What made you become a fan of Astro Boy?

[TasZero]

Lets hope they decide to do more with it this time. Poor Astro seems to only see the light of day a few times with many years inbetween.

[AstroBoyGF]

emotional reasons for me...

[Anime Girl]

How did I become a fan of Astro Boy? Well it all started back when I was, oh my God, I think I was about six. Anyways, I was minding my own buisness one day, watching something on Nickelodian, munching on an apple, (I remember because I almost ate a worm that was inside it, EWWW!), when Daddy, all of the sudden, put in a cassette in the VCR. I wanted to tell him that I wanted to finish my show, but earlier that day, he told me that he would like to watch something he wants too once in a while, and that he always has to work, and blah, blah, blah, boring, boring, boring stuff that kids are tired of hearing thier parents complane about. Anyways, at first I wasn't sure to leave the room or not, in case he was watching something not for kids, but Dad didn't shoo me out or nothing, so I stayed in the living room with him. Then finally, after the endless previews that are always on VHS tapes, I saw something that grabbed my attention. It was a little flying superhero kid, with spikey hair, and red boot with jets in them. I listened to the catchy, 80's style, theme song, singing about a kid named Astro Boy. I instantly got curious to see what this show was about. I remember I was so saddened at how poor Toby got killed in a car crash. This was the first time that I saw a death on a kid's show. Daddy held my hand, and told me that Toby went to heaven. Then I saw Dr. Tenma (at the time I only knew him as Dr. Boyten), put together this robot, but he looked like a little boy only a couple of years older than me. All at once I knew that, even though he was at first called Toby, that he was truley the one named Astro Boy. I giggled at how Toby was learning to talk and walk and everything. He was just too cute. I was a bit scared when his eyes started blinking. Then I was amazed when he saved all of those people from the malfuntioning army tank or whatever it was. Then I got so sad when Dr. Tenma disowned Toby after a few mistakes at the cruiseship. I was also ticked off at Tenma, because for that reason, he was a bad father. I also felt a bit of suspetion when HamEgg wanted Toby to perform at the Robot Circus because, (1) My parents always said never go anywhere with strangers, and (2) After watching a whole bunch of cartoons, I was able to spot a greedy money maker, the way a cat spots a mouse in a field. Then at the end when Toby was being stuffed in a crate, and Tenma was calling him, I realized that maybe he didn't mean to say that to Toby, and that he wanted him back. Maybe he's not that much of a bad guy after all, I thought. Then the show ended with Toby calling his Dad, but then he ran out of energy and fell asleep, never to see his Dad again. The show was so emotional, and tear-jerking, and sometimes even a bit funny, and I could never forget about it. And one thing was for sure, I definatley wanted to see what happened next. The funny thing is that I had no idea, untill about last year, that the first episode of the 80's series, was really the fisrt two Japanese episodes pieced together. But since that day, I had always loved Astro Boy, and I have watched all three anime series, currently reading the manga series (so far I'm, on book 14), and I was so excited to see the movie. Last year I was reading the pamplet that came with the 80's series box set, and after reading about Osamu Tezuka, and all his other works, I got interested in watching a great deal of his animes, and reading his mangas. But the 80's Astro Boy series will always be in a special place in my heart. I guess some things never change! LOL! I have always thought that Astro Boy was so brave, and so cool, and of course, very cute! Another reason I liked it was because his little sis Uran, always remined me of my little sister, who is a cute tomboy. And the episode when Astro had trouble fitting in at his school, in a way, I could always relate to that. I always had trouble fitting in, due to my tall hight, and my obsession with cartoons. To me, Astro Boy is almost like a really good friend.

[LLM]

Isn't it interesting -- despite how much the movie was panned -- the number of people who are now "hooked" BECAUSE of the movie!!

It is all part of their master plan.

