Astro Boy (TV 2/1980)

Alternative title:
Astro le Petit Robot (French)
Las Aventuras de Astroboy (Spanish)
Las Aventuras de Marte (Spanish)

Tetsuwan Atom (Japanese)
الفتى استرو (Arabic)
كوكي (Arabic)
鉄腕アトム (Japanese)
Genres:
action,
science fiction
Themes:
mecha
Objectionable content:
None
Copyright notice:
©Tezuka Productions
Plot Summary:
Creating a robotic boy in the image of his recently deceased son Tobio, Professor Tenma thought nothing could go wrong now that his beloved child had been "reborn"... that is, until he comes to realize that this invention could never replace his son. Before long, however, the robot is kidnapped and spirited away to a robot circus in America, where he is soon rescued by Dr. Ochanomizu, and taken into his care. Tobio is given the new name Tetsuwan Atom, and transforms into Japan's crime-fighting hero, although his anti-violent pacifist views and overall childlike naivety tend to clash with his battles often.
User Ratings:
213 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1980-10-01 to 1981-12-23
1982-04-26 (Italy - Rai 1)
1986-01-04 (France Air Date)
1988 (Colombia - Cadena Uno)
1991 (Colombia - Cadena 2)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Tetsuwan Atom" by Atoms
Ending Theme:
"Mirai ni Mukatte" by Anku
"Uran's Theme" by Urans (eps 14,30,45)
Insert song:
"Bokura wa Ai no Messenger" (僕らは愛のメッセンジャー) by Ankh
"Tsubasa aru Mono-tachi" (翼あるものたち) by Ankh
"Uragaeshi no Yūjō" (裏返しの友情) by Kyōsuke Himuro
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Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Blu-ray) 2022-05-31 (from $34.99) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Astro Boy [1980] - Series Collection (DVD 1-7) 2005-11-22 |
Astro Boy [1980] - Greatest Astro Adventures [Best of] (Dub.DVD) 2006-07-18 (from $3.95) |
DVD (Region 4) |
Astro Boy - 40th Anniversary Edition (Dub.DVD) 2020-03-04 |
Astro Boy - 1980's Collection (Dub.DVD) 2025-11-05 |
VHS |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-05-28 (from $15.88) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-05-28 (from $19.98) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 3) 2002-05-28 (from $8.89) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 4) 2002-08-27 (from $13.96) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 5) 2002-08-27 |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 6) 2002-08-27 (from $13.96) |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 7) 2002-11-26 |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 8) 2002-11-26 |
Astro Boy [1980] (Dub.VHS 9) 2002-11-26 |
Series Director: Noboru Ishiguro Script: Akira Sarata (ep 36) Haruya Yamazaki (10 episodes eps 4, 18, 20, 24-25, 29, 33, 38, 43, 50 )Hideo Takayashiki (4 episodes eps 13, 21, 31, 39 )Hiromi Igarashi (ep 19) Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (eps 16, 23) Keiko Sugie (eps 3, 8, 48) Keisuke Fujikawa (eps 42, 47) Kenichi Matsuzaki (ep 17) Moribi Murano (ep 41) Noboru Ishiguro (eps 41, 51) Noboru Shiroyama (4 episodes eps 34, 37, 45, 49 )Osamu Tezuka (9 episodes eps 1-2, 9, 26-27, 46, 50-52 )Ryōsuke Takahashi (5 episodes eps 6, 12, 22, 32, 40 )Satoshi Dezaki (ep 10) Yoshihisa Araki (eps 5, 7) Yutaka Kaneko (7 episodes eps 11, 14-15, 28, 30, 35, 44 )Storyboard: Bonjin Nagaki (9 episodes eps 8, 15-16, 19, 23, 32, 39, 47-48 )Hiromitsu Morita (eps 12-13, 21) Hiroshi Nishimura (eps 37, 