stoogefreaky wrote:Are the comics pretty much the same as the cartoons?
In the case of Ambassador Atom, there were two 1960s episodes that retold this tale. 7th Episode, "Captain Atom," & 183rd Episode, "Japanese People from Space." I do not remember any differences, but there usually are a few.
"The Melanin Tribe," (Vol. 20) was animated as the 185th Episode, "The Star of Africa." Nearly all the incidents in the manga were also in the anime; however, the sequence was changed. Atom & Uranium find the truck that was carrying the serum, then they find the Star, but the anime switched these parts around. Or was it the other way around? I forgot.
Then there are the stories that were featured in all 3 anime. "Greatest Robot on Earth" (vol. 3) was retold in the 1960s' 116th &117th Episodes "The Biggest Robot on Earth" (parts one & two), the 1980s' 24th & 25th Episodes "The Biggest Robot on Earth" (parts one & two), & the 2003 17th & 18th episodes, "Strongest Robot on Earth." All had the most essential elements of the story, but the 2003 had the fewest, while the 1960s had the most, & was very close to the manga.
Those that were retold in two of the anime also had differences. As an example, the manmade solar sphere featured Sherlock Holmes as a cyborg who could disguise himself. Kin Sankaku played the part of the bad guy in all. However, if we count the Jetter Mars version (making 3 anime versions), Sherlock Holmes was replaced by "Jam Bond," the sphere was a freezing sphere, rather than a solar sphere, and the organ or piano was replaced by a xylophone.
Artificial Sun,
The Artificial Sun Ball (Original title: Fire Jar Island)
volume 5.
14th Episode: The Artificial Sun
12. The Artificial Sun (English title & sequence)
39th Episode: The Stolen Sun
37. The Man-Made Solar Sphere (English title & sequence)
I think the Jetter Mars ep was #12, but cannot recall the title.