Fill her up with premium!

[Big Astro Fan]

The last clip is from the 60' series. The one where he is filling the little robot is from the first episode were Astro is sold to the circus.

[jeffbert]

Fill 'er up, with premium
How do Astroboy and his little sister take in fuel? This is one of the cutest things I have seen in the B&W series, the Manga, and now, in figurines. I will supply some pics from the B&W and figurine catalogue:

Here, the siblings are just about to leave for school in the morning, as seen in Astroboy goes to school:




While it appears they are taking it in the tail, I think the connectors are above the buns. Note how Uran's skirt is below the refueling hose.

30th Anniversary tape 03, Astroboy goes to school.


Here is Astroboy helping himself to some energy:


TRSI: Astroboy Tape 07




Here, Atom is sharing with this happy guy:


TRSI: Astroboy tape 03

Here he is receiving energy via some other character's telrkenitic power:


TRSI: Astroboy tape 09


Here is from figurine catalogue as seen on eBay:



So, we can see that the new series appears to be be going for the cute touch. I wonder if this will survive the editors when it goes to America? Perhaps this is not even in the new series, but only in the figurines.
As I mentioned in my discussion on the hips or butt, who but a little kid would be so humble as to have a weapon in his bottom, but that is not all he has there.

Here is Atom sharing his energy with a very young robot:


TRSI: Astroboy Tape 01: The Birth of Astroboy

Older robots do not take it in such an undignified manner, but because that was not cute, it did not appear on "The Birth of Astroboy". I have seen them though, but do not feel like hunting them down right now. There was one in which somehow Astroboy was caught in a civil rights struggle between robots an humans, and the robots were starved of energy. He gave away so much of his own energy, he could not even fly just when it became necessary.

I also saw some of these undignified scenes in the manga, but do not wish to kindle Darkhorse Comics' wrath. Manga #3, page 16, and #4, page 147 have the frames in question. I am still awaiting #5-7, so, I do not know to what other types of indignity the siblings are subjected. I saw one that I thought was mama oiling Atom's machine guns, but do not remember where I saw it. I think this was on the web, but I know it was from the manga.

I checked with Shawne Kleckner of TRSI, and he had no problem with my uploading a few images.


I believe these are only available in the NTSC format, and that you Aussies need Pal. So, beware when ordering. I reccomend buying a 6 pack from eBay. Just make sure gleckner is the seller. you can pick up the 6 tapes for $30-40.

Hand Maid May takes her recharges in her USB port, located around the same area as Atom's fuel port. Chi's on/off/reset button is also located in the same place.

[CommanderEVE]

nasty!! thats so wrong

[jeffbert]

nasty!! thats so wrong

Specify what is so wrong.

[DrFrag]

It looks like an enema. :d oh:

[jeffbert]

As bad as it seems, it was not cut from the DVD.

[CommanderEVE]

oh my god... wasn't it... i wonder what the people thing of that