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Interesting thoughts, Alittleacorn; by "Japanese dub" do you mean the original Japanese - language audio track? The use of 'dub' confuses me.

In the 1st of 6 Tezuka character guides, Tetsewan Atomu is 1st in the book, and immediately following Mom, dad, Uran, Tawashi, Tamao, etc., comes a rather detailed coverage of Greatest Robot. 9 pages in all. I have done most of the text from those pages, primarily single paragraphs on each character...

There is an episode of PK, in which one of the ladies of the court accidentally breaks a small statue. Nylon & DD want her head, because of it. All the ladies of the court are against the draconian punishment while DD & N are doing their best (or worst) to send the poor woman to the gallows....

Mother has kids meet the Grinch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHsTV67M6j0

Cute! Thanks for sharing!

Interesting stuff, Mustachio! Thanks for sharing.

I JUST received the ' DVD combo; but it turns out that the book is an 8 page booklet & the DVD is the main item. episodes 1, 2, 5, 24-25, 27, 43, & 52 are included, along with a brief extra containing drawings (to scale) of the characters.

Even with the limited animation, that single frame subliminal shot of Tezuka must have been hard to spot. The flying beret was the giveaway for me. http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/images/imported/107_Release_288_zps1251f3c1.jpg This is a sequence of people fleeing in terror that has been used...

I am waiting for its arrival. Shopping Mall Japan takes quite a while to ship, I suppose they ship a bunch of items overseas together, but the advantage is, shipping is very inexpensive. When I receive it, I will post a few details.