Series

Astro Boy

1980 · 1 season · 52 episodes · Ended · Nippon TV

Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Kids

TMDB 7.8 · 93 votes

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In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.

Episodes

  • S01E01The Birth Of Astro Boy1980-10-0124m

    Dr Boynton is so driven by his work as a robot engineer thst he neglects his promise to spend time with his son Toby at an amusement park. As Toby leaves the park, he is caught in a traffic collision. Before dying, Toby has his father promise him to make the new robot in his image and treat it like a son. Overcome with grief, Boynton completes the project and brings "Toby" to life. Unknown to Dr Boynton, a shady criminal called Skunk stole the plans for "Toby" and plans to make a robot of his own with a new circuit known as the Omega Factor.

  • S01E02Astro Boy Vs. Atlas1980-10-0824m

    Dr. Boynton and Toby depart on an ocean liner for America. Not knowing his own strength, Toby causes a huge mess during dinner. Angrily, Dr Boynton rejects Toby on the spot, declaring that he's just a robot and that he has no son. Meanwhile, Skunk attempts to teach Atlas his criminal ways and eventually takes Atlas on a mission to steel gold from the same boat that Dr Boynton and Toby are on...

  • S01E03The Robot Circus1980-10-1524m

    Toby has been enslaved by a robot circus owner and is forced into manual labour. There he befriends a young circus worker named Kathy. Dr Boynton's associate, Professor Elefun, comes to fetch Toby but the ringmaster refuses to let him go... Toby receives his new name, "Astro".

  • S01E04Save the Classmate1980-10-2224m

    Rescued from the circus by Dr. Elefun, Astro Boy starts school and struggles with the bullying from classmates for being a robot.

  • S01E05Atlas Lives Again1980-10-2224m

    Astro's must stop Atlas' scheme to enslave humanity by series of technological thefts, one of which involves Astro's proposed robotic parents.

  • S01E06Robotland1980-11-0524m

    Astro and Dr. Elefun visit a fairytale theme park after an escaped swan/princess crash lands in their yard and tells them of the robots' plight.

  • S01E07Frankenstein1980-11-1224m

    Skunk convinces a powerful robot called Frankenstein to aid him in his crime spree. This crime wave leads to the deactivation of almost all robots in the city, including Astroboy.

  • S01E08The Red Cat1980-11-1924m

    A red cat becomes the only clue to the mystery of children who are disappearing.

  • S01E09The Crystal of the Desert1980-11-2624m

    While exploring a forest that has become a desert, Astro Boy discovers that Atlas is involved.

  • S01E10The White Planet1980-12-0324m

    Astro aids a championship racer who hopes to win a global race.

  • S01E11A Robot President1980-12-1024m

    Astro and his teacher, Daddy Walrus, are invited to the inauguration of the first robot president and are caught up in a plan to stop the ceremony.

  • S01E12Goliath's Head1980-12-1724m

    After a spacecraft crashes to the earth Astro rescues a mining robot, Goliath, from the flames. Dr Elefun has Goliath's head removed as it contains a powerful neutron beam. But soon the head is stolen and Goliath starts to search for it...

  • S01E13The Light Ray Robot1980-12-2424m

    Skunk causes trouble again, this time capturing a robot capable of invisibility hoping to use it in his schemes.

  • S01E14Uran, the Tomboy1981-01-0724m

    Astro meets his new sister, Uran.

  • S01E15Robio and Robiette1981-01-1424m

    Astro gets involved in a rivalry between robotic "families". However the two of the robots from the competing camps fall in love.

  • S01E16Astro Fights Aliens1981-01-2124m

    Astro captains the Second Expedition to Mars where strange creatures have been seen.

  • S01E17Save the Carolina 31981-01-2824m

    Astro attempts to stop Skunk's outer space pirating attempt when one of his classmates is kidnapped.

  • S01E18The Rainbow Comet1981-02-0424m

    On a school field trip to see the Rainbow Comet up close, Astro and classmates are kidnapped by Atlas.

  • S01E19The Death Balloon1981-02-1124m

    Balloons modelled in the shape of Astro are attacking people in the city and its up to Astro to clear his name.

  • S01E20The Transformation Robot1981-02-1824m

    Astroboy visits a robot inhabited island where gangsters attempt loot uranium resources by enlisting the help of and a robot who can transform into any shape.

  • S01E21The Wreck of the Titan1981-02-2524m

    After luxury spaceliner Titan is struck by an asteroid, Astro and several others escape to the moon. They land in a crater with an atmosphere and Astro discovers the wreck of a Russian spacecraft from 1990.

  • S01E22The Liar Robot1981-03-0424m

    A school field trip is interrupted by a robot constantly lying about a impending earthquake.

  • S01E23The Girl from Alsoar1981-03-1124m

    Astro Boy meets a mysterious woman and must stop a hostile alien invasion.