42, 50) Hiroshi Yoshida (ep 28) Masakazu Higuchi (eps 5, 11) Mitsukazu Yamatani (7 episodes eps 4, 9, 14, 18, 29, 35, 44 )Moribi Murano (ep 41) Noboru Ishiguro (18 episodes eps 2-3, 17, 24-25, 27-28, 30, 33-34, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45-46, 51-52 )Norio Yazawa (eps 7, 22) Osamu Tezuka (eps 1, 26, 46) Ryōsuke Takahashi (ep 40) Satoshi Dezaki (eps 10, 31) Takashi Anno (ep 49) Yūichirō Yokoyama (ep 6) Episode Director: Hiromitsu Morita (eps 12-13, 21) Katsuhito Akiyama (ep 34) Kazuya Miyazaki (12 episodes eps 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Kōzō Masanobu (ep 46) Makoto Tezuka (1 episodes ep 52 live-action )Naoto Hashimoto (10 episodes eps 2, 6, 14, 24, 30, 37-38, 41, 43, 50 )Noboru Ishiguro (5 episodes eps 17, 28, 40, 45, 52 )Norio Yazawa (eps 7, 22) Osamu Tezuka (ep 1) Satoshi Dezaki (10 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Shin'ichi Ishida (ep 11) Sukenori Ogasawara (ep 8) Takashi Anno (9 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 20, 25, 29, 36, 42 )Tatsuya Kasahara (ep 49) Music: Shigeaki Saegusa Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka Original Character Design: Osamu Tezuka Art Director: Setsuko Ishizu Animation Director: Hiromitsu Morita (5 episodes eps 7, 12-13, 21-22 )Hiroshi Iino (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Hiroshi Nishimura (5 episodes eps 5, 14, 24-25, 29 )Kazuhiko Udagawa (ep 34) Keizō Shimizu (10 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Kōzō Masanobu (13 episodes eps 1-3, 9, 17, 20, 28, 30, 36-37, 42, 46, 52 )Masaki Yoshimura (eps 6, 40, 45) Yoshinori Higuchi (ep 49) Mechanical design: Keizō Shimizu (ep 10) Kunio Aoi (49 episodes eps 1-9, 11-30, 32-33, 35-52 )Yoshihiro Owada (eps 10, 31) Director of Photography: Nobuyuki Sugaya Assistant producer: Norio Yamakawa Background Art: Hideki Shigemoto (20 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 30-32, 35, 38-39, 42, 44, 46-49, 51 )Kazuko Katsui (eps 2-3, 36) Masumi Nishikawa (eps 36, 40) Satoshi Kumagai (eps 4-52) Tadami Shimokawa (20 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 30-32, 35, 38-39, 42, 44, 46-49, 51 )Tetsuto Shimono (ep 2) Yoshikuni Nishi (eps 25, 29) Yukari Nagano (6 episodes eps 6, 17, 28, 36, 40, 45 )Color Check: Hidemi Nakama (47 episodes eps 1-12, 14-20, 23-33, 35-48, 50-52 )Reiko Hirayama (47 episodes eps 1-12, 14-20, 23-33, 35-48, 50-52 )Color Coordination: Etsuko Inoue (eps 12, 21) Kazumi Suzuki (ep 49) Rumiko Suzushiro (ep 13) Tomoko Kawasaki (50 episodes eps 1-33, 35-48, 50-52 )In-Between Animation: Hidetoshi Ōmori (Bebow; uncredited) Masae Yoshizawa (eps 2, 29-30) Toshikatsu Shinozaki (ep 6) In-Between Check: Hachiro Uda (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Kōji Yasuda (ep 34) Kyōko Sugiyama (eps 36, 40, 45) Masae Yoshizawa (10 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Masaki Yoshimura (9 episodes eps 1, 3, 9, 14, 24-25, 29, 37, 52 )Shigeru Yamazaki (4 episodes eps 2, 5, 17, 28 )Tadashi Takahashi (eps 20, 42, 46) Toshikatsu Shinozaki (ep 6) Yoshihiro Tsuji (4 episodes eps 7, 12, 21-22 )Yumi Yanada (ep 49) Insert Song Performance: Kyōsuke Himuro Key Animation: Akira Kasahara (15 episodes eps 1-3, 5, 9, 14, 20, 24-25, 29, 36-37, 40, 42, 46 )Ami Tomobuki (4 episodes eps 2, 17, 20, 28 )Fumio Masubuchi (ep 6) Haruhiko Sato (eps 45, 52) Hideaki Shimada (8 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 