Astro boy on the go!

[1magus]

Oh, I didn't mean there was nothing interesting about it. But it's much better when he is a boy first and a robot second, not the other way around, in my opinion.

That I can agree with you always thought it would turn out that way eventually but Season 1 than DEAD!

[1magus]

OK I took the time to Decrypt the 5th disc. A whopping 6.50 GBS! I might start converting to MP4 tonight but I doubt it. I will let you all know if this mission was succesful. With 40 Episodes on one MS Duo Card the PSP took 6 seconds to load up the entire menu of episodes lol.

[CommanderEVE]

Maybe in 20 years. Then again, the 80s series was made when Tezuka was alive, and the 2003 series was made to celebrate Astro's birth date, so there might not be a reason make another one.

true... if there was another astor boy comeing out in 20 or so years it would be so crap... look what they did to the 2003 series yeah it was ok but it wasn't astro boy he was diffirent in the 2003 and the other cartoons from astro boy are diffirent too like Atlas and Pluto

[DrFrag]

Seriously, yes, I understand what you mean. Do you have more details about what people thought was wrong with the design? I have a few anime DVDs, but they are all of the same generation, so I'm out of the loop with today's animes.

I don't have specifics, but I think the visual difference is pretty clear. I have some miscellaneous anime fansubs on my hard drive ... here are character screenshots from the first six I happen to have on file, all in their first episode:

Aishi_teruze Baby (there's not meant to be an underscore in the title, it just wasn't liked by the swear filter)


Battle Fairy Yukikaze


Black Cat


Blood+


Dokuro-chan


Last Exile



So we have a mix of styles, themes, and production quality. Now take a look at Astroboy 2003:


There's minor shadowing on the areas of filled colour, but not much beyond that. They definately tried to improve the designs (creases in Astro's boot ankles, for example), but there's only so far they can go without damaging the tradition. Look at the characters' hair in the other animes. They're all very detailed. Even Dokuro-chan's animation has hair shine. Now look at Dr O'Shay - his design is primitive in comparison.

That said, I think Astro has to remain a boy, otherwise it's just not Astro anymore. But if they want to change his powers, O'Shays' hair or whatever because it's really a problem in today's standards, then I guess I'm okay with that. I don't think the core of Astro's message is outdated. Or, if it is, then I guess I'm really older than I thought.

The message itself is fine, but modern anime is far more heavily serialised. The 80s series was serialised for the first 4 or 5 episodes and the Atlas plotline, the 2003 series was serialised for the final 6 episodes and the occassional recurring character, but other than that there's no full story arc. Imagine how exciting it would be to have a story arc like the Robotonia one stretching for 50 or 100 episodes! I think it would be difficult to do though, because so many of the episodes are "classic" stories (The Transformation Robot, The Time Machine, Blackie Young, The Solar Sphere, etc).

I would love it if Naoki Urasawa's Pluto was made into an anime. He seemed to keep the right mood with fantastically detailed characters.

[Astro Forever]

Thanks a lot, DrFrag! As fas as I'm concerned, I wouldn't have any problem with changing the characters designs, as long as Astro himself is recognizable, even if his powers are different.

The message itself is fine, but modern anime is far more heavily serialised. The 80s series was serialised for the first 4 or 5 episodes and the Atlas plotline, the 2003 series was serialised for the final 6 episodes and the occassional recurring character, but other than that there's no full story arc. Imagine how exciting it would be to have a story arc like the Robotonia one stretching for 50 or 100 episodes! I think it would be difficult to do though, because so many of the episodes are "classic" stories (The Transformation Robot, The Time Machine, Blackie Young, The Solar Sphere, etc).

None of these stories made it in the 2003 series, and I didn't think it was a problem. It would be amazing indeed if we could get a powerful story à la Robotonia over the whole series! I can't say that I thought stories like the Fairy Tale one or the underground city that I forgot the name were exactly exciting or refreshing. They might as well attempt something entirely different IMO.

[1magus]

NOOOOO All of it including The Reamking of was 2.04 GB my stick only does 1959 MBs (: sigh I will have to put the rest on my 256 not what I wanted but it all fits in 2 sticks lol.

[Astro Forever]

But can't you just shrink the screen or quality of a few episodes so they wouldn't take as much room?

[1magus]

But can't you just shrink the screen or quality of a few episodes so they wouldn't take as much room?

Yeah I might have to if I just do episodes 1-50 without the making of it is 1980 MB I need 21 more so I will have to for 2 episodes maybe.

[DrFrag]

Maybe you could remove the end credits on some of the episodes.

[1magus]

I could if I had a free program to do that with which I don't know any?