  • S01E24The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)1981-03-0824m

    A power-hungry Sultan commissions a powerful fighting robot named Bruton (Pluto in the original), and sends him to battle seven of the world's strongest robots: Mont Blanc, Molnar, Brondo, Zeron, Hercules, Photar, and Astro.

  • S01E25The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 2)1981-03-2524m

    With only three of the most powerful robots in the world remaining (Hercules, Photar and Astro), can they stop Bruton before he destroys them all?

  • S01E26The Robot Vikings1981-04-0124m

    A wild gang of viking robots rampage through the city, causing havoc and destruction.

  • S01E27The Time Machine1981-04-0824m

    A time traveling detective arrives from the future and enlists Astro and the infamous surgeon, Black Jack, to save the life of a prince from the past.

  • S01E28The Robot Stuntman1981-04-2924m

    After a tour of a movie studio where Uran meets her idol, Astro has to investigate the story of a tiny stunt robot called Sam.

  • S01E29The Great Meltdown1981-05-0624m

    Livian appears to Astro to warn him of danger to the polar icecaps. Is Atlas involved?

  • S01E30Uran's Twin1981-05-1324m

    Uran gets her wish of being able to be in two places at once - this way she can stil do what her parents want and go to robot wrestling.

  • S01E31Speeding Through the Storm1981-06-0324m

    Whilst on a field trip to an old steam engine, a violent storm hits.

  • S01E32The Return of Queen Cleopatra1981-06-1724m

    Cleopatra has reappeared and Astro must find out the mystery behind her.

  • S01E33The Runaway Subway Train1981-07-0124m

    A brand new subway train that can go 180km/h runs out of control and Astro has to save those on board.

  • S01E34The Baby Elephant Pook1981-07-0824m

    After a real baby elephant is found in a robot safari park, Astro has to save both it and everyone from a giant robot elephant, Zohra.

  • S01E35The Secret of Bee City1981-07-1524m

    Astro and Uran visit Bee Island, but after meeting a mysterious boy they need to find out just what is going on the Bee City?

  • S01E36The Monster of Clarken1981-07-2224m

    A greedy gold hunter attempts to steal gold from the Golden Coral Forest. Can Astro stop him in time for the fish of reef to survive?

  • S01E37Lilly on Peligro Island1981-08-0524m

    Astro finds 43 messages-in-a-bottle and sneaks out at night to investigate what is going on at Peligro Island.

  • S01E38The Anti-Proton Gun1981-08-1924m

    The most powerful gun ever made is up for grabs in space and Astro must make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

  • S01E39The Man-Made Solar Sphere1981-09-0224m

    The great detective Shalock Holmespan and Astro investigate the unusual incidents around a man-made solar sphere.

  • S01E40Blackie Young1981-09-1624m

    After Dr Elefun receives a large package and re-assembles the parts of a robot, Astro and Daddy Walrus travel Antarctica to investigate.

  • S01E41The Genie from Outer Space1981-09-2324m

    After a large meteorite falls into a mountain valley some distance away, Dr Elefun, Astro, and a team of scientists head off to investigate the crash.

  • S01E42The Robots Nobody Wanted1981-10-1424m

    Three robot workers that have been rejected from their jobs help Astro.

  • S01E43Atlas Forever1981-10-2124m

    When space stations around Saturn and Jupiter are attacked, Atlas is blamed. After he defeats 100 ships, Astro becomes involved.

  • S01E44The Snow Leopard1981-10-2824m

    After it snows in summer, Astro investigates the cause.

  • S01E45Uran's Quest1981-11-0424m

    An Amusement Park's computer malfunctions and causes havok after Uran asks it where God lives.

  • S01E46Outer Spaceport R-451981-11-1124m

    Space pirates have been raiding the area around Spaceport R-45 and Astro is needed to investigate.

  • S01E47The Hijacked Airship1981-11-1824m

    High-jackers take over an Airship whilst Astro and his class are visiting. Astro needs to save the day, but he has none of his powers.

  • S01E48The Human-Faced Rock1981-11-2524m

    There is a legend about a strange rock with the face of a man that sits on top of a mountain overlooking a village - when it turns its face towards the lake, the village will be destroyed.

  • S01E49Uran Falls in Love1981-12-0224m

    Uran falls in love with a Zeus the Destroyer, a robot with Astro in his sights.

  • S01E50The World of Odin1981-12-0924m

    Dr Elefun and Astro join Captain Claud and his crew as they search for the sacred ground of Odin.

  • S01E51The Secret of the Mayas1981-12-1624m

    Astro explores the Great Pyramid of the Mayas and encounters a mysterious sphinx.

  • S01E52Astro's First Love1981-12-2324m

    As Astro attempts to recover stolen plans for a robot he is helped by Niki, a girl robot, with whom he falls in love.

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