All 2014 Astro screenshots

[Shiyonasan]

This looks far more entertaining than I thought. I've always wanted to see Hamegg get kicked in the head by a seal.

Actually, he gets slapped a few times by the fin of the seal in very Looney Tunes-esque fashion.

I find Little Astro Boy to be a very entertaining series, despite the target audience for the show. The slapstick humor is pretty funny, the characters are all unique and interesting, and the animation is great. I really like the art style too. The only downside of the show, in my opinion, is some of the English voice acting; while some of the English voice actors are pretty good, some of them are downright awful.

It's kind of sad that the series never got much recognition, but at least the Japanese DVD of it is available now. For a while, none of us were really sure that Little Astro Boy was even going to shown outside of Nigeria at all.

EDIT: After listening to it some more, I think Astro is actually saying "pipo", which would sound like a robotic onomatopoeia. I'll indicate this when posting Episode 2.

[teugene50]

Anymore of this screenshot. i'll be much happier to see it.

[CommanderEVE]

He is really cute in this series. I am glad to see that Nigeria gets to see Astro, it seems the country as some very good animators, which is nice. I also know that Nigeria has it's own version of Hollywood, called Nollywood, like Bollywood in India.

[Shiyonasan]

Episode 2
Recycling Gone Wild


This episode's rap is quite a bit shorter than Episode 1's. The sequence with the characters dancing in front of the blue background cuts off in the middle of when Ken and Astro are doing their roundhouse kick.

This episode's rap goes as follows:

Astro:
"Everyone's friends here at Robo Town!"

Ken and Astro:
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Astro:
"Grownups, children, Professor, and even me! Three in the afternoon, it's time for tea!"

Ken:
"There's that sofa, some cups, some sugar, and some milk!"

Ken and Astro:
"Three in the afternoon, it's time for tea!"

Ken:
"Some cups, some milk, some sugar and cookies! Three in the afternoon, it's time for tea!"

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^ The house of a certain professor...

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^ It's at this point that the rap cuts off.

^ Reggie: ♫ "Tea is being fed!" ♫

^ Pikko: "The table is nice and shiny!"

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^ Dr. O'Shay's first Little Astro Boy 2014 appearance!

^ Dr. O'Shay: "Well, thank you so much!"

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^ Reggie: "Professor, can't we do something about that?"

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^ Pikko: "I agree!"

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^ Pikko: "He goes munch munch munch munch munch munch mun...!"

^ Reggie: "That's annoying, Pikko..."

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^ Pikko: "Good-for-nothing's like you would be doing the world a favor by getting yourselves recycled!"

Pretty harsh statement by Pikko. She's not the first not one to harshly criticize Tac in this episode either.

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^ Tac: "Who're you talking about?"

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^ Reggie and Pikko: "WHO ELSE COULD IT BE?!?!"

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "Calm down. Tac has his good points as well..."

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^ Dr. O'Shay takes a drink of his tea here.

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "HOT!"

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^ Tac: "You're right, professor!"

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[Shiyonasan]

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^ Pikko: "COME ON, YOU PIECE OF JUNK!!"

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^ Pikko: "GO OFF TO THE DEPTHS OF SPACE WOULD YOU!!"

Funny that Pikko mentions this, because that's actually partly the premise of Episode 3.

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^ Reggie: "That was a bit harsh..."

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^ Part of Tac's transformation animation from last episode is shown here.

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^ Tac: "My snacks are ruined!"

Turns out Tac was only crying because his meal was ruined, not because of Pikko yelling at him.

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^ Reggie: "It was the snacks..."

^ Pikko: "His passion toward it is scary..."

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^ Astro: "Good afternoon!"

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^ Another running gag in this series: Astro busting through doors to make an entrance.

^ Reggie: "Another one?"

^ Pikko: "That one's a problem too..."

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "Astro, can't you enter without tearing down the door?"

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^ Astro: "Then from next time...

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^ Astro: ...I'll enter from there."

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "No, that's not the point..."

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^ Pikko: "Professor, Astro is the most advanced robot in history, right? Isn't he capable of learning?"

[Shiyonasan]

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^ Reggie: "Perhaps something's causing a short circuit..."

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^ Astro: "Pipo? Pipo?"

(Again, this is Astro's "catchphrase" in this series.)

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "That's not it! The truth is, Astro..."

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^ Dr. O'Shay: *chuckles*

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^ Dr. O'Shay: *sighs*

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "I'll have to have these recycled, Astro."

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^ Astro: "Recycled?"

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^ A zoom-in sequence happens here where the camera zooms into Astro's right eye (from his point of view), then into his computer brain.

