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cut scenes from the 1980s astro boy?
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:37 am
by gamera
I was wondering if anyone knows what scenes and from what episodes are cut out of the North American Astro boy 1980 box set by Manga video, a very decent boxset I must add! Thanks!
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:07 pm
by GreenDarthVader
Well, there are 51 episodes (52 in japan) so just compare to the episode list on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy_%281980_TV_series%29
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:32 am
by Astro Forever
"gamera" wrote:I was wondering if anyone knows what scenes and from what episodes are cut out of the North American Astro boy 1980 box set by Manga video, a very decent boxset I must add! Thanks!
Mostly the scenes from Japanese episodes 1 and 2 involving a young Atlas, which have been merged into a single episode.
I recall perhaps 3 deleted scenes which were on the Australian Madman's boxset and not on Manga Entertainment's (but I can't recall exactly how many nor which ones anymore), and I know of a small one which wasn't on either.
Overall, it would have been the closest possible boxset to the original series if it hadn't been for the cuts in the first two episodes. :d oh:
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:21 am
by Toshio
Even the DVD box set was butchered? That's lame...
Come to think about, we were paying for junk DVDs who are not worth of our money.
I really wish the brasilian TVs to no longer get american adapted works for their translation.
We even get junk in the DVDs, sigh...
There is a example of DVD which is worthy buying:
Dengeki Sentai Changeman which come with both dub and japanese with subtitles.
Back them, our series were not butchered like the animes which were adapted for USA.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:45 am
by Shiyonasan
To be precise, the first and second episodes were basically cut in certain parts and combined into one episode for the American release. If I remember correctly, it was mainly scenes involving Atlas that were cut.
It's too bad since, like Astro Forever said, it's the closest a North American box set has gotten to being like the Japanese version.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:46 am
by Toshio
I read the scene which Uran sings with herself was cut-off from episode 30, that's too lame.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:15 am
by gamera
They have all the uncut versions up on the tezuka anime you tube ch
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:29 am
by Toshio
"gamera" wrote:They have all the uncut versions up on the tezuka anime you tube ch
Which means the DVDs are pure junk.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:52 am
by Astro Forever
"Toshio" wrote:I read the scene which Uran sings with herself was cut-off from episode 30, that's too lame.
It was back in both DVD boxset. I don't remember if it was right in the episode on Manga Entertainment's boxset, but it was in the extras DVD of Madman's.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:07 pm
by jayrath
Several scenes were cut even before we dubbed them. If I recall correctly, they mostly had to do with violence, but there was also a live-action scene with Tezuka. I think it was the episode where Astro gets a girl robot's legs. This is 30 years ago, so I could easily be mistaken. I need to collate my scripts with the DVDs.