Credits vs Credits: Mighty Atom vs Astro Boy 1963 ED

Comparing the first ending of "Tetsuwan Atom" (used for either the first 88 or 89 eps, 1/1/63 to either 9/26/64 or 10/3/64) to its American counterpart. Apparently Mushi Productions lost the end credits that actually have credits in them, but retained the "clean" version shown here. Same with "Ribbon no Kishi" and "Dororo."

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Anime
• Classic
• Sixties
• Tezuka
• Osamu

[hilarioph]

Astro boy was aired on NBC

back then?

[ebwarg]

@hilarioph Actually it was syndicated by NBC's syndication division, NBC Films. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the stations that aired it were NBC affiliates, but it was not part of NBC's network programming.

[hilarioph]

Hmm if NBC could be the 1st Anime

they aired. This could be the 1st time

they did on NBC. Right now 4kids

are carry those Anime they did

[ebwarg]

@hilarioph I *was* the first Anime TV series to be aired in America. It was the essentially the first anime TV series, period. To be specific: "Tetsuwan Atom" was the second animated TV series to be made for Japanese television, and the first to air in a weekly, half-hour format. The first, "Otogi Manga Calendar," was three to five minutes a day, six days a week.

[1952kid]

Where's the NBC part ??

[ebwarg]

I'm guessing Right Stuf cut it out, but I'm just guessing.

[Alwin2007]

Why does it say Written and Directed by Fred Ladd? At least one year of animation was based on Tezuka's manga, Tezuka's own work. I don't get it. How could Fred Ladd have written it? On Wikipedia it says that Tezuka worked on the anime with 5 of his assistants. Fred Ladd wasn't mentioned. If it had to do with translation then it should say so. Directed? Come on. What's that all about? Tezuka wrote the work himself.

[MrPeterbs]

Actually NBC had a syndication/distribution division (Kimba The White Lion was one of theirs as well) but to the best of my recollection- it didn't air on NBC stations- at least not here in the Los Angeles area. 

[hilarioph]

Saban handles this classic 70's Anime

of Kimba the white lion. I saw the series

on ABC 5 in the Philippines and also

Leo the lion was the sequel of Jungle

emperor. It was aired on Citynet 27

back in the 90's

[blind51de]

Fun fact: The wordless ending was actually the original Astro Boy opening, it was only after NBC redid it with English lyrics that Japan did the same (and thus was the first anime to have an opening song).