Time for you to sing along with the video. And for those (like me) who don’t know the words, here’s your cue card.
There you go, Astro Boy! On your flight into space!
Rocket high, through the sky, for adventures soon you will face!
Astro Boy, bombs away, on your mission today!
Here’s the countdown, and the blastoff! Everything is go, Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you’re a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!
This post is for my wife who enjoyed Astro Boy. Meanwhile, I confess not only never watching one episode, heck, I never heard of him until she mentioned him to me years ago.
Astro Boy was a robot in a world co-existing with humans
He found crime, evil, and injustice of robot-hating humans, rogue robots, and aliens
The head of the Ministry of Science created Astro Boy; Dr. Astor Boyton II (English version) or Doctor Tenma (Japanese version)
Professor Ochanomizu noticed Astro Boy performing in a circus
Astro Boy features included
- Powerful search light eyes
- Magnified hearing
- Finger lasers
- Ability to transform arms and legs into rockets
- Machine gun hips
First appeared in Japan as a comic book published in 1952, then broadcast in Japan on January 1, 1963
Osamu Tezuka, influenced by American animators as Walt Disney and Max Fleischer, created the series and characters
104 of the original 193 episodes translated in English, which NBC broadcasted from September 1963 to August 1965
Cartoon Network broadcasted the first 52 episodes in 2007 and 2008
Here’s a 3+ minute video history of the Astro Boy franchise
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That’s about it for Astro Boy from me. Enjoy the trailer and the words for your sing-a-long – which also includes a second verse
There you go, Astro Boy! On your flight into space!
Rocket high, through the sky, for adventures soon you will face!
Astro Boy, bombs away, on your mission today!
Here’s the countdown, and the blastoff! Everything is go, Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you’re a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!
Astro Boy as you fly, strange new worlds you will spy!
Atom-celled, jet propelled, fighting monsters high in the sky!
Astro Boy, there you go; will you find friend or foe?
Cosmic ranger, laugh at danger! Everything is go, Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you’re a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!
A Frank Angle 
I watched Astro Boy and remembered some of the words of his theme. Thanks for posting the words, now I will know them all when I sing in my head.
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Debra,
Hey hey … an Astro Boy follower, and at least someone verifying that my wife didn’t make this up. Did you sing along to the videos? 🙂 … Meanwhile, maybe I should always post the lyrics! Thanks for commenting.
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Astro Boy is a new one on me, Frank. Thanks!
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Tom,
As I stated, to me too. None of the clips activate memory neurons for me. Of course, I’m anxious for me wife to see this soon. Thanks for stopping by.
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So cool. Always loved that theme. It’s like a starting my Saturday off with a triple-shot espresso. ZOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
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Mobius,
Excellent … and another reason for me to use the scheduled post feature, thus I can awaken to comments! Thanks for commenting.
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I watched a couple of episodes on the cartoon network and always found his eyelashes intriguing and he always reminded me of Mighty Mouse.
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Doggy,
Although I didn’t watch the show, Mighty Mouse also came to my mind in these clips. Being that you are relatively new here, I featured Mighty Mouse right here on this very stage this past August. Enjoy … https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/on-super-mouse/ … and thanks for visiting.
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he was the forerunner of my son’s favourite graphic novels — you cannot call these things cartoons today though
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LouAnn,
Well said! Thanks for commenting.
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Frank,
I loved this post. It reminded me of my 8yr old son, who one day came home, and wanted me to discover Astro Boy, his new favourite hero. It was endearing.
Le Clown
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Le Clown,
I hope you share this post with your son! .. and thanks for your presence, magnificent™.
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Frank,
I sure will. Thank you.
Le Clown
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yes, new for me too! Great one Frank!
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Mimo,
And that’s ok … thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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I kind of remember maybe but than again I’m not really sure. I enjoyed learning the history of the cartoon also the sing a long. I think Navar was surprised when her heard me singing. :+)
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Starla,
LOL … glad the words came in handy. I may have to included those when available. 🙂 Meanwhile, I hope Navar come over to sing along with you. 😉 Thanks for visiting.
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Hi Frank Hope your having a good weekend. :+) I was wondering have you done a cartoon post of fearless fly yet? :+) If so can you leave a link. I remember fearless fly kind of from my childhood with big black glasses.
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Starla,
No Fearless Fly yet …. wonder if I should move him up on the to-do list. 😉
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Yes Yes The To Do list! :+) Fearless Fly! :+)
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Already started the research phase. 🙂
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Good Morning Frank Thank You for putting Fearless Fly on you To Do list. :+) Hope your doing well on this Tuesday morning.
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… 🙂 … but Sandy greeted me with a dab of snow. 😦
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Awww I did hear that Sandy had snow in her punch as well. Boy what a storm.
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That’s a new one for me, Frank! Fun!
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Lynn,
That’s ok … me too … but at least you had the words to sing along. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
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I’ve been aware of AstroBoy for years, but never had a chance to watch, up here in the Great White North. Canadian TV boffins decided that we didn’t need American programs on our limited number of channels, feeding us instead, The Friendly Giant.
