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- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Astro!
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15315
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Astro!
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15315
- 10 years ago
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4242
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: What Is That Green Band On Astro?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16472
:lol: Commando?? I've not heard that expression, so I Googled it and nearly fell of the chair laughing!! Hope I made your day there! I seem to have a knack for sometimes saying something that unintentionally cracks someone up. Your remark reminded me of a get together with friends many years ago. W...
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Naoki Urasawa's "Pluto"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6859
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: 10, A Younger Brother Called Melchi (JETTER MARS)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8192
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Tezuka's Tongues
- Replies: 89
- Views: 48531
He just reminds me of Groucho, maybe it's a duck with hair. In the 50's Groucho was an MC on a TV game show called 'you bet your life'. There was this duck puppet wearing glasses and smoking a cigar that would drop from the ceiling on a string whenever a contestant said 'the secret word' with a $100...
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: What Is That Green Band On Astro?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16472
Well if they are shorts then as Jeffbert has shown he's going commando. The 'shorts' must have flaps in them to let the barrels of the machine guns stick out. As far as the boots go in both the first and last episodes of the 1983 series (US order) you can see that Atom's feet have TOES on them. BTW ...
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Tezuka's Tongues
- Replies: 89
- Views: 48531
I know I'm missing something but it seems that the gesture of pulling down your lower eyelid while sticking out your tongue must have a special meaning for the Japanese that escapes Americans. Also who is this duck character Pukko? Whenever I see him I think of Groucho Marx (did Tezuka base him on G...
- 10 years ago
- Forum: Astro Boy Discussion
- Topic: Who's your favorite vilian from Astro Boy (or ANY Tezuka story)?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10866
F-Man: Sorry 'bout that, but I don't think we gave away enough of the important plot to really spoil the read. Adolf is a very well written graphic novel with lots of plot elements involving at least a dozen characters. One thing that did surprise me was that the good doctor didn't draw himself into...

