Hulu is dropping Astro Boy 1980's anime end of this year (2010)

[cybotron]

You'll have to pay them for it from now on....
But did you notice that "Thin Air" or "Denkou" has been suppressed? It's missing from the list of episodes!!!
I wonder why?

[Xenops]

They should stream the subtitled Japanese dub as well. I appreciate efforts to stream anime for free, but only offering the English dub makes the series look bad.

Depends on the dub. Some obviously are horrible, but some are manageable (like Ergo Proxy, or I heard Cowboy Bebop was good in English). Is the full 1980's series available in the U.S. with original Japanese dub?

Probably Hulu figures that the audience is marginal, but that does make less sense to charge for the anime then.

[Dr. Jerk]

I think they're probably just assuming that "nobody will want to watch an outdated show that most people would deem kid'ish". And that is very true in many ways.

Wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. They cannot keep a series on forever, especially if said series gets fewer and fewer viewers. That is probably what has been happening.

[Astro Boy2866]

That is actually exactly what is happening and it's kinda sad that people are watching it less and less.