omg!!! i have not seen this cartoon since i was a kid and i used to have the theme song run in my mind all of these years thank you for posting this i thought i would never ever see this again!!!
Growing up this was my favorite besides, Astroboy, Prince Planet, and Simba the White lion. I remember I use to have a 45 of astroboy, playing it as a kid. The wheel was my favorite part of the Amazing Four.
Three months ago the name came to me, like a repressed memory: "The Amazing Three! THE AMAZING THREE!"
I used to watch it on my babysitter's B&W TV after kindergarten. Bonnie/Bokko was my first love, and I wanted The Big Wheel so bad it hurt. The series finale was especially bittersweet.
Fantastic find! I saw this on WPIX 11 in NYC during junior high. The Big Wheel was super cool! I vaguely recall the eerie last episode where uber cute Bonnie Bunny turns back her gorgeous captain space-girl self and I think to save Earth she loses her memory and transforms into Kenny's earth girlfriend like she always wished. Long long ago I heard plans of a live remake, too bad. Can't believe no episode dupes or prints exist! Shame! In just a few years it could've been Betamax'ed!
I remember it too, and it had a profound effect on me. There are a couple of web-sites (Google search) but no VHS/DVD. I was luck to get a copy of a couple of the episodes some years ago, how this guy got them I don't know.
Amazing Three-Tobor the 8th Man-Gigantor-Astor Boy...my youth...
I was in the 2nd grade when I watched this, but funny they don't show what I remember most of all- which was them traveling around in a giant wheel! and I used to pretend to do the same thing with my hoola hoop.
I told my friends about this cartoon series, but none of them remembers it. Thanks for the posting, and for proving that I wasn't imagining the whole thing.
I told lots of people about this cartoon and like you no one knew what I was talking about. I love the opening, never knew the words. Thanks for posting this for all of us who remember this show.
I WAS ONE OF THE FEWS THAT WATCH THIS CARTOON BACK IN THE LATE 60s ,ON SUNDAYS...AFTER THEY TOOK IT OFF THE WEEK DAYS SLOT ON WPIX..CHANNEL 11 BIGBADLAMONT
I used to LOVE this show. I watched it in the late sixty's and was saddened to see it go off the air. It's WONDERFUL to see this again. I wish I had a the episodes on VHS or DVD.
This is amazing... unfortunately, the originals in English were destroyed. There exist copies of some of the initial episodes in poor quality (likely where this is from) but other than that, they're lost forever. Kind of disheartening, huh?
Thanks Ron for this. I guess my stations in Indianapolia felt like we had enough Japanimation already because I don't remember this at all. Great fun though.
That theme song is so cacophonous. Its sounds like they were sticking too closely to a Japanese melody, and in english the end result is just too out of breath & strained.
Actually, this theme is way different than the Japanese one; the original is really jazzy, has a different tune and faster (and that show's called Wonder 3). Unfortunatley, that version has been taken off line recentley. =(
I LOVED this show!! I remember seeing it back in the late Sixties, and I think there were some color episodes as well. Thanks for bringing back such a sweet bit of nostalgia! ^___^
AMAZING & WONDERful!Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this, I nearly cried when I saw it. This series was simply,the BEST B&W cartoon of all time.
I saw EVERY epi. that aired on TV in LA while growing up. Unlike so many other cartoons, it NEVER insulted your intelligence.NOTHING comes close to this. Today's Computer spawned Anime PALES in comparision & doesn't hold a candle to this.
I would trade a 59'Gibson Les Paul to have all the episodes on Clear DVD to show my own kids.
hey, anyone know where i can watch this series? i'd love to watch it sometime, but unfortunately i can't find it anywhere DX
TezukaFan1 1 year ago
Thank God I wasn't alive in the 60's! That opening song is sooo terrible!
NotOrdinaryInGames 1 year ago
i seen this in 1966
jeffblacky 1 year ago
omg!!! i have not seen this cartoon since i was a kid and i used to have the theme song run in my mind all of these years thank you for posting this i thought i would never ever see this again!!!
dadgamor 1 year ago
Growing up this was my favorite besides, Astroboy, Prince Planet, and Simba the White lion. I remember I use to have a 45 of astroboy, playing it as a kid. The wheel was my favorite part of the Amazing Four.
TheRedAnthem 1 year ago
Three months ago the name came to me, like a repressed memory: "The Amazing Three! THE AMAZING THREE!"
I used to watch it on my babysitter's B&W TV after kindergarten. Bonnie/Bokko was my first love, and I wanted The Big Wheel so bad it hurt. The series finale was especially bittersweet.
Thanks for sharing this...
GlobeCachers 2 years ago 4
Fantastic find! I saw this on WPIX 11 in NYC during junior high. The Big Wheel was super cool! I vaguely recall the eerie last episode where uber cute Bonnie Bunny turns back her gorgeous captain space-girl self and I think to save Earth she loses her memory and transforms into Kenny's earth girlfriend like she always wished. Long long ago I heard plans of a live remake, too bad. Can't believe no episode dupes or prints exist! Shame! In just a few years it could've been Betamax'ed!
jimwg1 2 years ago
I grew up in LA and this was one of my favorite cartoons along with 8th man and Gigantor....I had a crush on Bonnie, the rabbit space girl.
rbell1059 2 years ago 4
The greatest cartoon of all time. I loved it.
Winonasalibi 2 years ago
This song was covered by the all-feline comedy rock group As the Hairball Turns, which is a play on As the World Turns, airing on CBS.
Focusakker 2 years ago
Watched this as a child in New York City.
mrc302 2 years ago
I read somewhere on the web,that this show aired in Canada and in the midwest and the west part o f the U.S.,let me know if this is true.
jay55also 2 years ago
I remember it too, and it had a profound effect on me. There are a couple of web-sites (Google search) but no VHS/DVD. I was luck to get a copy of a couple of the episodes some years ago, how this guy got them I don't know.
