ASTRO BOY
Released by Siren
Parts 1 - 30, on 10 tapes
Currently off air (for more than 10 years)
Type - Childerns Adventure
Score - 85/100
How many of you remember watching Astro Boy as a kid? I do and I loved it. So I was thrilled when they decided to release it on video after so many years. My only disappointment was that they only released 30 parts to the series, the series I am talking about is the colour series not the black and white one, which means parts were skipped.
For those who know nothing about Astro Boy it is a story about a young robot boy named Astro. It is set in the future and follows Astro adventures as he becomes crime fighting robot but while trying to live the life of a normal boy. Astro has quite a good range of weapons from lasers too a machine gun in his butt.
Surprisingly the animation holds up quite well after so many years and my only real complaint about Astro Boy is the title itself. The Japanese name for Astro was Atom.
The reason why I disagree in calling him Astro is when you watch the episode he get his name a girl is told he is ATOMIC powered so the girl decides, on that information, that Astro should be his name. Well that makes very little sense!
So in conclusion Astro Boy is something that anyone would enjoy it's not just for kids. But if you are a parent make sure you rent for your kids as it os a lot better than most of the rubbish shows currently showing on TV ( but make sure you watch it as well ).
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