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Astro Boy is a Japanese television series that premiered on Fuji TV on New Year's Day, 1963, and is the first popular animated Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became familiar worldwide as anime. It originated as a manga of the same name in 1952 by Osamu Tezuka, revered in Japan as the "God of Manga." It lasted for four seasons, with a total of 193 episodes, the final episode presented on a Saturday, New Year's Eve 1966.
Original Release
01/01/1963
US Release
09/07/1963
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Billie Lou Watt | Astroboy |
Esperanzita Martínez | Astroboy |
Mari Shimizu | Atom |
Ray Owens | Dr. Elefun / Dr. Boytonn / Narrator |
Gilbert Mack | Caccitore |
Directors
Osamu Tezuka, Gisaburō Sugii, Hideaki Yamamoto, Shuji Konno, Yusaku Sakamoto, Motoaki Ishii, Rintaro, Noboru Ishiguro, Ragnar Thell
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Billie Lou Watt | Astroboy |
Esperanzita Martínez | Astroboy |
Mari Shimizu | Atom |
Ray Owens | Dr. Elefun / Dr. Boytonn / Narrator |
Gilbert Mack | Caccitore |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hidehiko Takei | Producer |
Satoshi Yamamoto | Producer |