Tetsuwan Atom
Astro Boy
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Synopsis
Devastated over losing his only child in a car accident, Dr. Umatarou Tenma, the director of the Ministry of Science, mobilizes the institution's entire staff to create Atom: an ultimate technology robot made in his late son Tobio's exact image. Aside from unmatched power and intelligence, the robot also possesses the innocence and playfulness of a young boy. However, Atom fails to meet Tenma's expectations when the latter realizes that Tobio's replacement cannot grow. Unable to recognize Atom for what he is, Tenma wishes to forget the whole affair. Dismissing the feelings of what he considers just a machine, he cruelly sells the android to a robot circus that treats its performers as merely disposable tools. Despite his predicament, Atom shows kindness to his wretched kin and humans alike, sparing no effort in times of crisis to keep everyone safe. Soon, fortune smiles on the mechanical boy, as Dr. Ochanomizu—a visionary who fights against the abuse of robots—frees him from the circus. Under Ochanomizu's guidance and with a chance to forge a path in their mixed human-robot society, Atom fights tirelessly to make the world a peaceful place while also discovering its vast complexity. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Tetsuwan Atom was the first television anime series to air in a 30-minute programming slot. It was broadcast by Fuji Television and reached over 40 percent viewership rating by the following year. The February 2004 issue of the Cinefantastique American magazine listed it as one of the 10 Essential Anime. It ranked second in the 100 Select Works of Media Arts survey for the animation category, which was held in 2006 by the Japan Media Arts Festival. The series also won several awards: the Special Award at the second Television Reporters Conference in 1964, The Ministry of Health and Welfare Award in 1965, and the Galaxy Award at the fourth Broadcast Critics' Discussion in 1967. When television producer Fred Ladd helped NBC Enterprises adapt the series for broadcast in the United States in 1963, the title Astro Boy was used instead of the manga's English title Mighty Atom. Only the first 104 episodes were made available in English and aired in an alternative order, with adjustments for the American audience. In North America, Right Stuf International released several VHS tapes of the series between 1989 and 1995; the company returned with all 104 episodes on DVD—as a collection of two 11-disc sets—from March 27, 2006, to August 29, 2006. A subsequent mini collection of two five-disc sets and an independent five-episode DVD Astro Boy: The Beginning also became available on October 6, 2009.
Episodes
Ep 1: The Birth of Astro Boy Unavailable
Ep 2: Frankenstein Unavailable
Ep 3: Adventure on Mars Unavailable
Ep 4: Guernica Unavailable
Ep 5: Sphinx Unavailable
Ep 6: Lightning Man Unavailable
Ep 7: Captain Atom Unavailable
Ep 8: Ghost Manufacturing Machine Unavailable
Ep 9: Black Looks Unavailable
Ep 10: The Fool Ivan Unavailable
Ep 11: Time Machine Unavailable
Ep 12: Cruciform Island Unavailable
Ep 13: The Eyes of Christ Unavailable
Ep 14: The Artifical Sun Unavailable
Ep 15: Plant People Unavailable
Ep 16: The Vehicle, White Planet Unavailable
Ep 17: Robot Land Unavailable
Ep 18: Gadem Unavailable
Ep 19: Astro Boy vs. Garon Unavailable
Ep 20: Gaseous Beings Unavailable
Ep 21: Satellite R-45 Unavailable
Ep 22: Sea Serpent Island Unavailable
Ep 23: The Mutant Unavailable
Ep 24: The Submarine Kingdom Unavailable
Ep 25: The Deep-underground Tank Unavailable
Ep 26: Atlas Unavailable
Ep 27: Planet Pearl Unavailable
Ep 28: Mad Machine Unavailable
Ep 29: The Memorable Day Unavailable
Ep 30: Fuhrer ZZZ Unavailable
Ep 31: The Black Cosmic Ray Unavailable
Ep 32: Hot Dog Corps Unavailable
Ep 33: Two Magicians Unavailable
Ep 34: Midoro Marsh Unavailable
Ep 35: The Human Farm Unavailable
Ep 36: The Religion of Pui Pui Unavailable
Ep 37: Uran Unavailable
Ep 38: The Disturbed Small Planet Unavailable
Ep 39: Red Cat Unavailable
Ep 40: Neo Caesar Unavailable
Ep 41: X Bomb Unavailable
Ep 42: The Yellow Horse Unavailable
Ep 43: His Highness Dead Cross Unavailable
Ep 44: The Egyptian Conspirators Unavailable
Ep 45: Cleopatra's Necklace Unavailable
Ep 46: The Robot Spaceship Unavailable
Ep 47: The Cosmic Crab Unavailable
Ep 48: The Tenma Tribe Unavailable
Ep 49: Transparent Giant Unavailable
Ep 50: Astro Boy Goes to the West Unavailable
Ep 51: The Little Elephant Pura Unavailable
Ep 52: The Snow Lion Unavailable
Ep 53: Goodbye 1963 Unavailable
Ep 54: Duel on the Alps Unavailable
Ep 55: Rejuvenating Gas Unavailable
Ep 56: Earth Defense Army Unavailable
Ep 57: Robot School Unavailable
Ep 58: The Thirteen Mysterious Statues of God Unavailable
Ep 59: The Robot Buron X Unavailable
Ep 60: Dogma Palace Unavailable
Ep 61: Space Parasites Unavailable
Ep 62: The Phantom Ship Unavailable
Ep 63: The Artificial Iceberg Unavailable
Ep 64: Count Bat Unavailable
Ep 65: Brave Escapee Unavailable
Ep 66: The Space Viking Unavailable
Ep 67: Heroes of the Night Unavailable
Ep 68: Rebellion of the Dinosaur People Unavailable
Ep 69: The Secret of the Clock Tower Unavailable
Ep 70: Rafflesia Unavailable
Ep 71: The Last Day of Earth Unavailable
Ep 72: 7 Days of Drifting in Space Unavailable
Ep 73: Big Titan Unavailable
Ep 74: Earth Expedition Unavailable
Ep 75: Flying City Unavailable
Ep 76: The Monster Machine Unavailable
Ep 77: Cape Town Lullaby Unavailable
Ep 78: The World in Five Hundred Thousand Years Unavailable
Ep 79: Dr. Brain Unavailable
Ep 80: Humanoid Bill Unavailable
Ep 81: Dreaming Machine Unavailable
Ep 82: The Robot Olympics Unavailable
Ep 83: The Strange Bird, Garuda Unavailable
Ep 84: The Dolphin Civilization Unavailable
Ep 85: The Demented Beltway Unavailable
Ep 86: The Time Gun Unavailable
Ep 87: Princess Kaguya (New) Unavailable
Ep 88: The Bacteria Corps Unavailable
Ep 89: Gomes' Ghost Unavailable
Ep 90: The Robot Fortress Unavailable
Ep 91: Garon's Counterattack Unavailable
Ep 92: Three Robot Knights Unavailable
Ep 93: Cobalt Unavailable
Ep 94: Angel in the Alps Unavailable
Ep 95: The Evil Punch Card Unavailable
Ep 96: Robot Future Unavailable
Ep 97: Confrontation in Space Unavailable
Ep 98: Zeo's Legacy Unavailable
Ep 99: Little Columbus Unavailable
Ep 100: The Robot House Unavailable
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