Amazing Three-Tobor the 8th Man-Gigantor-Astor Boy...my youth...
Sang1957 2 years ago
Where did you get your copies? Willing to share? I don't remember this as much as the other cartoons you mentioned,(Gigantor, 8th. Man, Astro Boy).
wmdbassplayer 2 years ago
I was in the 2nd grade when I watched this, but funny they don't show what I remember most of all- which was them traveling around in a giant wheel! and I used to pretend to do the same thing with my hoola hoop.
Mocchaa 2 years ago
I told my friends about this cartoon series, but none of them remembers it. Thanks for the posting, and for proving that I wasn't imagining the whole thing.
ftsjr 2 years ago
I told lots of people about this cartoon and like you no one knew what I was talking about. I love the opening, never knew the words. Thanks for posting this for all of us who remember this show.
Jrnygrl626 2 years ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been trying for years to remember the name of this show watched as a kid.
bbartky 2 years ago
I WAS ONE OF THE FEWS THAT WATCH THIS CARTOON BACK IN THE LATE 60s ,ON SUNDAYS...AFTER THEY TOOK IT OFF THE WEEK DAYS SLOT ON WPIX..CHANNEL 11 BIGBADLAMONT
BIGBADLAMONT 2 years ago
I used to LOVE this show. I watched it in the late sixty's and was saddened to see it go off the air. It's WONDERFUL to see this again. I wish I had a the episodes on VHS or DVD.
THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES!
BalloonMom 2 years ago
wow the music is kindda on crack but i feel strangely compelled to watch this from begining to end
anonymous549 3 years ago
This is amazing... unfortunately, the originals in English were destroyed. There exist copies of some of the initial episodes in poor quality (likely where this is from) but other than that, they're lost forever. Kind of disheartening, huh?
madtonesbr 3 years ago
Thanks Ron for this. I guess my stations in Indianapolia felt like we had enough Japanimation already because I don't remember this at all. Great fun though.
thesixtiesguy 3 years ago
That theme song is so cacophonous. Its sounds like they were sticking too closely to a Japanese melody, and in english the end result is just too out of breath & strained.
Lots of fun, tho!
fmix10 3 years ago
Actually, this theme is way different than the Japanese one; the original is really jazzy, has a different tune and faster (and that show's called Wonder 3). Unfortunatley, that version has been taken off line recentley. =(
ArgleZiddly 3 years ago
in 2000 they said they'd remake the series but still no word.
TMW001 3 years ago
I LOVED this show!! I remember seeing it back in the late Sixties, and I think there were some color episodes as well. Thanks for bringing back such a sweet bit of nostalgia! ^___^
LuvvyDuck 3 years ago
kill me i cant find it any where on the internet *cry*
niklashg1 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I thought maybe I just imagined the show. It was 40 years ago.
SaintDepravicus 3 years ago
So did I. I even saw it in Spanish when in godforsaken Peru so go figure.
Pitumisio 3 years ago
I loved Bonnie. I mean literally. Hey, I was seven years old. Don't forget "Big blue marble".
jboy860 3 years ago
I have tears in my eyes. I had such a crush on Kenny Carter. My first of many, I suppose.
tonimuck 3 years ago
I echo what some have said before; that took me RIIIIGHT back some years, thanks heaps for the post; AWESOME!
jakobsprenger 3 years ago
rofl what XD
Dalnijrus 3 years ago
A rare show. You've got to upload one of the episodes. Please?
bakertoons 3 years ago
This was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I just flashed back 40 years!
Bonnie Rabbit was in charge, Zero had a bad temper, and Ronnie Pony was an engineer who could build anything from a pile of scrap
Thanks for the upload!!!
MisterEddd 3 years ago
Simply put, the BEST B&W Cartoon of all time.
AMAZING & WONDERful!
I nearly cried when I watched this. THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting it.
Winonasalibi 4 years ago
AMAZING & WONDERful!Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this, I nearly cried when I saw it. This series was simply,the BEST B&W cartoon of all time.
I saw EVERY epi. that aired on TV in LA while growing up. Unlike so many other cartoons, it NEVER insulted your intelligence.NOTHING comes close to this. Today's Computer spawned Anime PALES in comparision & doesn't hold a candle to this.
I would trade a 59'Gibson Les Paul to have all the episodes on Clear DVD to show my own kids.
Winonasalibi 4 years ago
more than cool
mgvasquez38 4 years ago
I had no idea this still existed. Thank you.
CaptainKimba 4 years ago
omg thanks for the flash back. I used to love this as a kid!
residentevil1957 4 years ago
man, i remember this!
tapthat2012 4 years ago
Haven't seen that one in like 40 years. Thanx for posting bro. As Mobilene says - righteous!
scarletshade 4 years ago
This was the American opening to Osamu Tezuka's "WONDER THREE" (1965-'66), adapted by Erika Productions in 1967...it only lasted 52 episodes.
fromthesidelines 4 years ago
XLNT! I watched this show back in the 60s. Most people my age do not remember it, but I sure do.
Thanks for the flashbacks!
Synthetrix 4 years ago
i remember seeing this back in '67 while i was in the hospital getting my tonsils out!!...only time i ever saw it...the babe is cute!!
citizenterryk 4 years ago
The Amazing Three! Rare Japanese anime opening!
ToonTracker: I wish you had the opening credits to these rare Japanese anime cartoons:
"Choppy and the Princess"
"Zoran: Space Boy"
"Jet Boy"
"Ta-ro, Giant of the Jungle"
heine71 4 years ago
righteous!
mobilene 4 years ago