Astro and his cameos

[Dragonrider1227]

[QUOTE=Dragonrider1227;87759]I believe I read somewhere that Tezuka WAS pretty inspired by Mickey Mouse when designing Astro Boy

well i heard he was inspired by bambi...[/QUOTE]

I think Bambi helped him inspire Kimba.

[Ataru Moroboshi]

Shin Chan takes on Astro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL7xWNMrqE

[jeffbert]

Here is a funny parody of Astro Boy in the episode "Hero Boy" from the cartoon show Freakazoid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK86k7dkCo

Full episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlnh1QKcAI

I couldn't help but laugh at the weird afro and his baby behavior. Some may find it insulting. What do you think?

I vaguely remember that episode, I saw it before I had any memory of Astroboy, so it really did not resonate.

[Wolf]

The Simpsons is portraying popular Japanese characters in this couch gag with Bart as Astro Boy. I post this before but I'll post it again incase some have miss it. Its in better video quality than before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vuzfdmsDo

[jeffbert]

I posted a screen shot of that the day after it first aired. I wonder if anyone has made a webpage that covers all the couch gags? Hmm, maybe I will check this.

http://tapespace.com/view/Every_Simpsons_Couch_Gag has a video of what it claims is every couch gag, all rolled into one ; look at the 2:48 part.

[Dragonrider1227]

Well, I think this is more of a parody than a cameo but I found this worth showing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK86k7dkCo
They appear to have the full episode here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlnh1QKcAI

[AstroBoyGF]

okay i'm officaly creeped out....

[jeffbert]

I finally watched that clip & while, as I said, it did little for me then, it made me laugh now!

[Dragonrider1227]

LOL I MUST SUCCEED!!

[AstroBoyGF]

LOL I MUST SUCCEED!!

the blue man creeped me out...