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Astro Boy: Season 1

Astro Boy (1963)

Astro Boy: Season 1

Right Stuf (1963)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
742617071522
TV Series | Animation | Anime | Science Fiction
English | Color |

The 1963 black & white version of Astroboy was the first anime to cross the Pacific and penetrate American television. It was highly successful as it drew the highest ratings at that time. It was later taken off the air in 1966 as it completed its 104 episode run (193 episodes in Japan) and was losing its popularity due to its non-colour and "depressing" themes and story lines.

In 1980 however, Astroboy was reborn in Japan and was brought back to North America in 1982 in a 51 episode colour series (52 episodes in Japan).


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1 The Birth of Astroboy 27 min | Sep 07, 1963

A robot named Astro Boy is built. He replaces Dr. Boynton's dead son. Realizing he's not a real boy, Dr. Boynton sells him to the circus. After saving the circus owner's life, Astro Boy gets his freedom and Elefun as mentor.

2 Colosso 25 min | Sep 14, 1963

Robots are now mass produced, so when Astro Boy wants a mom, Elefun has a mom and dad made for him. A colossal robot short-circuits and helps bank robbers. Only Astro Boy can stop it.

3 Expedition to Mars 27 min | Sep 21, 1963

When the first expedition to Mars fails because of a mutiny by the crew, Astro Boy is appointed commander of the second expedition.

4 The Sphinx 27 min | Sep 28, 1963

Astro Boy is tricked by Clyde Snidely and a band of Arab cutthroats into helping them search for "treasure" in the desert.

5 Cross Island 27 min | Oct 05, 1963

Cross Island is a mysterious uncharted island in a little-known sea. Here, a task force of robots work in great secrecy, extracting valuable stores of uranium.

6 Grass Boy 27 min | Oct 12, 1963

One night, during a storm, Astro Boy meets Lodar, a boy from another planet. Lodar has come to warn us of an invasion of flying saucers from his world.

7 Zero, the Invisible Robot 27 min | Oct 19, 1963

Yes, it is true. Someone has finally learned how to blend etheric resin with clear plastic to produce an invisible robot.

8 Silver Comet 27 min | Oct 26, 1963

Young Tommy Speed prepares to enter the World Champion Motor Car Race with his supersonic car, the Silver Comet.

9 Hullabaloo Island 26 min | Nov 02, 1963

Princess Lollipop flees Hullabaloo Land. Astro Boy tries to help but she's forced back. He visits Hullabaloo Land with Elefun. It only appears to be an amusement park.

10 The Spirit Machine 26 min | Nov 09, 1963

It finally happened in the little mid-European land called Shangri-Lee. An absolute dictator rose to power. Rudolph Hatter (his enemies called him Mad Hatter) was ruthless. Like other madmen before him, he sought to rule the world.

11 Strange Voyage 27 min | Nov 16, 1963

When notorious Louie the Lug hides aboard a space ship bound for the moon, Astro Boy leaps aboard just before blast-off.

12 The Artificial Sun 27 min | Nov 23, 1963

Film mogul Elia Belial had suddenly become one of the wealthiest men on earth, yet, he hadn't made a picture in years. What was the source of his sudden wealth?

13 The Deep Freeze 27 min | Nov 30, 1963

Crime knows no boundaries - not even the North Pole! Sharkey Dirk and his gang of cutthroats had become the Scourge of the Arctic!

14 One Million Mammoth Snails 27 min | Dec 07, 1963

Professor Nutty Fruitcake, living alone in his secluded mountain observatory, has taken to a unique hobby: growing giant fruits and vegetables. When the novelty of giant watermelons and tangerines wears thin, the Professor takes to breeding giant animals - in particular, giant snails.

15 Gangor the Monster 27 min | Dec 14, 1963

In the year 2000, there were robots aplenty. Since human beings no longer worked, there was a wide assortment of robots, big and little, fat and thin, tall and short, to perform every conceivable menial task. But nowhere was there a robot like Gangor, the Monster.

16 Secret Agent 3-Z 27 min | Dec 21, 1963

President Pudge of Udopia feared for his life, and understandably so. The Presidents of several other countries had all been attacked by Secret Agent 3-Z.

17 The Haunted Ship 27 min | Dec 28, 1963

Astro Boy and his pal Specs visit a carnival fun house where Specs is frightened by all the tricks played on them.

18 Time Machine 27 min | Dec 29, 1963

One day, excitable Mr. Pompous was relaxing at home when suddenly a mysterious ship crashed through his front door. Clearly the ship was something from the future.

19 The Cosmic Giant 27 min | Jan 03, 1964

From deep in space, intelligent forces have been studying the earth with an eye toward establishing a colony there. The colony, once established, would take over the planet, paving the way for mass settlement by those evil forces.

20 Toxor the Mist Man 27 min | Jan 10, 1964

When early American astronauts reported seeing "fireflies" in space, they posed a riddle that intrigued men of science for decades. In the year 2000, the intrepid Doctor Bolt - astronomer, adventurer, astronaut - decided to investigate on his own.

