New Redone Astroboy

[cotang]

Hi there, I just purchased the box set of the new Astroy boy and I was watching through it and it seems that the eps are mixed up a bit. For example I believe it was the 3 or 4th story in called "Astro vs Atlas" You see Astro heading off to school, which is fined but then later on in eps 6 or 7 you see astro heading to school for the first time and being introduce to his classmate and made some friends which they show you in eps 3 or 4. Then eps 10 his sister just shows up no intorduction on how she became his sister or what not. I was just carious if everyone here who seen it or own it if that make sense or did they boxed up the set incorrectly. :wacko:

[Astro Forever]

Welcome, cotang!

I haven't bought any box set and I watched the series on TV in French, but from what you are saying, it just looks like the order you have is the same that what was shown on TV, and the order of the episodes was problematic indeed. Other people here could probably explain better, but I believe they chose to show some episodes earlier to make it more attractive to US viewers, who they thought would get more interested in following the series if some of the action happened earlier.

[cotang]

yeah i thought so, I checked the online eps and it shows the exact same thing but then only to realize that there is another site that has the correct eps guide.... oh well....

[tic_tac_astro]

Yeah,
I figured that some of the eps were rearranged in the whole episode line-up. :blink:
It looked different when I watched the eps when cybotron posted in the japanese versions of eps 1-5 in the "Astro Boy Video Streams" topic.

[DrFrag]

Sounds like you need the Ministry of Science!

http://astroboy.cjb.cc/episodes2003.php

(I'm so happy I can do that now! :wahah: )

[tic_tac_astro]

[Astro Forever]

Originally posted by DrFrag@Jun 21 2005, 05:33 PM
Sounds like you need the Ministry of Science!

http://astroboy.cjb.cc/episodes2003.php

(I'm so happy I can do that now! :wahah: )

Hahaha! BTW the 2003 series is available in Canada too (in English, not in French).

[Big Astro Fan]

I also noticed that in an earlier episode when Astro and Rino were friends. But in a later episode is when they found Rino pretending to be a robot.

[Atoman]

Originally posted by cotang@Jun 22 2005, 01:42 AM
Hi there, I just purchased the box set of the new Astroy boy and I was watching through it and it seems that the eps are mixed up a bit. For example I believe it was the 3 or 4th story in called "Astro vs Atlas" You see Astro heading off to school, which is fined but then later on in eps 6 or 7 you see astro heading to school for the first time and being introduce to his classmate and made some friends which they show you in eps 3 or 4. Then eps 10 his sister just shows up no intorduction on how she became his sister or what not. I was just carious if everyone here who seen it or own it if that make sense or did they boxed up the set incorrectly. :wacko:

Hi, welcome to the forum. The order of the episodes isn't the only thing wrong with the box set. It's also been edited for comercials and other things, so they could show it on Saturday mornings, evan though this is a dvd. <_< lame. Also they sometimes changed the dialog to where it was a totaly different story from the original Japanese version. Then they changed the music, the original Japanese soundtrack is better. Add insult to injury, it's been cropped instead of the original widescreen. Also the Japanese episode 20 called Eternal Boy, which retells the story of Peter Pan, is skipped so they wont have to pay royalties, cause Disney owns the rights to Peter Pan and is subtituted by a lame flashback episode where Tenma and Shadow watch Astro's antics to see if he's ready for the ultimate fight. <_< again, lame.
It has it's good points too. At least Astro was finally released on dvd in America. And if your tired of reading subs and just want to enjoy the beautiful anime artwork that is Tezuka, then by all means buy this set.

The Korean box sets are the best. They come unedited, in the original Japanese with English subs, the original soundtrack and in widescreen. Unfortunately episode 20 is missing again for the same reasons it was skipped on the American release.

There is a Chinese bootleg availible, 'least I think it's a bootleg, since it was recorded off satelite tv. It's also in the original Japanese with English subs. Only problem with it is it looks washed out compared to the legal copies and it's not widescreen either, and the subs are sometimes not that well translated. But at least it's complete and uncut and includes the forbiden Eternal Boy.

I have all 3 versions. I'll post links to the other versions if you want them.

[DrFrag]

There is a Chinese bootleg availible, 'least I think it's a bootleg, since it was recorded off satelite tv. It's also in the original Japanese with English subs. Only problem with it is it looks washed out compared to the legal copies and it's not widescreen either, and the subs are sometimes not that well translated. But at least it's complete and uncut and includes the forbiden Eternal Boy.

I think that's the version I have. I also have the US and Australian versions. The Korean one would be niiiice. B)

I found this list of legit DVDs today:
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~mwhitley/legitlist.htm
It includes entries for Astroboy 2003, one released by Columbia Tristar Hong Kong with Japanese/Mandarin/Cantonese/Thai audio and English/Chinese/Thai/Japanese subtitles (only episodes 1-12). The real Chinese version.

Hahaha! BTW the 2003 series is available in Canada too (in English, not in French).

Can you give me any information on it? Is it the same as the US DVD boxset or do you have your own version?