[Black Rabbit]

I watched the movie with my bro's and sis and thought it was one of the most weirdest movie I ever saw, then my bro (who was at his computer) looked up Astro Boy and found out that Astro Boy was really a old series.
We started watching the 1980's series.
At first my bro (Faram) keep saying how weird it was going to be, then after awhile he started to like it. (I liked it right away. ) Then my bro found the two 'lost episodes' from the 1980's series and watched it (fortunately, it was subbed).
then after we watched all of the 1980's series we started watching the 2003 series. Unfortunately we found other Anime that we wanted to watch (Zoids, Pokemon, Yatterman...), so we still haven't seen all of the 2003 episodes.
So yeah, it started with that one cheesy, weird, crazy, Astro Boy movie....
:d evil:
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[Anime Girl]

I watched the movie with my bro's and sis and thought it was one of the most weirdest movie I ever saw, then my bro (who was at his computer) looked up Astro Boy and found out that Astro Boy was really a old series.
We started watching the 1980's series.
At first my bro (Faram) keep saying how weird it was going to be, then after awhile he started to like it. (I liked it right away. ) Then my bro found the two 'lost episodes' from the 1980's series and watched it (fortunately, it was subbed).
then after we watched all of the 1980's series we started watching the 2003 series. Unfortunately we found other Anime that we wanted to watch (Zoids, Pokemon, Yatterman...), so we still haven't seen all of the 2003 episodes.
So yeah, it started with that one cheesy, weird, crazy, Astro Boy movie....
:d evil:
I

WAIT A MINUTE! I thought you were grounded from the computer for a whole month (unless it has already been a month, which I sorta doubt)!

[Black Rabbit]

[QUOTE=Uran&Astro1980;100693]I watched the movie with my bro's and sis and thought it was one of the most weirdest movie I ever saw, then my bro (who was at his computer) looked up Astro Boy and found out that Astro Boy was really a old series.
We started watching the 1980's series.
At first my bro (Faram) keep saying how weird it was going to be, then after awhile he started to like it. (I liked it right away. ) Then my bro found the two 'lost episodes' from the 1980's series and watched it (fortunately, it was subbed).
then after we watched all of the 1980's series we started watching the 2003 series. Unfortunately we found other Anime that we wanted to watch (Zoids, Pokemon, Yatterman...), so we still haven't seen all of the 2003 episodes.
So yeah, it started with that one cheesy, weird, crazy, Astro Boy movie....
:d evil:
I

WAIT A MINUTE! I thought you were grounded from the computer for a whole month (unless it has already been a month, which I sorta doubt)![/QUOTE]
I was, but I did lots of cleaning to get back on the computer.

[Anime Girl]

[QUOTE=Anime Girl 14;100702][QUOTE=Uran&Astro1980;100693]I watched the movie with my bro's and sis and thought it was one of the most weirdest movie I ever saw, then my bro (who was at his computer) looked up Astro Boy and found out that Astro Boy was really a old series.
We started watching the 1980's series.
At first my bro (Faram) keep saying how weird it was going to be, then after awhile he started to like it. (I liked it right away. ) Then my bro found the two 'lost episodes' from the 1980's series and watched it (fortunately, it was subbed).
then after we watched all of the 1980's series we started watching the 2003 series. Unfortunately we found other Anime that we wanted to watch (Zoids, Pokemon, Yatterman...), so we still haven't seen all of the 2003 episodes.
So yeah, it started with that one cheesy, weird, crazy, Astro Boy movie....
:d evil:
I

WAIT A MINUTE! I thought you were grounded from the computer for a whole month (unless it has already been a month, which I sorta doubt)![/QUOTE]
I was, but I did lots of cleaning to get back on the computer. [/QUOTE]

OHH! I see. For a second, I thought I was in a time warp or something. LOL!

[Faram45]

she only got to be on for 2 hours.
so if she gets on again tomorrow it will only be for 2 hours.

[avatargirl]

Love reading these stories about how people here became fans of ASTRO BOY- they are so darling and sweet