Cancled or Not?

[1magus]

Ok I knwo this has been brought up before bt has the 2004 Astro Boy been cancled and if so then does anybody know why?

[tic_tac_astro]

Well, here's one reason why: Kids WB has put in new shows;The Batman and Da Boom Crew. When new shows come in, old shows go out. Same thing goes to Cartoon Network. Astro Boy used to be at 3:00pm on Kids WB, and at 8:00pm on Cartoon Network.

:angry: Man, I just wish they bring that show back...

[1magus]

Well so whoever owned the rigths to Astro Boy just gave up shows just dont get cancled after one season!!!!!

[jeffbert]

2 different things here:

1. The series runs 50 episodes.

2 the English dubbed version was not even given a chance to draw an audience. KWB ran no more than 8 episodes, CN ran no more than 12. The fact that nearly all humor and cuteness was cut & the dialogue was changed so that it would supposedly have a greater appeal to boys is independant from the fact that network execs axed it after only a few weeks. Perhaps the editing might have backfired, & turned off the target audience, but who can really say.

[astroboykickedmyass]

Originally posted by jeffbert@Dec 20 2004, 09:59 AM
2 different things here:

1. The series runs 50 episodes.

2 the English dubbed version was not even given a chance to draw an audience. KWB ran no more than 8 episodes, CN ran no more than 12. The fact that nearly all humor and cuteness was cut & the dialogue was changed so that it would supposedly have a greater appeal to boys is independant from the fact that network execs axed it after only a few weeks. Perhaps the editing might have backfired, & turned off the target audience, but who can really say.

I heard its placed on "hiatus" at the moment and that maybe the episodes will get another after the so-called movie thats going to come out whenever

[tinlunlau]

when it comes to international entertainment, Americans will never get it right.

[Dragonrider1227]

Ain't that the truth. If it doesn't involve creatures or cards or SOME sort of tournament, they don't give it a decent shot. I wish they'd at least put the darn thing on DVD. WITH SUBTITLES! If I have to hear Astro say "Let's rocket" one more time! (actually, it's kinda cute.)