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Archon,
Your Astro Boy awareness surpasses mine! Thanks for commenting.
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Well, you’ve come up with another one I hadn’t heard of. Good Job! I’m not so sure that machine gun hips are a great idea though???
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Fasab,
Well … we all aim to learn! Thanks for stopping by.
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Have never been into cartoons … they have never clicked any of my nerves. But the rest world loves them and why not. Have heard about Astro Boy and I think your post is fantastic – you have really digged for facts and information.
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Viveka,
Oh well … cartoons can’t please everyone. Hope all is going well with the 2 eggs and ice cream. 😉 Thanks for visiting.
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I don’t feel so bad…I never heard of Astro boy iether!!!
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Lisa,
Seems there is a fair number of us who didn’t know this one. Thanks for commenting.
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I was vaguely aware of Astro Boy via my fannish ties to the Japanese animation style called “anime”. I did catch the recent big-screen treatment with Nicholas Cage as Tenma. The movie is actually pretty good, and stands well on its’ own.
A good one from the dusty archives!
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John,
Glad you enjoyed this and thanks for the extra info. Meanwhile, my wife was singing the intro this morning … so I hope the song is stuck in here head. 😉
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Thanks Frank…yes the song is stuck in my head. But now I know I’m not crazy and Astro Boy really does exist.
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Hey everyone … look who dropped by! And yes, she did sing-a-long more than once! Thanks for commenting, dear.
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I’m not sure when I became aware of Astro Boy, but I don’t recall watching his cartoon when it was broadcast on NBC in the 60s. It must have conflicted with some other show I preferred. Thanks for the back story Frank!
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Lame,
I’m right there with you because I never heard of him until my wife mentioned him years ago. At least you and I learned something! Thanks for stopping by.
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Dare I confess, I’ve never seen an episode of Astro Boy! xx
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Spiced,
Confession that is ok because you are not alone! But at least you had a chance to sing-a-long. 😉 Thanks for visiting.
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I never heard of this one before, Frank, but he is very cute. 🙂
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Paradise,
You are not alone about Astro Boy … but you learned something today. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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My pleasure, Frank. 🙂
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Hmmmmmm…Astro-squirrel 🙂
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Zannyro,
Hmmmm … this does make me wonder if I’ve posted about Rocky J Squirrel! 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
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Post away El Franko!
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I am aware of Astro Boy, but I have never seen an episode! I might have been “outgrowing” cartoons by the time it arrived in America!
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Debra,
Interesting how this one has created a range of reactions. Well, at least my wife got to sing along. Thanks for commenting.
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Never heard of him Frank! Interesting though. Have you heard of Marine Boy?
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Ginger,
You are not alone on Astro Boy … meanwhile, I don’t know Marine Boy – although I just watched the intro to Marine Boy and it didn’t rekindle any memories … then again, maybe just one that I don’t know. Thanks for the tip!
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He used Oxygum to breathe underwater but looks remarkably like Astro Boy!
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They don’t seem to be from the same production company, so here’s a thought. Astro Boy was a huge success in Japan … thus I wonder if Astro Boy influenced the creators of Marine Boy. Just a thought.
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Heard of him, never seen him.
But know I bet I know more about him than most of my friends!
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Guapo,
Trivia for storm survival! Stay safe … and thanks for stopping by.
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I have way too many blogs to catch up on. City shut down the MTA, so I’ll be “working” from home tomorrow.
I expect we’ll be alright where we are.
And thanks for the well wishes!
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I had never heard of Astro Boy, but I dig this. Thanks for the vid spill.
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Cayman,
As the comments verify, you are not alone in not having heard of this character … and that’s ok. Thanks for visiting.
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New one Frank, thanks. That was quite fun.
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Val,
This one seem to be an introduction to many. Thanks for commenting.
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In the mid 1960s my father bought the first TV I had ever seen that had a UHF circular antenna and the UHF tuner. Previously in Philadelphia all you got were channels 3, 6, and 10 . Suddenly we had snowy channels 17, 29, and 48 . They had children’s hosts on these channels, Wee Willie Webber( Bill Webber ) and Captain Philadelphia( Stu Nahan ) . Later on I saw Stu Nahan as one of the sportscasters in the first 2 Rocky movies . Astro Boy was one of the cartoons on these channels . I much preferred the cartoon 8th Man, which was also a super robot, just slightly more realistic .
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like you, i think i was too young to have seen astro boy. however, i do remember gigantor. have you already posted about him? it? thing?
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Rich,
As for me, I wasn’t too young to have seen Astro Boy, but as a cartoon watcher in my day, I still didn’t know him. Never hear of Gigantor? Oh well … thanks for stopping by.
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gigantor was a giant robot controlled by a little boy with a small box with controller arms sticking out of it. japanese animation. very cool. love the theme song too. http://youtu.be/7AtSHp35xUg
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Wow … another one I didn’t know about. Meanwhile … catchy tune. Thanks for sharing.
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thought you might enjoy it.
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🙂
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