him, is really...
by jayrath
11 years ago
Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
Topic: And if Skunk was a major recurring antagonist?
Replies: 10
Views: 3685

Oh, I never left. I'm still here! :)

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