Little Astro Boy (2014 Animated Series)

[Shiyonasan]

While I can't read the Japanese, I see that the title ends in "Atomu" and doesn't have the "Tetsuwan" in front, so I'm guessing it's literally "Robot Atomu", I think the title is written without ANY Kanji.

That's correct! The Japanese name for Little Astro Boy is "Robot Atom".

Come to think of it, I'm actually surprised that it's being released on a DVD, I thought that most new video releases these days were going BD.

Not sure about Japan, but I do know that American anime companies are still releasing a good bit of their anime onto DVD exclusively. Blu-ray releases are starting to become more common, but they're not commonplace yet.

Also, since this post will start a new page, I'll quote my previous post in this post:

Well, folks, I'm glad to announce that we haven't seen the last of Little Astro Boy.

On November 3, 2015, Little Astro Boy gets it's first home release in Japan via Happinet. Although the DVD is Region 2 and only has Japanese subtitles, it will be bilingual, featuring a Japanese and English audio track. It will also be presented in 16:9 (widescreen). It is available for pre-order on CDJapan; you can get international shipping. The price is 3500 yen, or US$ 28.95:

[url]http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/TZK-101[/url]

There's also information about the release in the following link (it's in Japanese):

[url]http://www.happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/tzk-101[/url]

The staff is listed as follows (correct me if I'm wrong on any of these):

Japanese voices:

Atom: Rie Murakawa
Pikko: Yuka Nakatsukasa
Reggie: Masami Kikuchi
Tuck: Mayumi Yamaguchi
Kinako: Ai Fukada
Ken: Asami Tano
Mitchy: Chuna
Paul: Yuka Terasaki
Ham Egg: Riki Kitazawa
Dr. Flau: Tsuyoshi Aoki
Gora: Daisuke Egawa
Pato's brother (?): Kentaro Tone
Speed Joe: Katsuyuki Konishi

Staff:

Original: Osamu Tezuka
General Director: Makoto Tezuka
Director: Masayoshi Nishida
Series Configuration: Toru Nozaki, Mayumi Morita
Art and Design: Minoru Nishida
Art Director: Masato Shibata
Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
Color Design: Miyoko Kobayashi
Music: Hayata Akashi
Acoustic Director: Yuichi Imaizumi
Planning: Takayuki Matsutani, Yoshihiro Shimizu
Producer: Sumio Udagawa, Shintaro Hashimoto
Production: Tezuka Productions

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[teugene50]

ALRIGHT!!! Totally Awesome!!! HAHAHA!! I knew that they're right all along. I almost feel that i'm with them.

[Shiyonasan]

And now the DVD is listed on Amazon Japan, though for a slightly higher price:

[url]http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00XTQZ6OM?ie=UTF8&camp=1207&creative=8411&creativeASIN=B00XTQZ6OM&linkCode=shr&tag=00-00-11-11-22[/url]

One of the things I'm most happy about with this listing is that we FINALLY get to know what the name of those last two episodes were:

第1話 　アトム、レーサーになる！？（Astro Becomes a Racer）
第2話 　暴走リサイクル（Recycling Gone Wild）
第3話 　アトム、宇宙へ行く（Astro Goes to Space）
第4話 　おそうじ大好き（We Love Cleaning）
第5話 　飛べ！ミッチー（Fly! Mitchy）
第6話 　ハートに火がついた（Heart on Fire）
第7話 　オ、オイラはモーグラーなんだな（I'm Moler,You See?）
第8話 　時間を盗んだ男ＶＳアトムと5人と冒険隊（Astro and The 5 Adventures）

Also, here's a front view of the DVD:

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[teugene50]

And now the DVD is listed on Amazon Japan, though for a slightly higher price:

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00XTQZ6OM?ie=UTF8&camp=1207&creative=8411&creativeASIN=B00XTQZ6OM&linkCode=shr&tag=00-00-11-11-22

One of the things I'm most happy about with this listing is that we FINALLY get to know what the name of those last two episodes were:

第1話 　アトム、レーサーになる！？（Astro Becomes a Racer）
第2話 　暴走リサイクル（Recycling Gone Wild）
第3話 　アトム、宇宙へ行く（Astro Goes to Space）
第4話 　おそうじ大好き（We Love Cleaning）
第5話 　飛べ！ミッチー（Fly! Mitchy）
第6話 　ハートに火がついた（Heart on Fire）
第7話 　オ、オイラはモーグラーなんだな（I'm Moler,You See?）
第8話 　時間を盗んだ男ＶＳアトムと5人と冒険隊（Astro and The 5 Adventures）

Also, here's a front view of the DVD:

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Shiyonasa,this is Brilliant!!!

[Little Brown Fox]

Haha, cute little nerd. I wonder what, if any, dubbing changes would be made to the series... I'd prefer to watch it in Japanese, myself; English children's cartoons (particularly anime dubs, even if in this case it was the original) tend to be a little grating with the voices sometimes. The younger the audience, the more annoying the VA. I have no idea why that is... and this one is truly obnoxious.

I'm concerned about changes being made, though, because that means you can't just transcribe the English script and have it as subs for the Japanese dub. Although I'd imagine it would make a translation easier...

I'm thinking way too much into this, about a series I'll likely never get to see. Anyways, about Atom's VA: is this the one from the 2003 series? I don't know enough about voice actors to know any specifics; I might be able to recognize a voice every once in a while (especially if it happens to be Nobuyuki Hiyama screaming), but that's about it.

[Shiyonasan]

Anyways, about Atom's VA: is this the one from the 2003 series?

Nope, different voice actress. The 2003 series VA was Makoto Tsumura.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2131

[F-Man]

If anyone wants a sample of Astro's seiyuu, I really recommend this cute song.

[teugene50]

So is it going to be november 3?

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

So is it going to be november 3?

On Tezuka Osmau's Birthday!

[teugene50]

[QUOTE=teugene50;233442]So is it going to be november 3?

On Tezuka Osmau's Birthday![/QUOTE]


Ooooh. I'm going to Give Tezuka Osamu a present. some drawings.