Adult Swim Astro Boy page

[cybotron]

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/astroboy/indexpage.html#video
Astroboy Videos and Astro Boy page at Adult Swim





http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Astro+Boy/Astro+Girl
Astro Girl page

[jeffbert]

Breif, scant detail, but it is there.

[Wingoftheangel]

Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

[cybotron]

Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

yes....

[AstroBoyGF]

Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

there are 3 differnt astroboy shows....

1960's astroboy B+W

1980's- astroboy color ( the japaness name is shin tetswan atomu)

2003- astroboy color (the japaness name for this one is shin shin tetswan atomu "shin shin" means shiny! )

[Dragonrider1227]

Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

That purely depends on your opinion. I personally prefer the new series but there are some here that would disagree with me

[AstroBoyGF]

[QUOTE=Wingoftheangel;87939]Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

That purely depends on your opinion. I personally prefer the new series but there are some here that would disagree with me[/QUOTE]

i love them all!^^

[jeffbert]

Is the B+W version better than the color-vers. of astro boy?

I have seen all 3 versions & read the manga. The manga was filled with physical humor, and the B&W (1960s) version was most faithful to that type of humor. I liken this physical humor to the type that was featured in the very old Looney Toons, MGM, & Disney B&W cartoons that were shown in theaters. Often the humor had absolutely nothing to do with the stories, and was more or less a filler for cartoons whose stories were just too short.

But, anyway, this humor was Tezuka's very style; and as he was more involved with the B&W than with the 1080s series, it shows. In fact, he had very little involvement with the 1980s, & because he died in 1989, no involvement with anything after that date; hence, the 2003 version had almost no humor.

However, each series does have its own merits.

[Dragonrider1227]

That is ONE issue with the new series. I do think it tried too hard to take itself too seriously

[jeffbert]

Agreed. Take Metropolis, for instance. I have not read the manga for a while, but being familiar with Mitchy, I know it contained a good bit of humor; however, Rin Taro's anime version was VERY DARK despite being based upon the manga. I think this film influenced the 2003 'Asutroboi' series as much as the previous versions of the stories it featured.