20, 24, 29 )Hidenori Ōshima (11 episodes eps 2, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 36, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Hidetoshi Owashi (ep 7) Hiroshi Kakoi (eps 28, 40) Hiroshi Nishimura (eps 3, 9) Hiroshi Yamagishi (6 episodes eps 18, 26, 31, 33, 41, 50 )Junji Kobayashi (ep 1) Kaoru Kano (8 episodes eps 14, 24, 29, 36, 42-43, 49, 52 )Kazuo Inoue (ep 22) Kazuya Hayashi (6 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 38, 50 )Keiko Abe (ep 30) Keizō Shimizu (eps 1-2) Kōichi Tsuchida (eps 1, 3) Kōzō Masanobu (5 episodes eps 1, 25, 29, 37, 43 )Kyōko Sugiyama (5 episodes eps 2, 17, 28, 41, 45 )Masaki Yoshimura (8 episodes eps 14, 20, 24-25, 29, 36, 49, 52 )Masanobu Fujioka (ep 2) Minoru Tajima (ep 30) Noboru Furuse (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 9, 14, 29 )Nobukazu Sakuma (eps 2-3) Nobumasa Shinkawa (eps 12, 21-22) Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (eps 34, 37) Nobuyuki Fukuchi (eps 12, 21-22) Nū Ōta (eps 9, 14, 18) Osamu Tezuka (ep 1) Satoshi Jingu (ep 13) Satoshi Yamaguchi (9 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 20, 24-25, 29 )Setsuko Shibuichi (10 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 12) Shigeru Murakami (eps 17, 28) Shigeru Yamazaki (4 episodes eps 17, 20, 28, 45 )Shinji Ōtsuka (ep 6) Shinji Seya (7 episodes eps 24-25, 36, 42-43, 49, 52 )Tadashi Takahashi (ep 52) Takayuki Kanouchi (eps 34, 37) Tatsuo Hayashida (ep 6) Teruo Handa (eps 3, 17, 22) Toshi Noma (10 episodes eps 9, 14, 24-25, 29, 36, 42-43, 49, 52 )Toshiko Sasaki (ep 30) Toyomi Sugiyama (ep 28) Tsukasa Abe (ep 6) Tsuyoshi Tamaki (5 episodes eps 9, 14, 24, 29, 36 )Yōko Kadokami (eps 30, 45, 52) Yoshihiko Takakura (ep 7) Yoshihiro Owada (10 episodes eps 2, 4-5, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 50 )Yoshihiro Tsuji (5 episodes eps 7, 12-13, 21-22 )Yoshiko Iwase (ep 21) Yoshinori Higuchi (eps 34, 37, 49) Yukari Kobayashi (10 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 50 )Yukio Ebisawa (ep 13) Yuko Nakajima (8 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 26, 33, 41, 43, 50 )Literature Coordinator: Kenji Terada Music Director: Seiji Suzuki Photography: Hiroshi Isakawa (6 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13 )Hisao Taguchi (16 episodes eps 19-27 odd, 30-32, 36-42 even, 43, 46, 49, 51 )Katsuhiro Miyamoto (22 episodes eps 14-18, 20-28 even, 29, 33-41 odd, 44-45, 47-48, 50, 52 )Kenichi Yoshizaka (eps 2-12 even) Minoru Takaishi (18 episodes eps 18-28 even, 29, 33-41 odd, 44-45, 47-48, 50, 52 )Setsuko Morioka (6 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13 )Shoji Suzuki (eps 2-12 even) Susumu Yamakawa (16 episodes eps 19-27 odd, 30-32, 36-42 even, 43, 46, 49, 51 )Yoshihiro Kessoku (eps 14-17) Planning: Akira Yoshikawa (NTV) Production Advancement: Hiroaki Inoue (7 episodes eps 3, 10, 18, 24, 29, 37, 43 )Yoshinori Shimohira (eps 5, 14) Production Desk: Takahiko Tsuchiya Production manager: Takayuki Matsutani Recording Adjustment: Hitonobu Maeda Recording Director: Kanji Nakano Setting Design: Nao Sakaguchi Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi Theme Song Lyrics: Shuntarō Tanikawa | Mari Shimizu as Hisashi Katsuta as Ichirō Nagai as Katsuji Mori as Kazuo Kumakura as Kazuya Tatekabe as Keiko Yokozawa as Kumiko Takizawa as Masako Sugaya as Misako Hibino as Saeko Shimazu