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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:07 am
by Latu
this morning i woke up real early and turned on the t.v...................
adult swim was still on and was showing gigantor........i heard about it from the comercials and had no idea that it was such an older anime.......it reminded me much of astroboy
it was an awesome show
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:26 am
by Breakman
It's been running for months now... Enjoy it while it lasts. It's going to be dropped off the Adult Swim lineup in March or April...
I record it whenever I feel like staying up that late at night (it comes on at 2:00am my time).
Billy Watt (the voice actress for Astro Boy in the 60s version) did the voice for Jimmy Sparks. There are other memorable voices who voiced in this cartoon too.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:40 am
by O2Destroyer
There is a box set of it--think it is worth getting?
I don't remember who put it out, don't really want to invest in another Rhino set.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:26 am
by Breakman
Originally posted by O2Destroyer@Jan 12 2006, 02:40 PM
There is a box set of it--think it is worth getting?
I don't remember who put it out, don't really want to invest in another Rhino set.
I'm not sure... All I see when go to DVD stores are the Tetsujin 28 (2004 version) ones. Those, I really don't recommend. Just like the 2003 Astro Boy series, the comedy (and also the pep) was sucked out of the new remake.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:29 pm
by O2Destroyer
These are the sets, and they are indeed Rhino...
The covers look exactly like Tezuka's designs, was he involved in this series?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:43 am
by Breakman
Originally posted by O2Destroyer@Jan 13 2006, 10:29 PM
These are the sets, and they are indeed Rhino...
The covers look exactly like Tezuka's designs, was he involved in this series?
Naa... I haven't bought those yet so I can't comment on them...
To my knowledge of, no, Tezuka didn't have any part in this cartoon. But back in that day, it seemed like most Japanese animators and cartoonists worked in his company at one time or another. So, the character designs look familiar probably because Mitsuteru Yokoyama had to practice drawing Tezuka characters. (A good example is Ishinomori Shoutarou who did that such thing when he worked for Tezuka.)
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:19 pm
by Latu
here gigantor comes on like at 5 am
i can record it still but I've been kinda busy
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:27 pm
by Dragonrider1227
ALRIGHT! FIGHT OF THE CENTURY! ASTRO-BOY VS GIGANTOR! PLACE YOUR BETS NOW!
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