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あけましておめでとう Astro couldn't help notice the two half packed open suitcases sitting on top of the bed in Reno's bedroom as he passed by on his way to the kitchen. “Going on a trip?”, Astro asked. Reno's face flashed a guilty look, he shrugged his shoulders and turned to face the boy robot. “Yeah, I wa...

Happy Holidays everybody, which ever holidays you observe this time of year!

A high school teacher I had for a music class wrote a song called "pretty little Jonie" that some band got to the mid top 100 on the radio. Peter paul and mary stole that tune to create puff the magic dragon. My teacher never tried to sue.

Atom's micro version looks a bit like Chi-Tan.

So let me get this straight, the 'Fantastic Voyage' story was based on one of Tezuka's early Mangas? Was Asimov a Tezuka fan?

In the Star Wars movie "the force awakens" , the planet Takadan was named for the Tokyo ward Takadanobaba.

In the early Manga it's hard to tell the difference between Atom and Cobalt, Tezuka drew them almost as identical twins. Cobalt also had most of Atom's abilities, he was just as strong, and had leg jets enabling him to fly. In later Manga, and in the Anime, Cobalt was a bit taller, his hair spikes w...

I found this video on youtube:

https://youtu.be/VxahKozvHj4

Look to your right at 4:00-4:12 and 4:29-4:34. The latter part is a bit dark, but you can still make it out.

Some better pictures in this blog:
http://traveljapanblog.com/ryanellie/tag/takadanobaba/

Robots can't die in a human suicide machine, Bender just liked to cheat people.

So would Bender.

Did Professor Ochanomizu have a wife? Tezuka said he did, in the "Mission to Mars" story.