New Astro Boy Reboot

[TurtleTitan97]

A new, 26 episode Astro Boy series reboot is coming out soon, and will mix 2D animation with CGI. More here: http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/shib...oy-1201218045/

[TurtleTitan97]

So they finally released a teaser trailer for this series:



Despite no dialogue, this has really got me excited. The animation looks gorgeous.

[snake]

Cool! Where is this airing?

[Bry]

Wow - stunning animation! I wasn't aware of this before, but I'll definitely keep it on my radar now.

[Brodie]

Looks pretty great.

[Ninjinister]

I can get behind this.

[CyberCubed]

Looks cool, always liked Astro Boy since he was one of the inspirations for Mega Man's creation decades later.

[sdp]

When I saw the designs I was pretty pissed but watching the video won me over. they still really need to get rid of the shirt though and change his eyes/hair so they at least match Tezuka's more recognizable art-style, I'm fine with the other "modernized/different" take on it but it does need some resemblance to his older iconic look, it's like taking Mickey's ears away from his redesigns. The animation looks nice and the music seemed good. Let's hope this show is good, what makes Astro err.. Astro is that it has to be tragic, Astro has to take a bunch of sh-t but his naiveness and childlike nature endures and always does the right thing. Astro while being Japan's Mickey Mouse is actually pretty grim in tone but it's his values and morals that make him who he is, so it's very much a kids show that really shows kids how life can be like and how you should be. If you don't feel bad for Astro then you're making a bad show. And the thing is this isn't even a depressing show since the moral at the end is always of hope.



Here is the 2002 show teaser trailer in comparison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ7U-XbAp-s


I'm somewhat of an Astro-Fan so I'll go ahead and post my thoughts on the other Astro media I've seen, now I've never read the Manga so I'm basing my thoughts on the shows.

The 80s show I know is seen as most fans as the definitive version. This is a kids show don't get me wrong but the mood can get really dark sometimes, even in the American dub they can't hide the themes going on in the back ground even if they c hange the dialog slightly. Absolutely fantastic show and a must watch for anyone who is interested in Astro-Boy or likes the character, the show just deals with so many social issues.

The 60's Astro-Boy show is nearly 200 episodes, I've only seen a few dozen of them when I think Cartoon Network showed them around 6 am circa 2006 I think. The animation is very basic but oddly enough it does touch upon many of the things that the 80s show does, even the American dub which I find amazing this was shown in the US in the 60s, way ahead of the things all other cartoons were tackling. Of course this show is much goofier and never hits the pints the 80s show gets to but it's not a adaptation at all.

The 2002 show I remember getting a lot of money behind it and Sony had big hopes of this being the new Pokemon (I have no idea why), I was really hyped for this since it looked faithful to the source material only with (at the time) state of the art animation. What we got was a mixed bag, The animation is fantastic and easily the best part of the show. The music I have no idea how it was in the Japanese version but the American music is generic early 2000 anime dub music. The dialog also suffers from this since we get a very altered dialog to "soften" the stories and not make them as "dark" which sucks. But even with the edits to make it more "kid" friendly (odd since the 80s version wasn't that censured and much darker) the 2002 show never hits the issues the 80s show did and is never as dark. The 2002 also changed many plot points like having Astro's dad being alive and the bad guy and changed Pluto's story among other things and all of these things were definitely for the worse with one exception, there was one story arc that was really clever and deserving of the 80s show. This show definitely had executive meddling to make it more action based which just doesn't work for Astro, sure he fights but htis isn't an action show. So yeah, more modern and while not terrible it pails in comparison to the 80s show.

The Imagi movie was fairly mediocre. Astro's design is terrible and generic instead of iconic. They definitely tried to make a generic kids CG movie with only bits of what made Astro unique, you do have a few things that redeem the movie and feel like Astro but overall it's just another CG movie among dozens with little to differentiate itself and it's the reason it failed and made Imagi go bankrupt. They really should've taken the risk of doing more with Astro, their company was already at stake anyway.

[TurtleTitan97]

Here is the first look at Astro's rival, Atlas:



Also a brief summary of the show:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION

26x26'. 2015. 6-11 years olds. Comedy-adventure.

Under development

Producers: Caribara Production, Shibuya Productions, Tezuka Productions


Astro's everyday life and adventures in Divercity, within his human adopted family.


Director and graphic designer: Florian Thouret

Creators: Fabien Baboz and Magali Hellé

Based on an idea by Cédric Biscay

http://caribara-animation.com/en/pro...ra-production/

Astroboy Reboot is a family animation series.

The story is about a powerful little robot who thinks that in order to be loved he would have to be a real little boy.

But he is super-rational, super-logic and super-strong, he doesn’t know how to lie, he doesn’t know how to play…. anyway, he is really not a little boy!

However, even if he doesn’t know how to handle them, he has feelings. Living adventures with his two human best friends Fubuki and Akino, he is going to learn how to accept himself the way he is with his weaknesses and …his strengths.

http://www.shibuya-productions.com/en/projets.html

[TurtleTitan97]

A new poster was revealed at the Monaco Anime Game International Conferences revealing the new designs for Dr. Tenma and Skunk, along with some other characters. The series is slated to appear sometime in 2017 at the moment.

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