History Anime / AstroBoy

-> ''He may be small but only in size,

-> ''There you go, Astro Boy''
-> ''On your flight into space''
-> ''Rocket high, through the sky''
-> ''What adventures soon you will make!''
-> ''Astro Boy, bombs away''
-> ''On your mission today''
-> ''Here's the countdown, and a blast-off''
-> ''Everything is GO, Astro Boy!''

* LastRequest: Whereas the other adaptations kill Tobio off on the spot, in this version Tobio gets to say his last words to Dr. Tenma, allowing the robot to replace him as his son and urging him to dote on him the same way he would on Tobio. Unfortunately, [[IHaveNoSon this does not]] [[PutOnABus came to pass]].

!!The 1963 TV series provides examples of:

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!!The 1980 TV series provides examples of:

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!!The 2003 TV series provides examples of:

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!!The ''Astro Boy Reboot'' series provides examples of:

* CrossOver: The two-part episodes "Shape Shifter" and "Phoenix" feature both Tamami, Saruta Okami, Rock, and Firebird from ''{{Manga/Phoenix}}''.

** Despite being established as one of the [[BigBad]]s, Skunk appeared up to "The Devil Balloon" (episode 19) and nowhere thereafter.

* PutOnABus: Or cruise, to be exact. Dr. Tenma takes Tobio on a cruise to America to start a new life there after the whole runaway tank ordeal, because the fact that Tobio is a robot can no longer be hidden. However, Dr. Tenma appeared to ditch him after their dinner goes horribly wrong. Dr. Tenma eventually realizes that he was wrong about Tobio and searches for him during Tobio's first confrontation with Atlas, but Hamegg (who had earlier forced Tobio to sign a lifetime contract to work at a robot circus) abducts Tobio, leaving Dr. Tenma searching for him. The second episode was the final time Dr. Tenma appeared, and he is nowhere to be seen anywhere else. [[TheBusCameBack Averted]] with Tobio's pet dog Jump (brought back with the activation of Astro's new parents), and later Tenma's colleague Dr. Honda.

-> ''There you go Astro Boy.''
-> ''On your flight into space.''
-> ''Rocket high, through the sky.''
-> ''What adventures soon you will make.''
-> ''Astro Boy bombs away.''
-> ''On your mission today.''
-> ''Here's a countdown, and a blast off.''
-> ''Everything is GO Astro Boy.''

* SwitchToColor: "Earth Defense Army" is the only episode to have been produced in color, while "The Last Day of Earth" is produced partially in color.

* DecidedByOneVote: In "Saving Our Classmate", a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. With the two contenders Kenichi and Shibugaki tied, the class realizes that Astro has yet to vote. Astro casts the deciding vote for Kenichi, causing Shibugaki to resent Astro for denying him a shot at the presidency.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English theme is a lot more energetic, electronic-sounding, and purely instrumental

* CatchPhrase: "Leeeeeet's ROCKET!"

* DecidedByOneVote: In "Saving Our Classmate", a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. With the two contenders Kenichi and Shibugaki tied, the class realizes that Astro has yet to vote. Astro casts the deciding vote for Kenichi, causing Shibugaki to resent Astro for not having a shot at the presidency.

* DecidedByOneVote: In "Saving Our Classmate", a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. Kenichi is elected as class president, defeating Shibugaki by one vote, but since Astro (who had yet to vote after everyone else had voted) is the one who cast the deciding vote, this causes Shibugaki to resent Astro for not voting him in.

* RayOfHopeEnding: In episode 193, [[spoiler: after Astro sacrifices himself to save the Earth one last time, Dr. Ochanomizu says that, even if our hero doesn't return, he'll buildba second and third model of Astro, right where he was first activated back in episode 1.]]

* StevenUlyssesPerhero: In the English dub, Tobio's name is "Astor Boynton", rather than Toby like most adaptations that change the names.

* NonActionBigBad: Dr. Tenma

* OhCrap:
* OminousPipeOrgan: Tenma plays one.

* AdultFear: The story of Daichi for his father. It's not that different from neglecting your own child and taking them for granted. Daichi becomes resentful awhile playing the part of a model son and threatens to dismantle everything his father built. Tokugawa is more horrified than angry when he realizes.

* LighterAndSofter: The 1963 anime was this in comparison to the manga, with several characters SparedByTheAdaptation (notably Colbat).

* StevenUlyssesPerhero: In the English dub.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Atlas lets Astro live despite curbstomping him, realizing Tenma both built them. He admits they're brothers.
** A corporate head Tokugawa had a child he called Daichi and started neglecting him, much like how Tenma neglected Tobio and late Astro. In the original, Daichi dies during an illicit trip to the space shuttle; in the dub, Daichi was always a robot and got busted for trespassing and attempted hijacking. Either way, his father was grieving and refretful. This is why Tenma takes pity on the man when he begs him to rebuild Daichi after the latter is ordered dismantled following his attempt to hijack a moon shuttle. Daichi later becomes Atlas. When Tokugawa says he treated the robot like his own son, Tenma snarkily says, "[[DramaticIrony I see that]]."

* PrecisionF-Strike: A minor example. In the original Japanese, once in awhile some adult characters would say minor swears, like "what the hell" or "dammit". The English dub dialogue would be rewritten without words like that to be a bit more child friendly, but one episode inexplicably had Dr. Elefun refer to the planet Venus as having "thousands of degrees of fiery hell", though Dr. Elefun's voice actor said it quick enough that it would be easy to miss.