Yes I'm learning some Japanese.
I bought a Japanese textbook that comes with an audio cd and I'm gradually learning new words and sentence structure. Just today I was listening to the Japanese language version of Astro Boy and I actually understood some more words like Ju man means 100,000. I know what there're reffering to. Also they sing tomodachi, which means friend or friends. Well Astro is our friend isn't he.Anyway on to the topic:
Warning Spoiler for those who don't want to know this episode.
How many of you have seen the movie Dark City? It's a great movie, but it was originally an Astro Boy plot. It was episode 35 in both English and Japanese. In English it was called Planet X, but it's not availible on dvd or tape yet. In Japan it's called The Human Farm and it's availible on the dvd box set 2. I have it and watched it recently.
It's one of my favorite episodes. Here's a summery:
Four people(a boy, a lady, and two men)in what appears to be Metro City recieve letters telling them to meet in a park at night. They all meet there and then Astro appears and tells them that all is not what it seems. He explains they've been kidnaped by alliens and brought to there planet which is disguised to look like Earth. He offers to take them in a ride in his spaceship to show them what he means. They reluctantly agree.
While there're flying above the city he tells them to look out the window and see that they are not on Earth, but another planet. They look, but at first all they see is Metro City. They begin to get angry with Astro and tell him off. Astro sternly tells them to just keep looking. They do and soon they see what he's talking about.
Once outside the city the landscape changes radically. Now they see a bearin desert planet with tall valcanoes with rocket mines ready to launch if someone tries to escape. Now Astro explains some more and they realize the horror they've just left. They were kidnapped from Earth to be used as livestock for the alliens food. They begin to panic in terror. Astro tells them that it's okay now and he'll take them back to Earth.
But just then the rocket mines launch to stop them. When they explode they form a sticky web like a force field. At first Astro is able to break free but the mines are too many and evetually trap the ship. So Astro ventures outside the ship and lasers the gooey mess and frees the ship. Then the allien spaceships pursue them, but Astro defeats them too.
YAY!Astro takes them back to Earth and straight to a hospital. There're ok, except the boy starts to cry, "Where's my mom and dad?" Astro smiles and reassures him that he'll find them. Then Astro leads a group of rescue ships to save everyone else from Planet X.
:wahah: Ohh my God! What a selfless hero Astro is. He risked his life all by himself to rescue total strangers. Man I love this little angel, and this episode is one of the most bizzare and unexpected ones I've seen. It really made me feel good.
I liked it better than Dark City.Saionara!(Good bye!
