Astro Boy (1963 TV Series)
is a Japanese anime television series based on Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, manga of the same name. It premiered on Fuji TV on New Year's Day, 1963 (a Tuesday) and is the first popular animated Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became familiar worldwide as ''anime''. It lasted for four seasons, with a total of 193 episodes, the final episode presented on a Saturday, New Year's Eve 1966. At its height it was watched by 40% of the Japanese population who had access to a TV. In 1964, there was a feature-length animated movie called released in Japan. It was compiled from three selected episodes from the series—episodes 46 ("The Robot Spaceship"), 56 ("Earth Defense Army") and 71 ("The Last Day of Earth"), respectively. The latter two were filmed and produced in color. Between 1963 and 1965, 104 episodes were aired in the United States, adapted to the English language. After enjoying success both in Japan and abroad as the first anime to be broad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mighty Atom (1959 TV Series)
is a Japanese black-and-white Tokusatsu live-action TV drama that aired on Mainichi Broadcasting System, MBS from March 7, 1959 to May 28, 1960 for a total of 65 episodes split into five parts. Production ''Tetsuwan Atomu'' was produced for Mainichi Broadcasting System, sponsored by Lotte Corporation, by Matsuzaki Production, founded by Keiji Matsuzaki, who worked with Eiji Tsuburaya as a special effects director before the war and was a Toho producer. It is the first adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's ''Mighty Atom'' (a.k.a. ''Astro Boy'') manga comic book series and predates the 1963 ''Astro Boy (1963 TV series), Mighty Atom'' (''Astro Boy'') anime. Plot The series condenses the original's science fiction elements, more in line with the detective stories of the time, with a focus on fighting gangsters. In the original, the story takes place in the 21st century, but according to Atom's dialogue in the second part finale, the series takes place in 1959, the same year as the broadcast. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hisashi Yokomori
Hisashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it. Kanji Single kanji used to write the name Hisashi include: *: "long time" *: "eternal" *: "still" *: "standard" *: "complete" *: "long" *: "life" (also with the ''kyūjitai ''Kyūjitai'' () are the traditional forms of kanji (Chinese written characters used in Japanese writing). Their simplified counterparts are '' shinjitai'' (). Some of the simplified characters arose centuries ago and were in everyday use in bot ...'' variant ) *: "long day" There are more than a hundred different ways to write the name using two or three characters. People with the name *, Japanese zoologist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese guitarist and songwriter *, Japanese writer and playwright *, Japanese historian *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese football manager *, Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hisashi Katsuta
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the ''Astro Boy'' franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in '' Astroganger'' (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in '' Groizer X'' (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in '' Tōshō Daimos'' (1978–1979). Early life Hisashi Katsuta was born on 2 April 1927 in Tokyo, and was educated at Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School and the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications (now the University of Electro-Communications). He had been interested in film and theater since childhood, and he and his elder brother would often see films. He graduated from the Faculty of Theatre in 1949. He became a member of the Toho Drama Club in 1948, and was also a member of the , Mori no Kai, Players Center, Tēbura, Rindō Pro, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and Arts Vision. Voice acting career His voice acting career started in 1948 when ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Professor Ochanomizu
This is a list of characters from the manga and anime series ''Astro Boy'' created by Osamu Tezuka, including the 1963, 1980, and 2003 adaptations. Major characters Astro Boy The robot boy fashioned after the deceased son of Dr. Tenma, the head of the Ministry of Science in the year 2000. Aside from possessing the strength of 100,000 horsepower (later 1,000,000, though these numbers often fluctuate between stories) and the kind personality of a child, he has what are called his "seven amazing powers": jet-powered flight, multilingualism, analytical skills, headlight eyes, super-sensitive hearing, hidden weapons in his back, and the ability to tell if a person is good or evil. In addition, he has a built-in Geiger counter and shortwave communication system. Dr. Ochanomizu The present head of the Ministry of Science and a fearless campaigner for robotic rights, who believes that humans and robots can co-exist peacefully, unlike most other human characters in the series (pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kazue Tagami
Kazue (written: 一恵, 一枝, 和恵, 和枝, 和永, 良恵 or かずえ in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actress *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese musician *, Japanese voice actress {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mari Shimizu
