Title: astro boy
Description: astro boy
Purple Ranger 14 - February 8, 2004 06:48 AM (GMT)
Including the part about having human friends.
culmbank - January 31, 2004 01:37 AM (GMT)
has anyone been watching the new astro boy series ? what do you think of it ?
Purple Ranger 14 - January 31, 2004 06:02 AM (GMT)
I don't wake up in time to see it.
Ville Valo - January 31, 2004 02:53 PM (GMT)
I've heard about the Comic Book version, but I have never seen the Episodes
Ville Valo - January 31, 2004 03:21 PM (GMT)
And before I forget... Welcome to this Board culmbank, the name is Ohmega Ultimumpuujin.
Nice to meet ya...
Tokusou Sentai Blessranger - February 1, 2004 01:08 AM (GMT)
Ever saw a couch intro from The Simpsons where Bart becomes Astro Boy (that's right,Bart IS Astro Boy) while Homer becomes Ultraman,Lisa becomes Sailor Moon,Marge becomes a Gatchaman,and Maggie becomes Pikachu?
Purple Ranger 14 - February 1, 2004 06:10 AM (GMT)
Ville Valo - February 1, 2004 03:00 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Tokusou Sentai Blessranger @ Jan 31 2004, 08:08 PM) |
| Ever saw a couch intro from The Simpsons where Bart becomes Astro Boy (that's right,Bart IS Astro Boy) while Homer becomes Ultraman,Lisa becomes Sailor Moon,Marge becomes a Gatchaman,and Maggie becomes Pikachu? |
Nope, Never ever seen that from the Simpsons
Purple Ranger 14 - February 2, 2004 06:32 AM (GMT)
Ville Valo - February 2, 2004 06:52 PM (GMT)
And I have seen (almost) all the Episodes from the Simpsons
culmbank - February 2, 2004 11:24 PM (GMT)
There are new astro boy animated cartoons on kids WB saturdays. I guess i'm still getting used to them. To me they just don't have the "feel" of osamu's original work, and i find the "molding" on the characters a bit overdone.
but speaking of the manga....DARKHORSE comics is reprinting all the original astro boy manga. it's really great!
you can see more of osamu's work here:
http://www.tezuka.co.jp/ Purple Ranger 14 - February 3, 2004 06:02 AM (GMT)
Ville Valo - February 3, 2004 08:44 PM (GMT)
Not BAD, but everything is in it Japanese...
culmbank - February 4, 2004 01:46 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Ohmega Ultimumpuujin @ Feb 3 2004, 03:44 PM) |
| Not BAD, but everything is in it Japanese... |
when you enter the site you will see the word ENGLISH. click on FLASH or NO FLASH underneath the word ENGLISH and everything you see will be in english.
Purple Ranger 14 - February 4, 2004 07:36 AM (GMT)
He reminds me of the MegaMan of old.
Ville Valo - February 4, 2004 05:50 PM (GMT)
Ooow... I didn't know and culmbank... Thanks a lot Dude
Purple Ranger 14 - February 5, 2004 05:48 AM (GMT)
And the bad bots like Atlas remind me of MegaMan's brothers.
Ville Valo - February 6, 2004 08:50 PM (GMT)
It looks like Everything from Astro Boy reminds you of the old Megaman series B.
Purple Ranger 14 - February 7, 2004 06:14 AM (GMT)
Ville Valo - February 7, 2004 07:43 PM (GMT)
SpiderX - February 8, 2004 03:28 PM (GMT)
I've actually seen both the old 1950's episodes and the new series. There's only a few differences between them, but it's still a good show. One of the few on broadcast TV these days. Funny thing is, they waited until years after the creator of Astro Boy died to bring back the series. :ph43r: Weird, huh?
Purple Ranger 14 - February 9, 2004 06:27 AM (GMT)
culmbank - February 9, 2004 10:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (SpiderX @ Feb 8 2004, 10:28 AM) |
| I've actually seen both the old 1950's episodes and the new series. There's only a few differences between them, but it's still a good show. One of the few on broadcast TV these days. Funny thing is, they waited until years after the creator of Astro Boy died to bring back the series. :ph43r: Weird, huh? |
astro boy was created way back in the late 40's early 50's. by the 70's the character had "run its course" and was no longer appearing in manga and anime. HOWEVER the character was very well known and well loved and became a japanese icon (along with another tezuka creation KIMBA the white lion). though the 2 characters were no longer in manga/anime both were still used (used to this day) on merchadise...t-shirts, coffee mugs, dolls, coloring books etc.
this is the same as many famous USA created cartoon characters such as mickey mouse and bugs bunny. after time the people who were once childhood fans of these characters grow up and some of them get jobs in the cartoon industry. it's not hard to imagine they would want t revive characters they loved as children. that's basically why astro wasn't seen in manga/anime for so many years.
BTW, here's another link that might interest you fans of manga/anime...
www.ufocatcher.com
Purple Ranger 14 - February 10, 2004 05:53 AM (GMT)
culmbank - March 8, 2004 11:55 PM (GMT)
looks like there's gonna be an astro boy vid game for ps2 based on the new tv series. hope it's good.
Purple Ranger 14 - March 9, 2004 05:42 AM (GMT)
It's now on Cartoon Network.
