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This will be my last review for a while; However, this review completes the reviews for the English-language version's 1st season. Please read them all if you have not yet done so.

Thanks Jeffbert- love the ASTROBOY sERIES- HUGS-

Top-work again. Thanks for the review, Jeffbert!

In the 1980 version note that although Atom’s home resorts to candles to provide light, the door opens automatically as usual, despite the lack of electrical power.

...and after all the many times I watched this episode it passed by on me unnoticed! This definitely would be a severe case for the mistakes-thread.

Once the villain has drained our little hero of his energy, poor Doctor Ochanomizu sadly places him in that very same museum, firmly believing that the villain had won and that Atom was now just a lifeless exhibit.

This pic also has been used for the caption/picture game (see thread's 5th post submitted by Jeffbert).

Thus, in the manga version, the ‘snow’ affects the robots whether they are inside or outside and exposed to the elements. This ‘snow’ or organism has a truly strange characteristic: it can only absorb artificially produced energy, and in fact, is harmed by natural energy. I am no scientist, but do know that the laws of physics preclude any such distinction; for there is a law of conservation of energy. Energy produced by artificial means such as generators still uses naturally produced sources, as there is neither more nor less energy in the universe today than there was at the big bang. E=MC2!

I always considered the 'snow' to be organic since it was able to create colonies, as it has been explained in the 80's version of the episode. Perhaps the snow gets badly affected by great amounts of heat rather than by sheer electricity, which also would explain why the snow retracts from the candle flame Uran's holding at. Eventually, the great heat submitted by the thunderclouds' lightnings destroyed the colony Lupe has been made up of. (Just my 2 cts. for trying to explain the seemingly inexplicable, I wouldn't know whether the same works for X-Rays too)

"Strange Wings" wrote: ...and after all the many times I watched this episode it passed by on me unnoticed! This definitely would be a severe case for the mistakes-thread.

It never occured to me either.

That said, we focused more on the visual mistakes than on the logical/physical mistakes. I believe we had listed of few of those but stopped because it would have been very long.

I'm thinking that maybe a thread where we would discuss the various impossibilities and try to come up with explanations (even non serious ones) could potentially be fun.

The mechanical action could be powered by compressed air; as long as the pressure remains high enough it would work. If there was a simple pressure switch in the floor, there would be no real requirement for electrical power.

One post to go, where shall I put it?

Love the details you go to about the Astroboy episode Jeffbert- hugs and thanks- please be sweet- thanks

"Astro Forever" wrote:I'm thinking that maybe a thread where we would discuss the various impossibilities and try to come up with explanations (even non serious ones) could potentially be fun.

Oh, it really would! I think the stuff we could hold forth about is sheer limitless.

"jeffbert" wrote:The mechanical action could be powered by compressed air; as long as the pressure remains high enough it would work. If there was a simple pressure switch in the floor, there would be no real requirement for electrical power.

...or maybe it's powered by a Tachyon receiver?

One post to go, where shall I put it?

You're one over the top already!

Love the reviews so much- hugs and pray you all the very best

Well, it is 2 weeks since I got my new hip jot, but will surely be at least another 4 weeks before my hip restrictions are lifted. Basically, there are 3 types of motions that are likely to cause dislocation until after the tissues heal to a certain point; & it is a real pain to avoid them. It also is very painful to move the hip more than a few degrees in any direction. & in my case, even the slightest pain causes muscle spasms in the entire leg

BTW, I expect to be home by Fri afternoon (Eastern Standard time).

Best wishes, Jeffbert...and may God grant you a fast recovery.

-Legeremain99