Astro Boy "Week 2" TALKBACK (Spoilers)

[Chad Bonin]

Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, weekdays at 5.0. Boys don't cry, currently only Toonami.

Spoilers: If an episode has aired on Toonami, you can talk about it. If not, please use spoilers.

Episodes Airing This Week:
March 15th: Ranbow Canyon
March 16th: Atlas
March 17th (Toonami's 7th Birthday): Astro VS Atlas
March 18th: Neon Express

 

[Duke]

Tuesdays & Wednesday's episodes were the last to be shown on Kids' WB!, which is kinda a good thing, or something. Anyway, the Atlas 2-parter is really good.

And today's episode proves that Astro, like most other male heroes with badass powers, is a pimp.

 

[MattThomasM2B]

..

Ugh, I'm so conflicted on this show.

The music is changed, the OPs and EDs aren't there and Astro's character isn't always trustable.

But the stories are good enough to watch from start to end.

I don't know whether to hate it or like it.

 

[Weatherman]

Well don't that just warm the cockles of yer heart.


They've got a heck of a writing crew for this show. Not often you see characters established as well as those two within just one episode.

 

[Rabi~en~Rose]

another good episode. Astro is getting to be pretty smart! the shows humans vs robots thing is reminding me of humans vs mutants in x-men evo. the whole second half was pure action even though there was no fighting. I just hope I'm not the only one who fell for Katari's scam

 

[Chad Bonin]

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Well don't that just warm the cockles of yer heart.

Maybe just the sub-cockle area...

 

[Beat]

I don't know whether to hate it or like it.

I am your inner otaku. You must hate this cut up version. Anything edited for Saturday Morning TV is teh suck...

 

[Duke]

Added a poll.

This episode friggin rocked. Sony, why couldn't you have put this on Toonami to begin with?

 

[Beat]

Added a poll.

This episode friggin rocked. Sony, why couldn't you have put this on Toonami to begin with?

I second that. Why, oh why, didn't you put it somewhere where it might have gotten some respect?

Some respect > No respect.

 

[Weatherman]

Probably becuase KidsWB had the demographics that they were looking for initially. That, and maybe they're a bit unfamiliar with the way KidsWB punks stuff since I think they haven't worked with KidsWB since MiB, I think.

 

[Duke]

What about X-Men Evolution?

 

[Chad Bonin]

...

And Jackie Chan Adventures?

 

[MattThomasM2B]

....

They were all American made.

 

[Duke]

They were all American made.

However, they were all done by Sony. The only anime Sony's dubbed is (I believe) Cyborg 009 (other than Astro Boy, obviously).

 

[Beat]

However, they were all done by Sony. The only anime Sony's dubbed is (I believe) Cyborg 009 (other than Astro Boy, obviously).

They assumed Saturday Morning treats American releases and anime the same.

Big mistake.

 

[Sketch]

Heh heh heh... so true. Especially in KWB's case.

 

[Beat]

To Saturday Morning TV.

 

[Youko Recca]

All the characters....everytime I look at them I feel sorry for them.

 

[Duke]

So, uh, any comments on the episode itself? Aside from the usual "Kids' WB! sucks" stuff?

 

[Weatherman]

I forgot about Jackie Chan Adventures, but I didn;t realize X-Men:Evo went through Sony. My mistake. You think they would have learned from the X-Men handling.


As I said, the ep rocked! Excelelnyt characterization, big explosions and more glimpses at how the world works. I hate to think of what's going to happen when more of the anti-robot forces pop up.