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The original box sets where split up between one set of 52 episodes and another set of 52 episodes for a grand total of 104 episodes! Each box set contained one disc of extras! I went to the Right Stuf International's website and looked up the items in question! They appear to be just the episodes! ...

The story of "Jungle Kingdom/Jungle Mystery" is as follows: A film company is making a movie about a "Jungle Boy" (a thinly disguised version of "Tarzan" or more accurately "Bomba") using a humanoid robot as its star! When the robot malfunctions the director is at a loss as to what to do until he sp...

As for how close the original manga versions are to their 60s anime counterparts, first it is known that the Mushi Pro. art staff used the original Atom manga as their models for the anime versions! For ex.) the scene in "Adventure on Mars" where Atom, Dr. Ochanomizu & Dr. Moss passby the giant rock...

I knew about the Swea' Pea thing, and I kinda had a hunch about 'She'. I wonder if they really can't recover the stories for reprint (aparently a such a thing happened to the original 'Kimba the White Lion'), or whether Tezuka just plain hated those stories and didn't want them reprinted You make a...

I am preparing to create a review of Greatest Robot ; it will have images of all the major characters from the 3 manga versions & 3 animated versions. While I focus mainly on how the later versions differ from the original, I think there will be enough here to make everyone happy. I do not know if ...

"Jungle Kingdom" was originally a manga volume Tezuka drew in 1948! From what little information I have on it, it seems to have starred Kenichi, one of Tezuka's many "stars"! He is better known to Kimba fans as "Roger Ranger" and to Astroboy fans as "Kenneth"! The story seems to be basically the sam...

I saw the movie in a special advance screening a week before its official release date! At this screening was the director, David Bowers who took questions from the younger members of the audience! (The screening was sponsored by the New York Children's Film Festival which has shown many Tezuka film...

"Four mighty starships; toys to be crushed!" :lol: If Atom is indeed depicted as an adolescent, it would seem indicative of the screenwriters' lack of background into Atom's manga history. In his preface to Egyptian conspirators , Tezuka wrote that when he depicted Atom as older, the series' popula...

Just saw the Astro Boy movie at a special advance screening in New York City sponsored by the New York International Children's Film Festival! In attendance was the film's director, David Bowers! The film is very entertaining and is an excellent family film! It adapts the basic backstory of TeTsuWan...

As part of the merchandise promoting the new movie, "Astro boy the movie" action figures have been released at your local Toys R Us! The figures of Astro Boy come in three sizes! First there are three different models at 3.75 inches. They are: Battle Arena Astro Boy where he wears American football ...