21 Satellite-45 26 min | Jan 17, 1964

Space stations are nothing new in the year 2000. A number of them dot the Milky Way between here and Andromeda, like floating islands in the sky. One of the largest is Satellite R-45, a way station for trans-galaxy flights. Ships from every part of the Milky Way moor at R-45's massive Spaceports. Interplanetary travelers stay at ultra-modern hotels and exotic wares from all over the universe are sold in exclusive shops. When Astro Boy arrives one day, he discovers a pair of fumbling souvenir vendors hawking stolen wares! A bit of ingenious sleuthing reveals that the fumblers are actually tools of the master smuggler, Trickum, a local hotel owner who tries in vain to force the resignation of Cronipuss Goodheart, President of Satellite R-45. If Trickum himself should become President, he could turn the satellite into an enormous trading-post for stolen goods. Here, Astro Boy's computer-like mind, rather than his great strength, saves the day... and R-45!

22 Sea-Serpent Isle 27 min | Jan 24, 1964

Sitting alone at the beach one day, watching wave after wave break on the lonely sand, Astro Boy spots a mysterious bottle being washed ashore. The bottle proves to contain a note calling for help and rescue from a dreaded, but unknown, uncharted island called Sea Serpent Isle.

23 The Deadly Flies 27 min | Jan 31, 1964

A mysterious epidemic grips the city! Everywhere, men and women drop suddenly into comas.

24 Kingdom of the Sea 27 min | Feb 07, 1964

There is laughter when a strange-looking, almost sinister, robot swathed in a trench coat confronts Astro Boy and Doctor Elefun, demanding that they accompany him to an unknown kingdom at the bottom of the sea.

25 The Strange Birthday Present 27 min | Feb 14, 1964

On his most recent birthday, Astro Boy received an amazing gift, something he had always wanted... a little sister! She was a gift of Doctor Packadermus J. Elefun, head of the Institute of Science, and she was the image - the very image - of Astro Boy, but with pigtails.

26 Don Tay's Infernal Machine 27 min | Feb 21, 1964

It was perhaps natural that Don Tay should hate civilization. After all, were not his ancestors simple, hard-working peons, captured and exploited by the cruel conquistadors?

27 Pearl People 26 min | Feb 28, 1964

Time after time, mysterious forces destroy the huge underwater dam being built by the Institute of Science. Why would anyone wish to destroy it?

28 Wacky Machine 26 min | Mar 06, 1964

Professor I. Q. Plenty startled a group of greedy plant owners by announcing that he had perfected the very thing they were seeking: a Robot Wacky Inducer - a machine that could actually make troublesome robots wacky, and therefore harmless. All Professor Plenty asked for his machine was an annual rental fee of 50 million dollars! The plant owners accepted. Next, the Professor went to Doctor Elefun and offered to withdraw his machine, a device that could affect every robot in the city - including Astro Boy - for a mere 80 million dollars! Doctor Elefun refused to be intimidated and Professor Plenty made good his threat. He turned on the Wacky Inducer and every robot within a 100-mile radius was rendered feeble. But not Astro Boy, for at the boy's own request he was dismantled by Doctor Elefun so that he would not be a robot while the machine was operating. Once the machine stopped for a periodic shutdown, however, Astro Boy was quickly re-assembled. He knew what he had to do: find the machine hidden somewhere in the vast city, and destroy it before it destroyed him - all this in the course of two minutes. Just 120 seconds! He found the machine, all right, but attempting to overcome all the hidden obstacles Professor Plenty had planted in his path becams one of Astro Boy's greatest and most unique adventures!

29 Memory Day 26 min | Mar 13, 1964

Once a year in the 21st century, the citizens of earth celebrate Memory Day. On that day, they honor the memories of family members who have traveled so far into the universe that they are gone for years at a time!

30 The Super Duper Robot | Mar 20, 1964

A mad scientist, Professor Booboo, discovers the plans for a giant robot in a wrecked alien spaceship, one that is even stronger than Astro Boy, and intends to conquer the universe with it.

31 Mysterious Cosmic Rays | Mar 27, 1964

Dr. Gray Dorian discovers a new type of ray that allows him to grow young again but he must drain others of their energy to maintain his youth, eventually becoming a monster.

32 The Moon Monsters | Apr 03, 1964

Astroboy joins forces with #7 and his group of space troopers to battle aliens who have invaded the Moon.

33 The Three Magicians | Apr 10, 1964

Robot magician Mr. Abra Kadabra pulls off an impossible art museum robbery but claims to be innocent; Astro Boy tries to find the real culprit.

34 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 27 min | Apr 17, 1964

From time to time, the civilized world is shocked to hear of the sightings of various and assorted monsters: the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland, the Mediterranean colocynth - a prehistoric fish actually caught in the late 1950s, etc.

35 Planet X | Apr 24, 1964

People are abducted by aliens and taken to a remote planet where they are kept in a city which is a duplicate of one on Earth as part of a research experiment. Astro Boy mounts a rescue mission.

36 The Elixir of Life | May 01, 1964

A scientist discovers a formula that grants immortality to anyone who drinks it so Astro Boy is sent to protect him from manufacturers, gangsters, and a sinister cult which want to seize the elixir for their own benefit.

