Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:47 am
Next week, the new Astroboy series will begin airing in America on KidsWB. I will record every episode and do my best to report on it. *salutes*
I already have some information from the KidsWB website, and it seems a few changes have been made. Most noticeably is that Dr. Elefun and Uran are No More. Dr. Elefun's name has been changed to Dr. O'Shay, and Uran has been changed to Zoran. My best guess is that they were trying to stay true to the Japanese version, and tried to shorten Ochanomizu. And for Uran vs. Zoran, well... we may have grown up with Uran, but it's annoying to spell once you first hear it. ^_^;;
As a side note, Dr. Boynton's name was kept as Dr. Tenma.
Here's the Astroboy page on KidsWB for more information.
http://www.kidswb.com/Shows/AST
I already have some information from the KidsWB website, and it seems a few changes have been made. Most noticeably is that Dr. Elefun and Uran are No More. Dr. Elefun's name has been changed to Dr. O'Shay, and Uran has been changed to Zoran. My best guess is that they were trying to stay true to the Japanese version, and tried to shorten Ochanomizu. And for Uran vs. Zoran, well... we may have grown up with Uran, but it's annoying to spell once you first hear it. ^_^;;
As a side note, Dr. Boynton's name was kept as Dr. Tenma.
Here's the Astroboy page on KidsWB for more information.
http://www.kidswb.com/Shows/AST