Universal Pictures To Produce Pluto Live-Action Film

[jeffbert]

I bet there had to be some sort of reason, I just don't know what it is.

The 1st 12 or so episodes in the English version were action-oriented:

JS JT --------------------------- ES ET
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 power rise-------------------- 1 Power Up
2 robot ball--------------------- 2 Rocket Ball
6 Atlas’ Birth-------------------- 3 Atlas
7 atom vs atlas----------------- 4 Astro Vs. Atlas(1)
3 atom goes to outer space----- 5 Destination Demios
4 electric light------------------ 6 Into Thin Air
5 Rescue the robot farm!------- 7 Rainbow Canyon
8 Robot Express---------------- 8 Neon Express
9 [Huranken]------------------- 9 Franken
10 Venus robot invasion!-------- 10 Venus Robots, The
12 resurrected jumbo----------- 11 Reviving Jumbo
16 Robot hunter of darkness ---- 12 Robot Hunters
17 World's Strongest Robot----- 13 The Rise of Pluto
18 Pluto Never Dies------------ 14 The Fall of Acheron
21 Monster of lake------------- 15 Dragon Lake
23 the memory which is lost---- 16 Lost in Outland

Here is the original sequence:

1 power rise 1 Power Up
2 robot ball 2 Rocket Ball
3 it goes to atom outer space 5 Destination Demios
4 electric light 6 Into Thin Air
5 Rescue the robot farm!

Electro? 7 Rainbow Canyon
6 Atlas’ Birth 3 Atlas(1)

7 atom vs atlas 4 Astro Vs. Atlas(1)

8 Robot Express 8 Neon Express (2)

9 フランケン [Huranken] 9 Franken(5)

10 Venus robot invasion! 10 Venus Robots, The
11 robot circus came! 22 Robot Circus
12 reading is huh 12_resurrected_jumbo_
11 Reviving Jumbo
13 uranium created
13_Birth_of_Uran

13 Birth of Uran 23 Little Sister, Big Trouble
14 Large venture of micro

14 Micro Adventure 24 Micro Adventure
15 Protect the artificial intelligence!

15 Defense of Intelligence 25 Only a Machine
16 Robot hunter of darkness 12 Robot Hunters

Note that Uran's birth & Micro Adventure are here, but not there. Robot circus, & defense of AI are here, but not there. There, you have Atom fighting physically strong enemies for the most part, while here, they are just as formidable, but in ways other than brute strength. I think they tried to put the most action-intense episodes up front in order to secure a faithful audience, being sure that little boys prefer physical fighting to solving other problems. Yet, they tried to keep the order the least disturbed, so as not to completely mess up the big-picture.

[Androids101]

But they still disturbed it...but that's a good reason

[Astro Boy2866]

That's true. It's also funny how Astro uses his digibeam against Atlas in episode 3 and then learns the ability on Demios in episode 5

[Androids101]

Yes, thats hilariously bad

[cybotron]

Universal still bought Pluto. For the next year it's Uran's card game from the PS2. Just collect these cards for her.
What did I find out?
The primary adversary for Atom/Astro in the Universal Illumination version of Pluto will be...
An orphan named Adolf who is the agent of a KKKlike hooded Antirobot hate group?
No wonder no one here wants to talk about Pluto anymore. It's so VAST! But this is the new movie that is the talk of the Cyber Ghetto. This is deep enough for any university on the planet! Astro has become an Icon of the Cybot age....
Uran is going for the cyber study halls! And the displaced workers! Fantastic! The Plutonian depths. And Adolf gets a Robot Gun? And Atom/Astro and Uran are just hanging out, walking the streets!

[jeffbert]

In answer to your question about my reference to THE INVADERS TV series, Cybotron, check this link: http://home.earthlink.net/~peredhil/Invaders.html, & decide for yourself if there is a nod to it in Pluto.

[Androids101]

Dragonrider has Cyberspace stability.
Activate Epsilon Robot as it were.
I can use one his images without fear it will vaporize.
Whataya think? A male Epsilon?

"Epsilon" is a better name for a female character then a male, why didn't they reconise that...

And the English episode names are better.

[cybotron]

I think it's still a girl. A rather boyish looking girl. But a girl.
What about Adolph...
Will Universal stay true to the Manga? hmy:

[AprilSeven]

@Cybotron -- I hope Universal DOES have the guts to be true to the manga. If they dumb it down, it won't sell. They also need to ADVERTISE its release.

@Jeffbert -- I'm not remembering where "The Invaders" were acknowledged in Pluto -- gonna get out my books and take look...!

[jeffbert]

So did you check the link, Cybotron?

AprilSeven, check the link in my last post before plowing through the manga.