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I really prefer the Darth V- i mean 2003's anime Tenma and Tezuka's abusive Tenma, he has always been my favorite character between good and evil and unlike other human characters in the manga/anime who believe robots are worthless dolls that should not get equal laws Tenma is the exact opposite he...

Oh I knew the film would be considerably lighter and more Shrek-ish than Astro Boy usually is, but it was still nice. Did it hold a candle to the manga or the various anime? No, of course not. Tenma was transfigured too; I actually like the guy now! The whole point of Tenma is you're not supposed to...

Just because Imagi US shut down doesn't necessarily mean the Astro Boy films are done. As long as the main company persists it's fine. Plus Astro Boy's more popular in East Asia. And as said they handled the animation, so a temporary US branch can still be set up for a next movie. Though honestly I'...

Fair criticism. Rereading what I posted, I'm not sure what I intended came across in that section (or was too trite at any rate). The quotes weren't meant to imply it's wrong or unrealistic - more that justice can be a subjective concept, and often is dependant on the hero's perception. I also shou...

- He's powerful! Something that resonates for me in anime, etc., is a hereo small and tiny (and in this case cute) being incredibly more powerful than adverseries ORDERS of sizes bigger and meaner looking than the hero is. There's just something that's so much fun and cool about that, whether The D...

His similarity, and being a precursor, to Mega Man. I got into Astro via Mega Man and like the blue bomber, I like Astro because he's a child android and I love child heroes. They're more striking to me because people don't expect a child to shoot lasers from their fingers or turn their arm into an ...

Found yet another one in Mega Man in this same grain of charismatic, lavish and elegant styling robot leader. This time it's the General of Repliforce in Mega Man X4, the series of which parallels the 2003 Astro Boy series quite strongly and making me think that the latter might have drawn on the fo...

I didn't like Snow White much, it was too much music and too little anything. Literally half the movie must've been taken up by the 'Hi Ho' number. Sleeping Beauty was better, but my favourite Disney movies are from Oliver and Company to Tarzan. The best were easily Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame an...

[QUOTE=dannavy85;95803]plus that...well....somethings kinda missing in the "boy" identity region. Well, now, we don't know that...he's always got his shorts on. ;) (As far as we know). I'm betting that, given Tenma's notorious obsessiveness, he went to great lengths to duplicate Toby exactly. And I...

Anyone notice how awfully similar the 80's anime Atlas and Blue Knight are? Both have swords that can shoot electricity, both style themselves off horsemen from historic eras, both ride a horse that flies, both want robot supremacy and both like killing humans. There's also similarity to King from M...