2013, was the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the Astro Boy TV series both in Japan (01/01/1963) and the US (09/07/1963) While I don't know of too many items commemorating this fact, there is a nice stamp and postcard collection released just for that reason. Below are two of the postcards in the set celebrating the first and second series. (Other items in the set also celebrate the third series, as well as other parts of the history of "Astro Boy"!)
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Astrobuddy where did you get those? I love the color one on the right!
I found some more images by searching in Japanese. Hopefully most of these links work.
I found some more images by searching in Japanese. Hopefully most of these links work.
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Yes apparently because 2013 was also the 60th anniversary of the first publication of "Princess Knight", as well as the 40th anniversary of the first printing of "Black Jack" and so much importance was given to 2003, the birthday of "Astro Boy" that I guess it was felt that the previous commemoration was enough. According to the Tezuka Osamu website, the only celebration for the 50th anniversary was held in Hong Kong.
Any way here are some more images; this time from a folder included in the package I purchased on eBay. [(The left image shows a history of "Atom" from manga(1951) to feature film (2009).]
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Any way here are some more images; this time from a folder included in the package I purchased on eBay. [(The left image shows a history of "Atom" from manga(1951) to feature film (2009).]
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I just remember hearing about some sort of 'movie festival' or episode exhibition or something, nothing solid though. Actually, I heard about it on here. I can't remember any real details though. Sorry.
I'm pretty sure it was in the thread I made titled 50 Years Astro Boy Anniversary or something along those lines.
I'm pretty sure it was in the thread I made titled 50 Years Astro Boy Anniversary or something along those lines.
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"Earthshine" wrote:I just remember hearing about some sort of 'movie festival' or episode exhibition or something, nothing solid though. Actually, I heard about it on here. I can't remember any real details though. Sorry.
I'm pretty sure it was in the thread I made titled 50 Years Astro Boy Anniversary or something along those lines.
I looked over the posts in the thread you mentioned and saw no mention about a "movie festival", but did notice that it appears that the 1980s series was (or will be) released in a special blue-ray edition.
Any way here is the full cover image of the folder included in the commemorative 50th anniversary stamp and postcard collection.
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