ASTRO BOY REACHES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

[ASTROBUDDY]

Sept. 7 has come and gone. Sept. 7 is the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of "Astro Boy" in the U.S. The first broadcast of "TetsuWan Atomu" outside of Japan. Happy Anniversary, Astro Boy!



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[SuwaHana]

Happy Anniversary, Atom!

[jeffbert]

I must have seen reference to that date in F. Schodt's book, though I have no memory of it. Thanks, Astrobuddy!

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

OMG my age is showing cause I remember watching it first run on Ch 5 in Nyc.

[ASTROBUDDY]

I must have seen reference to that date in F. Schodt's book, though I have no memory of it. Thanks, Astrobuddy!

Actually it's from Ladd and several other sources. "Astro Boy" first aired in NYC TV syndication on channel 5, a local VHF station (at the time with the call letters, WNEW), on Saturday, Sept. 7, 1963 at 7:00 pm EST.

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[Juanita]

Happy anniversary!

OMG my age is showing cause I remember watching it first run on Ch 5 in Nyc.

Like fine wine you get better as you age.

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Happy anniversary!

OMG my age is showing cause I remember watching it first run on Ch 5 in Nyc.

Like fine wine you get better as you age.

[ASTROBUDDY]

OMG my age is showing cause I remember watching it first run on Ch 5 in Nyc.

I too, watched "Astro Boy" in its first run back in 1963-64.
AprilSeven is another one who caught "Astro Boy" in his first run, so happy anniversary to us!


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[Tetsuwan Penguin]

[QUOTE=Tetsuwan Penguin;214376]OMG my age is showing cause I remember watching it first run on Ch 5 in Nyc.

I too, watched "Astro Boy" in its first run back in 1963-64.
AprilSeven is another one who caught "Astro Boy" in his first run, so happy anniversary to us!
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I think we can include Jeffbert in that group too, maybe....

Actually I somehow missed the very first episode. WNEW never re-ran it either AFAIK, though they did re-run most of the other episodes. The very first one I saw was #2, "Colosso". I didn't see the first episode until maybe 45 years later on Youtube.


The perspective on that box cover stinks. Astro and Uran look like giants!

[AprilSeven]

Yes, I saw it from the start too . . . after that, I couldn't take Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera or the others to heart. Only Astro!!