as Seizō Katō as Takeshi Kuwabara as Yōko Matsuoka as Yūsaku Yara as Akiko Takeguchi as Akio Nojima as Akira Kamiya as Aruno Tahara as Atsuko Mine as Bin Shimada as Chikako Akimoto as Chikao Ōtsuka as Chiyoko Kawashima as Eiji Kanie as Eiko Yamada as Gorō Naya as Haruko Kitahama as Hidetoshi Nakamura as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroko Maruyama as Hiroshi Ito as Hiroshi Masuoka as Hirotaka Nagai as Hiroya Ishimaru as Hisakazu Kanazawa as Ichirō Murakoshi as Ichirō Nagai as Ikuo Nishikawa as Ikuya Sawaki as Isao Sakuma as Issei Futamata as Issei Masamune as Jōji Yanami as Junichi Takeoka as Junji Chiba as Junko Hori as Junpei Takiguchi as Kaoru Kurosu as Kazuya Tatekabe as Kei Tomiyama as Keiko Han as Keiko Yokozawa as Keisuke Yamashita as Ken Shiroyama as Kiiko Nozaki as Kinya Morikawa as Kiyoshi Komiyama as Kōichi Hashimoto as Kōichi Kohiruimaki as Kōsei Tomita as Koshiro Tanaka as Makio Inoue as Mami Koyama as Mari Shimizu as Mari Yokoo as eps 4, 17-19, 44 )Masahiro Anzai as Masako Sugaya as Michihiro Ikemizu as Michiru Hōjō as Miharu Okazaki as Minoru Inaba as Misako Hibino as Nachi Nozawa as Naoki Tatsuta as eps 1, 5, 13, 29, 38 )Naoko Kōda as Noriko Ohara as Noriko Tsukase as Noriko Ueyama as Osamu Tezuka as Ritsuo Sawa as Run Sasaki as Ryūji Nakagi as Ryūji Saikachi as Ryūsuke Shiomi as Saburō Kamei as Sakiko Tamagawa as Satomi Majima as Seiko Tomoe as Shigeru Chiba as Shingo Kanemoto as Shinji Toyota as Shō Saitō as Shōjirō Kihara as Shūichirō Moriyama as Shunsuke Shima as Susumu Kotaki as Takako Kondō as Takako Sasuga as Takao Ōyama as Takashi Tanaka as Takeki Nakamura as Takeo Ono as Takkō Ishimori as Takuzō Kamiyama as Tarō Ishida as Tetsuya Yamazaki as Tomoko Munakata as Tomomichi Nishimura as Toshirō Ishii as Toshiya Ogata as Yō Inoue as Yoshio Nagahori as Yūji Mikimoto as Yūji Mitsuya as Yūsaku Yara as | |||
Backgrounds: Art Noah (ep 1) Artland (7 episodes eps 1, 9, 18, 21, 24, 33, 50 )Setsu Art (6 episodes eps 25, 29, 37, 41, 43, 52 )Swan Production (8 episodes eps 3-4, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 26 )Tezuka Productions (eps 9, 26) Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network Film Developing: Toyo Laboratory (now Imagica) Finish Animation: E&G World (ep 1) Kino Production (ep 1) Kokubunji Studio (ep 1) Maki Production (ep 1) Studio Jam (ep 1) Taiyō Animation (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )In-Between Animation: Artland (ep 1) Doobie (ep 1) Magic Bus (ep 1) Studio Live (ep 1) Studio Take (ep 1) Sun Look (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Taiyō Animation (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Tezuka Productions (ep 1) Key Animation: Sun Look (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Taiyō Animation (14 episodes eps 8, 11, 15-16, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 39, 44, 47-48, 51 )Recording Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation | ||||
