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At school, we've been studying "Romeo and Juliet" in my English class. On Monday, I mentioned to my teacher that there was an Astro Boy episode that took a spin on the story, and she actually was interested in playing it in class!

So, we watched it this morning, unfortunately many of the kids were expecting the Canadian dub [I only have the American] we'd all grown up with. Everybody liked Robiette's character design, and Uran didn't flash her underpants any time in the episode. Unfortunately, some people started laughing at stuff in the episode, like Kibalt [Tybalt] exploding, the grey noodley thing Robio and Robiette became when they got smashed together, and how Robio and his brothers were walking in his flashback. Then at the end:

: Does this mean their hearts have become one?
Kid at Back of the Room: [As Elefun] Shut up, Astro!

In the end, my teacher liked how many references to the original story there were [Elefun warning the two men like how Prince Escales warned the two families]. And plus, my friends - a bunch of old fans - got to watch something they hadn't seen in years. That was probably the most fun I've had in english class.

Thanks Fauna, wish i could had seen that

Sounds cool!

It was. And what's best was that nobody made fun of me for bringing in something with Astro Boy on it, in fact, somebody wanted to borrow the DVD!

Then during the intro, there was this:



And everybody else got reeeeeaaaally quiet.

Thanks, wonder why, now i really wish i could had seen that Fauna.

I believe that despite the title and character's names, this was very much influnced by the American musical version, West Side Story. The idea of the street gangs just seems unlike Shakespeare.

"jeffbert" wrote:I believe that despite the title and character's names, this was very much influnced by the American musical version, West Side Story. The idea of the street gangs just seems unlike Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet was about two families, and so was Robio and Robiette.

Fauna: they should have been glad they saw an uncensored version for once... but then maybe only huge fans can appreciate it!

Thanks, always been a fan of Astroboy, never thought of it as anime, just like the concept of a caring friendly robot.

"Fauna" wrote:At school, we've been studying "Romeo and Juliet" in my English class. On Monday, I mentioned to my teacher that there was an Astro Boy episode that took a spin on the story, and she actually was interested in playing it in class!

So, we watched it this morning, unfortunately many of the kids were expecting the Canadian dub [I only have the American] we'd all grown up with. Everybody liked Robiette's character design, and Uran didn't flash her underpants any time in the episode. Unfortunately, some people started laughing at stuff in the episode, like Kibalt [Tybalt] exploding, the grey noodley thing Robio and Robiette became when they got smashed together, and how Robio and his brothers were walking in his flashback. Then at the end:

: Does this mean their hearts have become one?
Kid at Back of the Room: [As Elefun] Shut up, Astro!

In the end, my teacher liked how many references to the original story there were [Elefun warning the two men like how Prince Escales warned the two families]. And plus, my friends - a bunch of old fans - got to watch something they hadn't seen in years. That was probably the most fun I've had in english class.

I watched this after seeing this thread i think your English teacher was awesome to do this

(Quote:and Uran didn't flash her underpants any time in the episode.

Well actually they are shown twice (Just Thought you should know)

PickWielderSteve, this topic is from 4 years ago, why do you bring back discussions that have ended?