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^ Reggie: "He seems to have started searching."

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^ Astro: "Professor!"

Everybody say it with me:

D'aww...

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^ Astro: "What is recycle?"

Another use of the upbeat-music-slowing-down gag.

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^ First use of the transition sequence in this episode. You'll see why later...

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^ We now head to Robo Town's recycling plant.

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[Shiyonasan]

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^ Looks like Pikko is part of a species.

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^ Pikko: "Those are pretty. They'd suit me perfectly!"

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^ Tac: "With so much, I couldn't possibly eat them all!"

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^ Pikko: "You mustn't eat them!"

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^ Reggie: "Way to go!"

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^ Reggie: "State of the art!"

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^ Reggie: "Wonderful!"

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^ Astro: "Awesome!"

^ Dr. O'Shay: "Recycling is...where you bring new life to something you no longer use!"

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^ Astro: "Bring...new life?"

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^ Astro: "I'm gonna go and become new!"

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "Wait! The only things you can recycle are things that have become useless or trash!"

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^ Astro: "Really?"

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^ Astro speeds off here.

^ Dr. O'Shay: "Astro!"

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^ Astro: "Recycle!"

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^ Astro: ♫ "Recycle...recycle.." ♫

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^ Tac: "Astro! What are you doing?!"

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^ Astro: "Because you're useless and a piece of trash!"

Yep, that's what Astro really says. Just repeating what Dr. O'Shay said. Still, that's not cool, Astro. Not cool at all...

Also, the writing suffered a bit here it seems. Astro's response is a bit grammatically awkward.

[Shiyonasan]

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^ Tac: "HEY! What's the big deal?!"

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^ RE-79, or "Recycle Boy" as Astro calls him.

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^ Astro: "I'm Astro! Who're you?"

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^ Recycle Robot: "I am a recycle robot."

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^ Astro: "Recycle Boy?"

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^ Recycle Robot: "My duties are to make things that are of use to everybody."

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^ Astro: "Use to everybody?"

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^ Gotta love the dog-like head tilt here.

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^ Recycle Robot: "All robots are supposedly born to be of some use in some way."

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^ Recycle Robot: "Astro, there must be a very important reason why you were born too."

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[Shiyonasan]

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^ Tac: "Snacks are important too!"

Kids say the darndest things, whether human or robot.

Also, another comedic-music-slowing-down gag is used here.

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^ Astro: "Are snacks important too?"

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^ Pikko: "What are you saying?!"

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^ Astro: "Professor! Recycle Boy is really something!"

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "Yeah! RE-79 is a very talented after all!"

Another example of sloppy writing in the English version. Should've said "RE-79 is very talented after all!"

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^ Tac: "Ta-le?"

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^ Tac: "Le...lemon..."

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^ Tac: "I want some lemon tarts!"

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^ Pikko: "What in the worlds goes through your mind?!"

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^ It looks like Reggie is yelling at Pikko here, but he's actually yelling at Tac.

^ Reggie: "Really? You only think about eating!"

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^ Tac: "Because..."

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "Then, shall we take a break?"

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^ Tac: "Yeah! Snacks!"

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^ Pikko: "Would you shut up...please?!"

^ Astro: (Talking to the recycle robot) "Goodbye! See ya again!"

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^ Hamegg: "I followed...Astro's group and ended up here!"

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^ Hamegg: "It stinks!"

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^ Dr. Flau: "But that recycling robot was really sooomething!"

[Shiyonasan]

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^ Dr. Flau: "It can turn garbage into anything, right?"

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^ Hamegg: "Is that true?"

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^ Hamegg: "So, in other words.."

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^ Hamegg: "Food!"

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^ Hamegg: "Money!"

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^ Hamegg: "And even that Astro!"

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^ Hamegg: "It can even make those, right?"

^ Dr. Flau: "I guess..."

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^ Hamegg: "Hamuh hamuh hamuh ham..."

(Hamegg's signature laugh in this series.)

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^ Hamegg: "Then it is clear what we have to do! Let's go!"

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^ Hamegg: "DON'T ANSWER WITH A SNORE!"

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^ Reggie: "Beautiful! Wonderful!"

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^ Astro: "I would love to be useful to everybody!"

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^ Dr. O'Shay: "It's possible if you try hard enough!"

^ Astro: "Really?"

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^ Pikko: "STOP IT!"

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^ Hairbrushes on handbags?!

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^ Boots on chairs?! Chocolate cars?!

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^ Silverware built into pots?! Gloves on umbrellas?! Something's not right here!

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