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. She is known for voicing the titular protagonist of the 1963 ''Astro Boy'' television series and its 1980 colour remake, Belo in '' Humanoid Monster Bem'', and the titular protagonist of '' Jetter Mars''. Biography Early life Shimizu, the daughter of actor and a Mitsukoshi seamstress, was born on 7 June 1936 in , an area in Urawa-ku, Saitama. During World War II, her family lived in poverty. Shimizu was educated at Urawa Nishi High School, where she was part of their theater club, and afterwards the Haiyuza Theatre Company's school. Originally, she was a pitcher for her junior high school's softball team. However, when her father's theater troupe had no child actors to play the titular character of their stage adaptation of ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', Shimizu was selected for the role, inspiring her to become an actor. She later became part of Gekidan Shinjinkai. In addition to working as an actress, Shimizu wo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Astro Boy (character)
Astro Boy, known in Japan as , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the eponymous franchise. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the character was introduced in the 1951 '' Captain Atom'' manga and then in his own manga series. Astro Boy has appeared in animated television shows (notably the 1963, 1980, 2003 series) and in the animated feature film adaptations of its eponymous manga, as well as a live-action TV series, other works by Tezuka, and video games. On 7 April 2003, the City of Niiza registered the character as an actual resident. He was also inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004. Creation and conception Atom (known as Astro Boy or just Astro in English) originally appeared as a supporting character in the comic ''Atom Taishi'' (''Ambassador Atom'', sometimes referred to as ''Captain Atom''), which appeared in ''Shonen'', a monthly magazine for boys, in April 1951. Tezuka then created a comic series in which Astro was the main character. Schodt, Frederik ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mighty Atom
Mighty Atom may refer to: People Sports * Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh boxer * Sydney Wooderson (1914–2006), English athlete * Joe Greenstein (1893–1977), Polish-American strongman * Barbara Buttrick (born 1929), English female boxer * Eileen Sheridan (1923–2023), English cyclist Other fields * Mildred Albert (1905–1991), American fashion show producer and fashion personality * Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017), British entertainer, known in his early career as Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom * Albert Power (1870–1948), Irish priest, academic and author Film and television * "The Mighty Atom" (''Thunderbirds''), the 14th episode of the first season of the Supermarionation television series ''Thunderbirds'' * ''Mighty Atom'' (TV series), a 1959 Japanese Tokusatsu live action TV show * ''The Mighty Atom'', a 1958 animated short film featuring Reddy Kilowatt Other uses * ''Mighty Atom'' (1988 video game), published by Konami * ''Mighty Atom'' (1994 video game), published by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Mighty Atom
, sometimes referred to as , is a color remake of the 1960s anime black-and-white series of the same name, both series are adapted from the manga series by Osamu Tezuka. This series places more focus on Astro's robotic abilities and has a darker tone than previous incarnations of the series. Although this series places much more emphasis on action scenes than the first one, the theme of "robots with hearts" is still prevalent in this anime. It is also the last ''Astro Boy'' work that Tezuka himself wrote and directed, and the humor of the story and direction that is typical of Tezuka can be seen throughout. The English dubs cut out some of the series' more violent moments, such as Astro being beheaded in the episode "Lilly on Peligro Island" and Blackie Young and his crew destroying the robot guard and factory owner in the episode "Blackie Young". The original Japanese version of the series ran for 52 color episodes, while the English dubs (American and Canadian) ran for 51 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Television
Television in Japan was introduced in 1939. However, experiments date back to the 1920s, with Kenjiro Takayanagi's pioneering experiments in electronic television. Television broadcasting was halted by World War II, after which regular television broadcasting began in 1950. After Japan developed the first HDTV systems in the 1960s, MUSE/Hi-Vision was introduced in the 1970s. A modified version of the NTSC system for analog signals, called NTSC-J, was used for analog broadcast between 1950 and the early 2010s. The analog broadcast in Japan was replaced with a digital broadcasts using the ISDB standard. ISDB supersedes both the NTSC-J analog television system and the previously used MUSE Hi-vision analog HDTV system in Japan. Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) services using ISDB-T (ISDB-T International) started in Japan in December 2003, and since then, Japan adopted ISDB over other digital broadcasting standards. All Japanese households having at least one telev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |