Astro Boy
Mighty Atom
Tetsuwan Atom
Genres
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
Tags
all 10- TechnicalEpisodic79
- TraitsRobots73
- DemographicShounen60
- TraitsArtificial Intelligence60
- Main CastPrimarily Male Cast20
- FantasySuperhero20
- TraitsAliens20
- OtherMeta20
- TechnicalAchromatic20
- MechaSuper Robot10
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi. Tags: Episodic, Robots, Shounen, Artificial Intelligence, Primarily Male Cast, Superhero, Aliens, Meta, Achromatic, Super Robot.
#4194
Popularity
53
Favorites
4.2K
Members
- Premiered
- Winter 1963
- Aired
- Jan 1, 1963 – Dec 31, 1966
- Broadcast
- Saturday · 19:00:00
- Duration
- 26 min
- Rating
- PG - Children
- Studio
- Mushi Production
Alternative Titles
ja鉄腕アトム
enMighty Atom
en-x-romajiTetsuwan Atom
enTetsuwan Atomu
enAstroboy
Synopsis
Tetsuwan Atom was the first television anime series to air in a 30-minute programming slot. It was broadcast by Fuji Television and reached over 40 percent viewership rating by the following year. The February 2004 issue of the Cinefantastique American magazine listed it as one of the 10 Essential Anime. It ranked second in the 100 Select Works of Media Arts survey for the animation category, whic
Tetsuwan Atom was the first television anime series to air in a 30-minute programming slot. It was broadcast by Fuji Television and reached over 40 percent viewership rating by the following year. The February 2004 issue of the Cinefantastique American magazine listed it as one of the 10 Essential Anime. It ranked second in the 100 Select Works of Media Arts survey for the animation category, which was held in 2006 by the Japan Media Arts Festival. The series also won several awards: the Special Award at the second Television Reporters Conference in 1964, The Ministry of Health and Welfare Award in 1965, and the Galaxy Award at the fourth Broadcast Critics' Discussion in 1967. When television producer Fred Ladd helped NBC Enterprises adapt the series for broadcast in the United States in 1963, the title Astro Boy was used instead of the manga's English title Mighty Atom. Only the first 104 episodes were made available in English and aired in an alternative order, with adjustments for the American audience. In North America, Right Stuf International released several VHS tapes of the series between 1989 and 1995; the company returned with all 104 episodes on DVD—as a collection of two 11-disc sets—from March 27, 2006, to August 29, 2006. A subsequent mini collection of two five-disc sets and an independent five-episode DVD Astro Boy: The Beginning also became available on October 6, 2009.
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Tetsuwan Atom was the first television anime series to air in a 30-minute programming slot. It was broadcast by Fuji Television and reached over 40 percent viewership rating by the following year. The February 2004 issue of the Cinefantastique American magazine listed it as one of the 10 Essential Anime. It ranked second in the 100 Select Works of Media Arts survey for the animation category, whic
Tetsuwan Atom was the first television anime series to air in a 30-minute programming slot. It was broadcast by Fuji Television and reached over 40 percent viewership rating by the following year. The February 2004 issue of the Cinefantastique American magazine listed it as one of the 10 Essential Anime. It ranked second in the 100 Select Works of Media Arts survey for the animation category, which was held in 2006 by the Japan Media Arts Festival. The series also won several awards: the Special Award at the second Television Reporters Conference in 1964, The Ministry of Health and Welfare Award in 1965, and the Galaxy Award at the fourth Broadcast Critics' Discussion in 1967. When television producer Fred Ladd helped NBC Enterprises adapt the series for broadcast in the United States in 1963, the title Astro Boy was used instead of the manga's English title Mighty Atom. Only the first 104 episodes were made available in English and aired in an alternative order, with adjustments for the American audience. In North America, Right Stuf International released several VHS tapes of the series between 1989 and 1995; the company returned with all 104 episodes on DVD—as a collection of two 11-disc sets—from March 27, 2006, to August 29, 2006. A subsequent mini collection of two five-disc sets and an independent five-episode DVD Astro Boy: The Beginning also became available on October 6, 2009.
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Information
- Type
- TV
- Status
- Finished
- Premiered
- Winter 1963
- Aired
- Jan 1, 1963 – Dec 31, 1966
- Broadcast
- Saturday · 19:00:00
- Episodes
- 193 / 193
- Duration
- 26 min
- Rating
- PG - Children
- Studio
- Mushi Production
Alternative Titles
ja鉄腕アトム
enMighty Atom
en-x-romajiTetsuwan Atom
enTetsuwan Atomu
enAstroboy