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Awesome finds, Astrobuddy!! Where did you get the TV Guide?? I'm almost 99.999% certain they had a write-up about AB when it first appeared in the 60's. One other thought: UHF always came in lousy, so -- realistically -- how many of us could have watch 80's Astro? **sighs** On eBay of course! Yes, ...

HERE IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT 1980s ASTROBOY DID IN FACT AIR IN THE U.S. IN 1986 ON A UHF CHANNEL. (WTGI CHANNEL 61--PHILADELPHIA/WILMINGTON) First pictures taken from a VHS video paused and the camera was on an angle to the TV screen when the photos were taken, clearly showing the call letters of the...

It's based or at least mostly based on Richard Matheson's short story called Steel. It was also made into an episode of the original Twilight Zone. But the similarities are striking and a fan of Astro Boy may have possibly worked on the screenplay You mean of course the screenplay for the movie, ri...

:lol: Actually both this & SPACE AIRPORT (as featured in LION BOOKS VOL. 6) combine to give the plot of R-45. [attachment=]866[/attachment] Simply replace the boy with Atom, & alter a few other things, & behold: R-45. Note that T&T were working out of a suitcase rather than a kiosk. Instead of the ...

It is weird but than again Astro Boy was never mend to be a straight adaptation of Captain Atom the 1953 version of Captain Atom was the version in Astro Boy right ? so he made the real doctor tenma in this one. I am coming to this a little late, but I have to say you raise an interesting point. I ...

Ah, yeah! Guys, I never meant to imply it was anything more than paying homage to TetsuWan Atom(u) &/or to Dr. Tezuka!
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Real Steel is based upon a TWILIGHT ZONE story called STEEL; I briefly discuss its main plot element in 131, Moon Champion (-- --) . :lol: Yes, thank you, Jeffbert for reminding me of your earlier thread that shows a similarity between Astro Boy and Richard Matheson's "Steel" which as I mentioned a...

Hey has any one seen Hugh Jackman's new movie, "Real Steel"? From what I understand it is based on a short story by Richard Matheson that he had adapted into an episode of the old "Twilight Zone" show. I have yet to see the movie, but the review I read said that a robot fighter in the movie is named...

Some of you may have seen at least one of the pictures below. The first is the first page of the original version of the introduction of Atom in "Atom(u) Taishi" as it was illustrated in 1951. The other is the version done when Tezuka was first redoing the episode that introduces Atom, I believe beg...

I had given thought to seeking Schodt's help, but feared that he already had something under development, & would be a competitor. :lol: I still have a long way to go before I have all my stuff in 1 file with an index, etc. I know about fair use, & with the amount of images I currently use, it woul...