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Astro Boy (1963)First Aired in 1963 The 1963 black & white version of Astroboy was the first anime to cross the Pacific and penetrate American television. It was highly successful as it drew the highest ratings at that time. It was later taken off the air in 1966 as it completed its 104 episode run (193 episodes in Japan) and was losing its popularity due to its non-colour and "depressing" themes and story lines. In 1980 however, Astroboy was reborn in Japan and was brought back to North America in 1982 in a 51 episode colour series (52 episodes in Japan). As of yet, only Part 1 (episodes 1-26) of the 2-part box set is out on DVD. DO NOT get the English dubbed version of the series as a lot of the material in the series was cut and won't make much sense. Also, the dubbed version has practically all the episodes shifted around. The episode list on this site is the proper order in which they were originally aired. If you see any mistakes on this page or if you have more infomation about this show, please submit a comment |