Astro Boy (1980)
- Original title
- 鉄腕アトム
- Genre
- action anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, Action, Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 52 episodes
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 88 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Astro Boy is a robot superhero who protects humans and other robots in a futuristic world. He faces dangerous villains and complex situations, often dealing with themes of prejudice and identity.
melancholicaction-packeddarkhumorousepisodicsentimentalfast-pacedthoughtful
What happens
Astro Boy (鉄腕アトム, Tetsuwan Atomu; lit. "Mighty Atom"), sometimes referred to as New Mighty Atom (新・鉄腕アトム, Shin Tetsuwan Atomu), a 1980 anime series and a color remake of the 1963 black-and-white series of the same name. Both are adaptations of the manga series of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. This series places more focus on the titular Astro Boy's robotic abilities and has a darker tone than previous incarnations of the series. Although this series places much more emphasis on action scenes than the first one, the theme of "robots with hearts" is still prevalent in this anime. It is also the last Astro Boy work that Tezuka himself wrote and directed, and the humor of the story and direction that is typical of Tezuka can be seen throughout. The English dubs cut out some of the series' more violent moments, such as Astro being beheaded in the episode "Lilly on Peligro Island" and Blackie Young and his crew destroying the robot guard and factory owner in the episode "Blackie Young". The original Japanese version of the series ran for 52 color episodes, while the English dubs (American and Canadian) ran for 51 episodes. The English dubbed version also combined the first two episodes of the series into a single half hour show, omitting the entirety of the backstory for the main antagonist Atlas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.