Astro Boy (1960's) Clip

A clip from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy (1960's).

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Osamu
• Tezuka
• Astro
• Boy
• Anime
• Manga
• Old
• Retro
• Black&White
• Monochrome
• Nostalgia
• Nostalgic
• 1960's

[normalman37]

dude, its not a panty, it's a BALL!

[HyperSonicSquall]

i find it mildly disturbing that there were so many panty shots of Uran since she's a little girl, and a robot...

[UTAU53Yui]

@stramayne It's alright, we all start out knowing nothing. And yeah, it's basically something like that, except less expensive (but also more expensive than if they'd just dubbed the show and broadcast it as-is). I still don't understand all the localization issues. Much of it is culture, but much is also... old people who aren't the target audience, and thus don't understand the target audience. At least that's the way I see it.

[stramayne]

@UTAU53Yui Please forgive my ignorance. I guess it's something like the Power Rangers where they use some one the original Japanese footage then kind of create their own version of the show around it. O well. All I know is I liked the Astro Boy I watched as a kid. I didn't know who made it or where it came from. I only know I like it still

[UTAU53Yui]

@stramayne Yup, just as I thought. You don't understand the average anime dubbing process. In this series' case, much of the original footage, dialogue, and plot is changed/removed to the point where the product being released to American audiences differs greatly from that of the original, released in Japan. I'm not talking about the changes that the people who created the show itself decided to make, just the changes that other companies made to the finished product...

[stramayne]

@UTAU53Yui Do you mean the music was differentt in the Japanese version or something? I thought of the disco music and slower pace of the 80s Astro Boy color program was something the producers had decided upon at the time. You know, like how Star Trek Next Generation was based more on feelingss and character, which was the 80s idea of enlightenment and sensitivity. I believe such thinking slowed the pace a bit and the less unique music cues made the action scens a triffle off kilter.

[UTAU53Yui]

@stramayne You seem to be confusing dubbing with production itself...

[stramayne]

@UTAU53Yui Obivoiusly you know a lot more about Astro Boy then I do. I am simply a fan of the original b/w cartoon. (As shown here in the US) I thought it was great. I don't think the mistakes made on later version were so much "American" as they were the prevailing "wisdom" of the day. It is hard to remake a classic. I think the 1980s version looks pretty good. Though I'm not too fond of the disco-like soundtrack.

[1Thunderfire]

This piece will be good for my film coursework on the bit about limited animation. Anime's come a long way since, huh?

[peachcloverlauper]

@HyperSonicSquall You don't know much about Japan, do you?

[UTAU53Yui]

@Dragonrider1227 True, true.

[Dragonrider1227]

@UTAU53Yui I haven't heard any of the voice actors so I can't say but considering Funimation also includes the Japanese versions in their sets I wouldn't worry about who they got for the english versions