Producer: Carl Battaglia Catherine Viau (Canadian dub) Del Lewis Michelle Raymond (Canadian dub) Paul Wiegard (Madman Entertainment) Tim Anderson (Madman Entertainment) Coordination: Kenji Kitatani Design: Ben Tollady (Madman Entertainment) George Stajsic (Madman Entertainment) Paul Kotz (Madman Entertainment) Editing Assistant: Monique Trudel (Canadian dub) Musical Adaptation: Osvaldo Montes Production: Adrian Kennedy (Madman Entertainment) Matt Currie (Madman Entertainment) Scott Alexander (Madman Entertainment) Tarwin Spijer-Stroh (Madman Entertainment) Project Lead: Ben Clay (Madman Entertainment) | Brian Parry as Patricia Kugler Whitely as Steven Bednarski as Bob Gonzalez as Greg Zerkle as Jay Rath as Kahlei Slick as Richard Ganoung as Becke Wilenski as Bob Gonzalez as Brian Parry as Carl Battaglia as Celia Klehr as Dave Miller as Debbie Holmes as Del Lewis as Greg Zerkle as Jay Rath as ![]() Kahlei Slick as Paul Nelson as Richard Ganoung as Janice Chaikelson Walter Massey | |||
Broadcaster: CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago) Channels TV (Nigeria) CVM TV (Jamaica) EMTV (Papua New Guinea) Global (Canada) MHTV (Marshall Islands) Muvi TV (Zambia) RPN Network (1984) TV Africa (Ghana) TV3 (Samoa) Zodiak TV (Malawi) Digital Download: Direct2Drive Distributor: Bayview Entertainment ("Astro Boy: The Lost ep" 1995 VHS) Cinedigm Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland) Dubbing: Cinélume (Canadian version) Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video Anime News Network AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) Cocoro Hulu ![]() RetroCrush Tubi TV Viki YouTube Licensed by: Discotek Media (2022) Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand) Manga Entertainment (Expired) | ||||
Adaptation: Michel Trouillet Collet Theme Song Performance: Franck Olivier | Flora Balzano as Alain Clavier as Claudie Verdant as Daniel Lesourd as Denise Morel as Jean-Louis Millette as Madeleine Arseneault as Victor Désy as Yves Massicotte as | |||
Dubbing: Cinélume (Canada) | ||||
Executive producer: Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment) | Broadcaster: ATB (Bolivia) BitMe (2019, Latin America) Cadena 2 (Colombia) Cadena Uno (Colombia) Canal 33 (El Salvador) Canal RCN (Colombia) CineClick Channel (Latin America) Ecuador TV (Ecuador) ETC...TV (Chile) Guatevisión (Guatemala) Inravision (Colombia) Paravision (Paraguay) SINART (Costa Rica) T.V. Cable (Colombia) Televisa Canal 5 Vale TV (Venezuela) XHCDM-TDT (Mexico) DVD Distribution: Zima Entertainment (Mexico) Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America) | |||
Rocio Garcel as Jorge Roig as Maynardo Zavala as Vanessa Garcel as Alma Nuri as Gloria Rocha as Jesús Colin as Jorge Roig Jr. as José Lavat as Luis Alfonso Mendoza as Ruth Toscano as Salvador Najar as | ||||
Dialogues: Marcello Duranti | Marco Baroni as Aldo Massasso as Antonio Colonnello as Elio Pandolfi as Gil Baroni as Laura Gianoli as | |||
Rubina Kuraoka as Bodo Wolf as Carsten Otto as Gerhard Paul as Hannes Maurer as Konrad Bösherz as Marie-Luise Schramm as Thomas Hailer as Antje von der Ahe as Arda Vural as Bodo Wolf as Eberhard Prüter as Ernst Meincke as Gabriele Schramm as Gerd Grasse as Hans Nitschke as Maresi Bischoff-Hanft as Marie Bierstedt as Marie-Luise Schramm as Michael Christian as Michael Narloch as Ozan Ünal as Peggy Sander as Peter Groeger as Silvia Mißbach as Sonja Deutsch as Thomas Schmuckert as Tilo Schmitz as Werner Ehrlicher as Wilfried Herbst as | ||||
Dubbing Director: Roni Abario | Clarice King as Noel Urbano as Alejandro Lim as Ethan Javier as Marvin Aquino as | |||
Broadcaster: HERO TV | ||||
(none) | Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Brazil) Master Distributor: JBGroup | |||
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