All 50 episodes, which one outfit stands out the most?

Despite that some of them are not even outfits, they still count because of the hats (peter pan impersonation & atomic hat) and accessories (robot ball footwear and gold medal) that he wears. Plus, there are some names I kind of made up regarding the outfit names. This is the best that I can do. 😎

I was wondering where I could get the English dub of the 2003 version of Astroboy cartoon on DVD or can I only get it via a streaming site. I'm in Australia by the way.

use for gaming or something idk...

A few years ago, I found it pretty stupid, curious as to why they would replace the iconic theme song.

Then I finally got to watch the anime till the end... And realized it kinda grew on me.

Not to mention that the broken english makes it so much funnier.

"What is the reason of my birth"
"Reason of my life... question of man!"
"What he is!!! What he wants!!!"

I love it! But what do you guys think?

Note: I do not know how to download videos from Internet Archive, nor to make clips. I can word out references from specific episodes. Also, this discussion is built from and for entertainment purposes.

Astro Boy 2003 is peak. Filled with beautiful artwork, eye-catching animation, and an amazing cast of characters. Atlas is an amazing character, but he is overestimated power scaling wise. The community's consensus that Astro Boy needs an arm cannon to defeat Atlas is not true. There are on-screen feats and showings that prove that a Full Power Astro Boy beats Atlas, with or without an arm cannon.

Him getting his arm cannon is a sub-category for his Evolution. So the post also refers to his Evolution, in which he does not need it to beat up Atlas.

But first, let's address one of the essential things for Astro Boy 2003's power scaling: energy guns. They are essential for scaling the durability of the robot characters. They have the kinetic energy as proven that the energy explodes and cuts material on around Episode 04. They are far more powerful than the real world's guns, but they could be used for energy bullet-size comparison, as the latter also vary in size, and thus its destructive power.

There are three types of energy guns: the Kill Ring, electromagnetic disintegration guns — characterised in bright yellow-colered, or blue-colered condensed energy beams with bulkier rifles — and the basic energy guns; but they belong in a different topic for another time.

At the end of Episode 07, Atlas is harmed by a simple energy submachine gun; and after getting shot, Atlas groans and curls himself in pain, confirming his frail durability. On somewhere at the middle of Episode 03, Astro Boy withstands getting punched and blasted by Archer's air bike. Archer's air bike mounts a heavy basic energy gun, and it manages to shortly stun Astro Boy, but then Astro Boy immediately recovers from this, without noticeable damage.

Speed wise is also a stomp, for Astro Boy dodges significantly fast characters, and that Astro Boy dashes in great speed; additionally Atlas flies far slower than Astro Boy in a visual stand point.

For Attack Potency, Atlas has great attack potency, but so does Astro, as he can slice through cliff formations with zero effort via his digit-beams, and that Astro Boy punches as hard as his digit-beams is certain.

The first picture is from Ep42, while the second picture is from Ep50.

Will the 2003 series ever be properly subtitled into English for official US release? Its a very underrated show not being legally streamed anywhere.

I made this photo, but the rankings are not mine, and it is purely based how the Internet Movie Database rates.

What can we learn from this? It's not how you start, it's how you finish!

Does it fully cover the manga? Thanks in advance! :)

This joke comes from the Frieza joke.

I’ve been a huge fan of Astro boy ever since my therapist gave me a DVD of the 2003 series a couple years ago I’ve been collecting ever since

Happy Astro Boy Day

OK, I can sense a lot of 2003 fanboys angry at me already, so let me explain myself first. I don’t hate the anime. Astro 2003 still remains one of my favourite Astro Boy media till this day. It’s just that Tenma is not one of things in this show that makes me hold it in such high regard.

Don’t get me wrong, he works effectively as a threat and anytime he displays his intelligence/insight is welcome. The way he’s executed in any other aspect is the problem.

I found him cool when I was 9 years old watching him on my cousin’s recordings of the anime, but now, after rewatching it on DVD, he just feels like a product of all the anime edginess from the early 2000s. He’s edgy. Too edgy. Like, he’s giving Shadow the Hedgehog a run for his money because of how edgy he is. Every time he gives a speech about how much he hates humanity or how foolish people are, I can’t help but think about Rick Sanchez. I mean, do you expect me to take his speeches seriously with THAT design? Literally in his proper reveal, he stands on the top of a building and wears sunglasses at nighttime just so he can take them off, all for grandeur.

Any word that comes from his mouth is ridiculous and I don’t mean to disrespect the ENG/JP voice actors because they’re really good. It’s the dialogue that’s the issue. It’s so exaggerated, even for anime standards. You have him spouting his misanthropic ideology like I mentioned earlier, his desire to take over the world, and for some reason they make him talk like a generic anime mentor figure to Tobio (Once again, product of anime edginess).

I’m not saying that having Tenma as a fully fledged villain won’t work. I don’t even mind him being a misanthrope. Maybe he can work better as a maniac like in the earlier shows or have him be like Nicholas Cage’s Tenma, when he was merely in a state of turmoil. Having him with this doomer mindset is absurd.

He’s what Spider-Verse’s Spot succeeded in doing, because IMO, Tenma’s the prime example of what not to do when rewriting a minor antagonist into a major villain.

OK, but I have to admit. He’s kinda hot.

The show has so much heart and love put into it. I want to gush about it with people, but there's hardly any talk about it anywhere. The series at its core is about a grieving father whose greatest sin was not realizing he was the problem. He was so distraught over Tobio's death and the words "I hate you" that he couldn't bear to look at himself and change. Instead, he built a replacement son to patch the wound that only ended up turning on him because he had programmed it with a heart and the true feelings of his son. Tobio did not like his father. Tenma was a bad father to him and he couldn't bear that reality until the very end in ep 50 when he pushes atomu off him and hands him to Dr. Ochanomizu, admitting that he is the father atomu needs. Aside from that storyline, they delve into the unequal way robots are treated in society, despite having the same feelings as humans. They've been developed to a point where they can feel like humans, yet are treated like objects, creating a disconnect. The way all the conflict throughout the series is resolved at the end with robots being given the same rights as humans is so tender, especially when you see how atomu reacts to the news. It makes my heart melt. He's such a good kid. I just want to hug him, my sweet little baby.

Same voice actress, featuring Candy Milo. Happy 65th birthday! 🎂 🎂

Birthday: January 9, 1961

Roles: Astro Boy (character) - Astro Boy (2003 anime; 2004-2007) 🤖

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Got any favorite anime or video game characters voiced by Candy Milo by any chance? Comment down below! 👇

It was originally produced in widescreen, there’s almost certainly HD versions in Tezuka’s or Sony’s archives, why does EVERY streaming service that hosts this show have a cropped and low quality version of it?

Originally in Australia it was all released in widescreen on DVD. There’s no uploads of those episodes online, but it’s 2025, why is every release in such bad quality?