In case you didn't know, the original Astroboy story stated that Astro was created on April 7th, 2003. Sony's banking on Astroboy being big once again and has produced a new Astroboy TV Show, the first episode of which airs in Japan on the 6th of April. It'll hopefully be a big enough success that it'll hit the west in 'Autum'. Sony have also suggested they'll pump out a movie before the end of 2004.

Check out this SMH Article for more information. Props to natslovR for the find.

one of the most awesome tv shows ive evar watched
loved astro boy

ahh one of my favourite shows as a litle tyke.

Such fond memories of that show.

astroboy rocked!

BRING IT ALL BACK

haha awesome.. im a fanboy of Astroboy!!

omgomg Astroboy rocked my world!!!!

*jumps around like a kid*

Yep I used to watch Astro every day after school, him and Gigantor were great!

Friend brought this back from japan for me:

http://tbr.qgl.org/pic/astroboy.jpg

Astroboy was my favourite favourite FAVOURITE show when I was little. I had such a crush on him when I was 6.

I can still sing the opening and closing themes off by heart. Mmm, sad.

Cartoons suck

I dont think i ever really watched em as a kid... meh

Good :D

Of course, I soon tired of Astro and was more interested in Atlas.

Now *he* was a spunky robot.

I LOVED Astro boy he was cool! flying round etc....i barely remember it but....dont remember much before i was 6-7

hahah

i was just trying to remember watching astroboy, and all i could think of was "superted"...

now that show rocked. BRING BACK SUPERTED

woohoo astro boy!!

speaking of birthdays its mine today :D
also astro boy rox kthx :)

Like the rest of Japan, these shop owners are preparing for the birthday of Astro Boy, a hit from the 1950s who's coming back in a new TV show and movie and who's expected to set off a wave of nostalgia for this country's more robust economic times

sweet jebus! is AB really *that* old??

dr elephant is dead?
nooooooooo


edit: ok, so doctor elephant wasnt his creator, my bad

Don't f*** with my fragile mind.

That trailer was very very cool :)

Hehe, I found Astroboy morbid =]

Have you seen the first episode?

The negligent professor leaves his son to his own devices, which leads to his son's tragic death in a motor vehicle accident.
The Professor then realises he should build a robot as a child, and then put the likeness of his son into the skin husk. Basically reanimating his son, for his own selfish reasons.

For crying out loud, how morbid is that? Seeing your dead child everytime you look at your new robot is just a little too far I reckon. I don't think the censors would allow the same story to be run in this day and age.

Kids are too babied these days.

Loved Astroboy when i was younger glad to see it back

when i was little.. i used to have this shirt.. with astroboy on it .. it was this holographic thing where u could see his robotic insides when u shone the pic in the light... i loved that shirt that is until my dad chucked it into the wash with his sweater and it came out pink...

Slight bumpage.

Tis his birthday today.

People in Japan are going crazy - Astroboy theme being played in subways.

There's also an "Astroboy bra" with cups the shape of Astroboy's head and heaps of other *interesting* features.

http://www.triumphjapan.com/triumph/release/image/021106_image.jpg

Yay for Astroboy! I used to like the cartoons when I was really little even though I didn't understand them.. and people always called me a tomboy for liking it :/