It had been years since I saw the 80's Astro Boy. Old shonen seemed to be 90% emotional storytelling and 10% badass fights.
>feels episode
>feels episode
>kino as fuck robot battle
>feels episode
>robot battle that ends in manly tears
>feels episode
>alien invasion
>feels episode
>feels episode
>badass robot battle tournament arc
So much robot suffering in this world. It is as great as I remembered.
I cant believe they turned Atom into gayshit
-honks nose-
>you will never hold your robot girlfriend's hand as she is dissected and has her robot brain destroyed because a terrorist put a bomb inside her
Screw that Ill pretend the ending to the GBA game is canon instead.
what went so fucking wrong with shonen?
At least her better half is intact.
Tezuka was a master, you cant just mass produce his work.
>I cant believe they turned Atom into gayshit
They were always bros, and they always had different perspectives on the future of robots.
The New anime should explain how Dr. Tenma hooked up with his wife Hoshie (astro boys "mother")
They were never friends they just worked together for a little while.
This new anime is nothing but fanfiction
Animation for the 80's version is impressive as shit, they really did a terrific job.
What should I watch first, the original black and white version or the color remake?
Start with Atom > Movies > color version > black and white
>Atom
Tetsuwan Atom from 2003, right?
Nope.
Atom 2017
>This new anime is nothing but fanfiction
Osamu Tezuka died over 25 years ago, so anything building on his universe is hard to define.
This is like post-Roddenberry Star Trek. He died but his fictional universe and characters lived on in both sequels and prequels.
Tezuka was flexible with the use of his characters and admitted the animated remakes were better than his original manga (his original Dr. Tenma was a horrible man and he liked the 1980 version best).
1980 version is my favorite. It was a reboot of the franchise endorsed by the original author. Watch it for the awesome 80s anime shading, if for no other reason.
I've only watched 2003 version. Is the old one better?
My favorite robot in the 1980 series was Gerhardt the robot police detective. His fight with the "robot serial killer" was fun.
Reminds me of Nick Valentine from fallout 4.
>digs through the ground like people swim in water
I love this gag so much.
The bugs bunny attack. Good way to get underneath a force field.
>Splits him in half by pulling his horns appart
Wha?
Maybe the electricity made him magnetic and he couldn't let go?
It was silly, but up to that point every other robot who touched those horns was obliterated instantly. They wanted to give kids watching the false hope that the goodguy would win at last.
Gerhardt suddenly being torn in half was their hopes and dreams being dashed.
That must have been the version I watched as a kid
Swimming through dirt is an old astroboy tradition.
The 1980 version's quality was high at times and low at times, but you could really tell when the animators gave a fuck for a particular sequence.
Bakabt is offline down right now, any link to torrents of the 1980 version which aren't the reencode version from nyaa?
How was the 2003 Astro Boy series?
Fuck off retard.
>That dog episode
>the GBA game
>dat fight
This is kinda awesome.
What GBA game?
Astro Boy: in the time it took you to post that, you could have simply googled "astro boy gba", it's a great game.
The goddamn Treasure one!
>it's a great game
After beating it on hard mode, I swore to never challenge it ever again.
Well, it is Tezuka's. Like Black Jack, "Feels, The Manga"
I think thats just how it was back then. Manga authors and the audience were more interested in why they were fighting, the badguys inner conflict and tragic past, etc. Side stories were more often tragic than fun.
The hero failing to save someone was also a big thing back then. What we call "forced drama" these days was just standard shonen plot progression.
>Side stories were more often tragic than fun
>The hero failing to save someone was also a big thing back then
Anyone?
No idea. Old stuff I just take what I can get from whatever source.
>that dog chapter in Pluto
Why is it always the dog chapters, man
>little sister scolds the dog for making a mess
>dog is sad and girl feels bad for being too harsh
>classic dog deathflag
>later that night robot football players beat the family dog the brink of death
>"he won't survive the night"
>We will get a new dog. A better dog. a robot dog!
>robot dog is indeed the perferct dog. Loyal, obeys orders and will fight to protect family
>Football player robots return and robot doggo tries to fight them
>the robot dog is bullied for a while and then crushed flat
>Original dog is breathing it's dying breath
>even future medicine cannot save it
>dog heartbeat flatlines
>Suddenly the arch-nemesis of the show arrives at the animal hospital on his robot horse
>hands over miracle drug to revive dog
>his debt to the hero is repaid (his honor demanded it)
Despite that over half the episode was still slapstick comedy. Like warner brothers bugsbunny antics.
If you didn't know, that show has the same director as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Macross, and Space Battleship Yamato.
Noburo Ishiguro is fucking great at sci-fi.
Nosegrab was cute
I am hoping this new show will deliver what robotics note failed at.
Which was what?
80s and 2003 are the good ones, very different in tone.
Yo is this what inspired that part of Pluto?
So Should I watch this prequal first and then the 1980 remake? Or is their a better order
Pluto is based on that arc as a whole
>Which was what?
Not be a clusterfuck like chaos:head.
Prequel first.