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By special request, though I should have posted this anyway, here is episode #55 Rejuvenating Gas. Offhand, I cannot recall how the manga went, though I believe its minor details are VERY different.





So, we have an asteroid crash, & the plants nearest to it seem to be sprouting out of season.










An uninvited guest appears




undeterred by being tossed out, Mephisto (so named in the GADEM story), has spy cameras installed.


He has knocked out the robot guards, and accompanied by this vacuum canister robot, goes to swipe the gas.




"With this, I will be rich!"


change scenes to earth's orbit.


focus on this one; a Kingdom (or 'Queendom') in orbit.


This is Queen Yolanda's 1st appearance; compare it to


this Queen's first appearance!

Compare the Queens:
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"I can restore your youth"


"Tell me about it"

Back on earth, we meet a robot that resembles somebody we all know:







Though this is set in the future (from the perspective of 1964), the Queen has a tiny TV with a CRT rather than a Plasma or LCD screen.






"Name your price; money is no object!"


Note the insignia.






Compare this to a similar scene in TREASURES OF THE INCA EMPIRE, in which Lamp rolls in riches.


The little princess, Corine innocently gazing out into space


sees a poor little robot adrift, & has compassion on him. Atom had pursued Mephisto's rocket, but then run out of fuel.


But mama wants nothing to do with him.

Before I forget, compare princesses:




Just look at her majestic posture!



Sorry, but I must skip the details of Corine-san's rescuing Atom:

How undignified for a princess, lying on the floor!


"This is just tear gas!" Yes, folks, Mephisto is not only a thief, but also an all-out crook, as he had switched the gas.


I think they were about to shoot him, but he talked his way out of it.


So it appears that the Queen will just nuke the earth instead.




Oops, one missile hit the satalite, & Corine is trapped under a column.


Atom has just freed her. Note the difference between this & Snow White: Here, the queen, though obviously modeled on THAT Queen, loves the princess!


Meanwhile, in the treasure room, Mephisto blunders by bumping the gas release button.




What a price to pay for hair restoration.

Thanks again, Jeffbert for posting another of the 89. Also for pointing out the interesting homages to Disney in Tezuka's work.
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You mean the bald guy with the eye patch was a villain? WHAT A SHOCK!!! XD

"I see what you did there..."

Princess: Truth or Dare?
Astro: Um... truth
Princess: Are you... anatomically correct?
Astro: O_O;

thank you Jeffbert

ASTROBUDDY: You are welcome, my friend. Can you read anything about this in your 1963 book; specifically, about the guest stars?

"Dragonrider1227" wrote:
You mean the bald guy with the eye patch was a villain? WHAT A SHOCK!!! XD

Yes, but in both Number Seven* & the very next episode, he is the Captain of the Space Patrol.


Sorry for using the archive page, but I do not have the current Tezuka site among my open tabs right now; though I know I made links to this story in all three versions earlier this week.