37 Astro Boy Goes to School | May 08, 1964

Upset that, as a robot, he has no appreciation for beauty, Astro Boy goes to a school for robots where he faces a villain who wants to convert all art into functional pieces.

38 The Disturbed Small Planet | May 15, 1964

Astro Boy joins an expedition to destroy the asteroid Medusa, which is on a collision course with Earth.

39 The Mysterious Cat | May 22, 1964

A man in a cat mask leads the animals in rebellion against humans to protest the destruction of the forest for a housing development.

40 The Abominable Snowman | Jun 05, 1964

On an expedition to the Himalayas, Dr. Elefun is kidnapped by the Abominable Snowman, servant of Sam Caesar who has founded a new Roman Empire, populated by robots.

41 Deadline to Danger | Jun 12, 1964

A deadly superbomb is lost in the ocean near the Bering Strait and Astro Boy has only a limited time to locate it before it detonates and destroys the world.

42 The Island of Mystery | Jun 19, 1964

An alien spaceship is hidden on a remote island; crooks force Astro Boy and Doctor Elefun to go there and decipher the clues left on a series of mysterious statues to find it.

43 Ditto | Jun 26, 1964

Astro Boy travels to the Land of Goshen where he foils a plot to overthrow robot President Ditto engineered by the villainous Prince Upply.

44 Cleopatra's Heart | Jul 03, 1964

Astro Boy guards a fabulous gem, Cleopatra's Heart, sought by the Crimson Brotherhood to reestablish the Egyptian Empire under a robot version of Cleopatra.

45 Return of Cleopatra | Jul 10, 1964
46 The Phantom Space Ship | Jul 17, 1964
47 The Gigantic Space Crab | Jul 24, 1964
48 The Great Space Horse | Jul 31, 1964
49 3D Tee Vee | Aug 07, 1964
50 Westward, Ha! | Aug 14, 1964
51 Jimbo the Great | Aug 21, 1964
52 Snow Lion | Aug 28, 1964
53 Dogma Palace | Aug 29, 1964
54 The Man-Made Iceberg | Sep 04, 1964
55 Vampire Vale | Sep 11, 1964
56 The Terrible Tidal Wave | Sep 19, 1964
57 Vikings | Sep 26, 1964
58 The Devil Doll | Oct 03, 1964
59 Dinosaur Dilemma | Oct 10, 1964
60 The Clock Tower Mystery | Oct 17, 1964
61 The Flower Monster | Oct 24, 1964
62 Attack from Space | Oct 31, 1964
63 Shipwreck in Space | Nov 07, 1964
64 Big Titan | Nov 14, 1964
65 Mission to the Middle of the World | Nov 21, 1964
66 Inca Gold Fever | Nov 28, 1964
67 The Monster Machine | Dec 05, 1964
68 The Hooligan Whodunit | Dec 12, 1964
69 Funnel to the Future | Dec 19, 1964
70 Super Brain | Dec 26, 1964
71 Mighty Minute | Jan 02, 1965
72 Dream Machine | Jan 09, 1965
73 The Robot Olympics | Jan 16, 1965
74 Dunder, Bird of Doom | Jan 23, 1965
75 Dolphins in Distress | Jan 30, 1965
76 The Mad Beltway | Feb 06, 1965
77 The Terrible Time Gun | Feb 13, 1965
78 Space Princess | Feb 20, 1965
79 Mighty Microbe Army | Feb 27, 1965
80 Horrible King Horrid | Mar 06, 1965
81 Mystery of the Amless Dam | Mar 13, 1965
82 Galeom from Galaxy G | Mar 19, 1965
83 The Three Robotiers | Mar 26, 1965
84 Brother Jetto | Apr 02, 1965
85 Angel of the Alps | Apr 09, 1965
86 Magic Punch Card | Apr 16, 1965
87 The Great Rocket Robbery | Apr 23, 1965
88 Contest in Space | Apr 30, 1965
89 Gift of Zeo | May 07, 1965
90 A Deep Deep Secret | May 14, 1965
91 The Wonderful Christmas Present | May 21, 1965
92 Uncharted World | May 28, 1965
93 Jungle Mystery | Jun 04, 1965
94 The Terrible Spaceman | Jun 11, 1965
95 General Astro | Jun 18, 1965
96 The Mighty Mite from Ursa Minor | Jun 25, 1965
97 Mystery of the Metal Men | Jul 02, 1965
98 Super Human Beings | Jul 09, 1965
99 Phoenix Bird | Jul 16, 1965
100 Menace from Mercury | Jul 23, 1965
101 Dangerous Mission | Jul 30, 1965
102 Planet 13 | Aug 06, 1965
103 Prisoners in Space | Aug 13, 1965
104 Double Trouble | Aug 20, 1965

Cast

Billie Lou Watt Astroboy
Mari Shimizu Atom
Esperanzita Martínez Astroboy
Ray Owens Dr. Elefun
Gilbert Mack Caccitore

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Commentary [English]
Edition Release Date Jun 19, 2007