OMG I remember that too... it was amost like a pop quiz to see if you were paying attention... I remember doing that but then not knowing what to do next... that and I also remember at the end of certain episodes there being a teaser for the next week's episode... I know one episode on Anapan's server has a teaser at the end showing The Baby Elephant Pook, and that teaser I remember 100%, I don't recall any other teasers either...
This is nuts... it's amost at the point where I want to write Global TV or CBC and see if they might have something in a deep dark vault in the sub-sub basement hidden behind a furnace... As far as I know, Global TV is *STILL* showing Inspector Gadget, which has been on for what seems like centuries now... but I remember I started watching it about when they started showing it... which is I think when this can. version of Astro ended... I dunno... (they don't even show all the eps of I.G., btw). I think I remember Astroboy being on saturday afternoons along with other cartoons like Teddy Ruxpin, Eewoks, Droids, and I don't recall anything else.... Oh something else I remember, was that I think the regular english version was shown during daylight hours, but I distinctly recall watching that canadian intro (with the narration) and it being dark outside... yes! I remember it being dark outside and watching that can. intro at my grandparent's house... and on a separate occaison I recall watching the end thingamabob with Geronimo, at my family's old house, and it was dark outside too... now it might have been winter at the time so it could have been as early as 5:30, 6pm... but I remember for certain it was dark out for this can. version... And the regular english version which I can recall much better probably due to it being on the air longer, I remember it being on during daylight hours...
Here comes another memory... I think i recall watching the regular series during daylight hours on the tv in my room... which I first got back in 1990 but I'll have to get back to you on that date to be sure, earliest possible would've been 1989... but I cetainly remember the regular intro, watching it on the tv that was in my room, and it still being daylight outside as the sun shines right on your eyes when you tried to watch tv and you had to either close the curtain or move your head out of the beam every 5 minutes or so...
I remember the "usual" english version much better... Elefun/Uran etc... but the memories are returning, alas only after someone else remembers them too..
Sorry for the long post, I'm just rambling, typing things as they pop back into memory... Can anyone else confirm that the can. version of astroboy was shown pretty much afterdark? I'm fairly certain of this...
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When I read that it was an instant flashback. THAT I CERTAINLY DO REMEMBER! It was at the very beginning of the show... in fact I thought it was actually a commercial, not part of the show... but I actually do remember that part... although I haven't seen it that much... Well it looks like I must've seen both series... but.. I only remember the earliest episodes having that intro... I mean, you know that Robot Circus Episode with that scary-looking electrocuting hamster wheel... I remember that intro on that episode... actually, I think it was a 2-parter or something happened where they did this different version intro and then they were standing over the wheel...