Atom's height and weight
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:12 pm
I've seen a couple threads in the past for this, but I haven't ever seen a definitive answer.
It seems there's conflicting sources on his height and weight, but from a couple official sources I've found as well as confirmation from a few other fans, his general accepted height and weight is 135 centimeters and 30 kilograms, which is about 4 feet 5 inches and about 66 pounds. Here's the two official sources I've found:
1) Osamu Tezuka World Entertainment Square in the Tokyo Opera City building in Japan
Source: http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/kuchikomi/5287/?__ngt__=TT0abb140a4000ac1e4a102dlazokRgFStyNUCX6Jlw-XA
Google Translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enjoytokyo.jp%2Fkuchikomi%2F5287%2F%3F__ngt__%3DTT0abb140a4000ac1e4a102dlazokRgFStyNUCX6Jlw-XA&edit-text=&act=url
As you can see on the bottom left, Atom's name and height are mentioned.
2) Japan Rugby Football Union
They list his height and weight on a jumbotron in their stadium when he's "announced" as the team's 24th player:
Source: https://twitter.com/JRFU_STAFF/status/596195908921856000
3) In Episode 3 of the 2003 series (Destination Deimos), the captain of the spaceship states that the weight of Dr. Ochanomizu's luggage is 30 kilograms over the listed weight. Ochanomizu soon after realizes that the extra weight happens to be Atom, who snuck his way onto the spaceship. (This weight is confirmed in the screencaps in Post #4 of this thread.)
In a couple previous threads about this subject, a few other sources list his height and weight, which, along with some ABO posters, are...
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4485
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8258
1) The Let's Draw Manga: Astro Boy book released in 2003 by Tezuka Productions in America. This was mentioned by Jeffbert on the first page of the first thread.
2) On a bonus feature on the 2009 movie DVD, his height is stated as being 4 feet 6 inches. This is mentioned by Fairlane12 on the fourth page of the first thread (though he disagrees with this).
3) Astro Cat, mentioned by Tetsuwan Penguin on the fourth page of the first thread and the first page of the second thread. Interestingly, his height is listed in that manga as being 123 centimeters, which is about 4 feet 0.5 inches.
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Ultimately, after my short research on this, I think it's most plausible that his height is 135 centimeters and 30 kilograms. Every source I've seen lists his weight as being 30 kilograms, 66 pounds, or 67 pounds. As for his height, I'm more inclined to believe that he's 135 centimeters because of the first two sources I've listed and because multiple ABO posters have stated his height as being that height.
Even though Atom Cat was written by Tezuka, it came several years after the first two series and manga were made. If I'm not mistaken, his height was mentioned at least once in the '63 or '80 anime and at least once in the original manga. If someone could post an image or give some other legitimate evidence to confirm this, then go ahead.
It is interesting though how there's conflicting sources for what Atom's height is. It seems certain though that his weight is 30 kilograms/66 pounds.
If anyone has any other official sources that list or mention his height and/or weight, then post them in this thread. I'll update this post with that information.
It seems there's conflicting sources on his height and weight, but from a couple official sources I've found as well as confirmation from a few other fans, his general accepted height and weight is 135 centimeters and 30 kilograms, which is about 4 feet 5 inches and about 66 pounds. Here's the two official sources I've found:
1) Osamu Tezuka World Entertainment Square in the Tokyo Opera City building in Japan
Source: http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/kuchikomi/5287/?__ngt__=TT0abb140a4000ac1e4a102dlazokRgFStyNUCX6Jlw-XA
Google Translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enjoytokyo.jp%2Fkuchikomi%2F5287%2F%3F__ngt__%3DTT0abb140a4000ac1e4a102dlazokRgFStyNUCX6Jlw-XA&edit-text=&act=url
As you can see on the bottom left, Atom's name and height are mentioned.
2) Japan Rugby Football Union
They list his height and weight on a jumbotron in their stadium when he's "announced" as the team's 24th player:
Source: https://twitter.com/JRFU_STAFF/status/596195908921856000
3) In Episode 3 of the 2003 series (Destination Deimos), the captain of the spaceship states that the weight of Dr. Ochanomizu's luggage is 30 kilograms over the listed weight. Ochanomizu soon after realizes that the extra weight happens to be Atom, who snuck his way onto the spaceship. (This weight is confirmed in the screencaps in Post #4 of this thread.)
In a couple previous threads about this subject, a few other sources list his height and weight, which, along with some ABO posters, are...
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4485
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8258
1) The Let's Draw Manga: Astro Boy book released in 2003 by Tezuka Productions in America. This was mentioned by Jeffbert on the first page of the first thread.
2) On a bonus feature on the 2009 movie DVD, his height is stated as being 4 feet 6 inches. This is mentioned by Fairlane12 on the fourth page of the first thread (though he disagrees with this).
3) Astro Cat, mentioned by Tetsuwan Penguin on the fourth page of the first thread and the first page of the second thread. Interestingly, his height is listed in that manga as being 123 centimeters, which is about 4 feet 0.5 inches.
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Ultimately, after my short research on this, I think it's most plausible that his height is 135 centimeters and 30 kilograms. Every source I've seen lists his weight as being 30 kilograms, 66 pounds, or 67 pounds. As for his height, I'm more inclined to believe that he's 135 centimeters because of the first two sources I've listed and because multiple ABO posters have stated his height as being that height.
Even though Atom Cat was written by Tezuka, it came several years after the first two series and manga were made. If I'm not mistaken, his height was mentioned at least once in the '63 or '80 anime and at least once in the original manga. If someone could post an image or give some other legitimate evidence to confirm this, then go ahead.
It is interesting though how there's conflicting sources for what Atom's height is. It seems certain though that his weight is 30 kilograms/66 pounds.
If anyone has any other official sources that list or mention his height and/or weight, then post them in this thread. I'll update this post with that information.