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Postby HollowWings » 14 years ago

why does astro boy have buttguns?

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Postby sgupta » 14 years ago

I dunno, but I love it! It's so irreverantly fun, and just the kind of quirk in a character design that makes the character so much more memorable and interesting! When I first was learning about the character (because of the movie coming out), I kind of thought maybe it was just a gag for the movie to draw attention, but I was really actually quite ecstatic when I found out this was part of the character way back to his origin. It's just really neat to me that a 60's (well, 50's going back to the manga) character had butt guns. ^.^ (Technically, I think the manga/original anime describe them as "hip guns", but they always seem to be shown coming from his butt!).

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Postby HollowWings » 14 years ago

lol it's pretty hilarious to see guns coming out of his butt

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Postby dannavy85 » 14 years ago

Woe to bad guys who try to take him from behind.

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Postby MangaBottle » 14 years ago

I can think of a practical use -- try to remember that Astro regularly gets his limbs ripped off, so he needs to store an extra piece somewhere

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Postby Meeshell » 14 years ago

it is a very convineant weapon
he's used it many times and each time I think "thank god for the butt guns"

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Postby Uran-chan » 14 years ago

I don t know if this info was right
For all i know its hip guns not butt guns
I think in the animation Osamu San Has puted the Guns in his but
And i Don t Have A Clue!

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Postby AstroRex » 14 years ago

The evil villain would think "I'm gonna attack Astro from behind..." and then, his sidekick would warn him "be aware of the machine guns hidden in Astro's butt!" The bad guy ponders it... "Oh wow... I need to be extra careful, then.... I may need to reconsider sneaking up on Astro from behind..."
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Postby dannavy85 » 14 years ago

What's so cool about them is that they're 9mm caseless rounds! The germans were the first to develop them in the 1980's and Tezuka already had the concept in 1954!

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Postby MegaAstroFan75 » 14 years ago

They rear machine guns are actually placed at his hips, but the drawing shows them coming from really the only spot on his body from which they can fire, his butt. Interesting that the 03 series ignored them.


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