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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:37 am
by Anapan
Anyone ever heard of an Italian cartoon called Astro Robot? I found a picture of him and it seems to be a direct rip-off of Astroboy, red rocket boots and all.

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:45 pm
by Strange Wings
:o No, never heard from. Where did You get that pic? Can You post it here?
We would love to see it :rolleyes: :wahah: !

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:04 pm
by Anapan
I found it on eMule. I've got some episodes downloading now (I'll copy them to the /misc/astro_robot/ directory on the ftp).
Image

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:18 am
by Big Astro Fan
There is also a Mexican cartoon called Jetter Mars. He has almost the same hair, the two points. But he has blue boots and pants.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:07 am
by Loüßëãr74
I think jetter is a tesuka production isnt it??
Maybe these are just variants of astro to suit the audience of the country...I dunno pure speculation here

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:32 am
by Haruka-chan
Pretty sure it is... i Just found Jetter in the Atom GBA game and had him added to my Heart ^^

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:41 am
by Anapan
Jet Mars was produced by a different animation studio, tho Osamu Tezuka did the character designs. I don't think he had much to do with it aside from design work tho.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:53 pm
by Dragonrider1227
That's actually kinda funny.
Astro Robot isnt nearly as cute as Astro Boy though.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:57 pm
by Strange Wings
Originally posted by Anapan@Feb 23 2004, 03:41 PM
Jet Mars was produced by a different animation studio, tho Osamu Tezuka did the character designs. I don't think he had much to do with it aside from design work tho.

This thread here discusses the circumstances of Jetter Mars' creation.
Jetter Mars made his appearance during the 70's.