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Originally posted by jeffbert @Jan 1 2006, 09:55 AM I am puzzled by the statement found in both the booklet that accompanies the 80s DVD. It states that Tezuka was unsatisfied with the 1960s series, & "regretted that" it "did not reflect the intention of the original comics, & that Astroboy had bec...

I like the US dub for the 80's series as it remains truest to the original series yes. Though I have yet to see the US dub for the 60's series so I withhold judgement till I do see the 60's series

Originally posted by Astro forever @Dec 29 2005, 04:00 PM I don't know why I suddenly got this idea, but I just read Amazon.com's review . [b]In these struggles, Astro never loses his temper, holds a grudge, or feels temptation. Tezuka wanted him to embody the virtues of selflessness and co...

I have a DS too but no Wi-Fi games yet, sadly that might be for a while I'm afraid.

Hopefully I'll get Animal Crossing when it comes out later in the year, is it as good as the GC original?

I'm having a problem watching episodes from anapans server, Quicktime complains it cant find a plugin to show the episode and gives up. What do I need to play the episodes?

**WARNING LONG RANT AHEAD XD** Some people were curious to hear impressions of 80's Astro from a new fan so I'ld thought I'ld give my view (if nobody minds ^_^; ;) seeing as people were expressing interest in what other fans may think of this series. Having recevied my set for Christmas...

I watched this last night and really enjoyed it. This new Doctor is more funny, the plot annoyed me a little (what with Rose heading most of this episode, she got too emotional at points for me). The Doctor should have had more time this episode to establish himself, rather than just waking up 20-15...

Having ordered this set myself, I'm still waiting for it to arrive. My only experience of Kimba is the Canadian dub which they show sometimes here. Yet I hear the orignal dub was better so I'm fairly curious about it

Originally posted by jeffbert @Dec 22 2005, 02:54 AM Blimey! (whatever that means) Its a bloke from Mother England. Welcome, my friend. I have seen the complete series (all 3 of them), & would rather have the 1960s' 193 episodes in Japanese than the English version of the 2003. Tezuka had a...

Originally posted by fafner @Dec 21 2005, 08:23 PM Hello and welcome :D Which version did you see first? 1980 or 2000? 2000, I saw the first episode by pure chance and kept watching it. It stopped airing here just before it got to the Pluto Episodes. I got the DVD set while in Florida and was surpr...