Overview of 'Astro Boy' Season 1 - ERICA

Astro Boy (1980)

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.

Writing:

Osamu Tezuka

Stars:

Release Date: 1980-10-01
Seasons: 1

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7.7/10

Country: JP
Language: 日本語
Runtime: 24

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - The Birth Of Astro Boy
Release Date: 1980-10-01
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.
Episode 2 - Astro Boy Vs. Atlas
Release Date: 1980-10-08
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...
Episode 3 - The Robot Circus
Release Date: 1980-10-15
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".
Episode 4 - Save the Classmate
Release Date: 1980-10-22
Rescued from the circus by Dr. Elefun, Astro Boy starts school and struggles with the bullying from classmates for being a robot.
Episode 5 - Atlas Lives Again
Release Date: 1980-10-22
Astro's must stop Atlas' scheme to enslave humanity by series of technological thefts, one of which involves Astro's proposed robotic parents.
Episode 6 - Robotland
Release Date: 1980-11-05
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.
Episode 7 - Frankenstein
Release Date: 1980-11-12
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.
Episode 8 - The Red Cat
Release Date: 1980-11-19
A red cat becomes the only clue to the mystery of children who are disappearing.
Episode 9 - The Crystal of the Desert
Release Date: 1980-11-26
While exploring a forest that has become a desert, Astro Boy discovers that Atlas is involved.
Episode 10 - The White Planet
Release Date: 1980-12-03
Astro aids a championship racer who hopes to win a global race.
Episode 11 - A Robot President
Release Date: 1980-12-10
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.
Episode 12 - Goliath's Head
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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...
Episode 13 - The Light Ray Robot
Release Date: 1980-12-24
Skunk causes trouble again, this time capturing a robot capable of invisibility hoping to use it in his schemes.
Episode 14 - Uran, the Tomboy
Release Date: 1981-01-07
Astro meets his new sister, Uran.
Episode 15 - Robio and Robiette
Release Date: 1981-01-14
Astro gets involved in a rivalry between robotic "families". However the two of the robots from the competing camps fall in love.
Episode 16 - Astro Fights Aliens
Release Date: 1981-01-21
Astro captains the Second Expedition to Mars where strange creatures have been seen.
Episode 17 - Save the Carolina 3
Release Date: 1981-01-28
Astro attempts to stop Skunk's outer space pirating attempt when one of his classmates is kidnapped.
Episode 18 - The Rainbow Comet
Release Date: 1981-02-04
On a school field trip to see the Rainbow Comet up close, Astro and classmates are kidnapped by Atlas.
Episode 19 - The Death Balloon
Release Date: 1981-02-11
Balloons modelled in the shape of Astro are attacking people in the city and its up to Astro to clear his name.
Episode 20 - The Transformation Robot
Release Date: 1981-02-18
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.
Episode 21 - The Wreck of the Titan
Release Date: 1981-02-25
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.
Episode 22 - The Liar Robot
Release Date: 1981-03-04
A school field trip is interrupted by a robot constantly lying about a impending earthquake.
Episode 23 - The Girl from Alsoar
Release Date: 1981-03-11
Astro Boy meets a mysterious woman and must stop a hostile alien invasion.
Episode 24 - The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)
Release Date: 1981-03-08
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.
Episode 25 - The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 2)
Release Date: 1981-03-25
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?
Episode 26 - The Robot Vikings
Release Date: 1981-04-01
A wild gang of viking robots rampage through the city, causing havoc and destruction.
Episode 27 - The Time Machine
Release Date: 1981-04-08
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.
Episode 28 - The Robot Stuntman
Release Date: 1981-04-29
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.
Episode 29 - The Great Meltdown
Release Date: 1981-05-06
Livian appears to Astro to warn him of danger to the polar icecaps. Is Atlas involved?
Episode 30 - Uran's Twin
Release Date: 1981-05-13
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.
Episode 31 - Speeding Through the Storm
Release Date: 1981-06-03
Whilst on a field trip to an old steam engine, a violent storm hits.
Episode 32 - The Return of Queen Cleopatra
Release Date: 1981-06-17
Cleopatra has reappeared and Astro must find out the mystery behind her.
Episode 33 - The Runaway Subway Train
Release Date: 1981-07-01
A brand new subway train that can go 180km/h runs out of control and Astro has to save those on board.
Episode 34 - The Baby Elephant Pook
Release Date: 1981-07-08
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.
Episode 35 - The Secret of Bee City
Release Date: 1981-07-15
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?
Episode 36 - The Monster of Clarken
Release Date: 1981-07-22
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?
Episode 37 - Lilly on Peligro Island
Release Date: 1981-08-05
Astro finds 43 messages-in-a-bottle and sneaks out at night to investigate what is going on at Peligro Island.
Episode 38 - The Anti-Proton Gun
Release Date: 1981-08-19
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.
Episode 39 - The Man-Made Solar Sphere
Release Date: 1981-09-02
The great detective Shalock Holmespan and Astro investigate the unusual incidents around a man-made solar sphere.
Episode 40 - Blackie Young
Release Date: 1981-09-16
After Dr Elefun receives a large package and re-assembles the parts of a robot, Astro and Daddy Walrus travel Antarctica to investigate.
Episode 41 - The Genie from Outer Space
Release Date: 1981-09-23
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.
Episode 42 - The Robots Nobody Wanted
Release Date: 1981-10-14
Three robot workers that have been rejected from their jobs help Astro.
Episode 43 - Atlas Forever
Release Date: 1981-10-21
When space stations around Saturn and Jupiter are attacked, Atlas is blamed. After he defeats 100 ships, Astro becomes involved.
Episode 44 - The Snow Leopard
Release Date: 1981-10-28
After it snows in summer, Astro investigates the cause.
Episode 45 - Uran's Quest
Release Date: 1981-11-04
An Amusement Park's computer malfunctions and causes havok after Uran asks it where God lives.
Episode 46 - Outer Spaceport R-45
Release Date: 1981-11-11
Space pirates have been raiding the area around Spaceport R-45 and Astro is needed to investigate.
Episode 47 - The Hijacked Airship
Release Date: 1981-11-18
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.
Episode 48 - The Human-Faced Rock
Release Date: 1981-11-25
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.
Episode 49 - Uran Falls in Love
Release Date: 1981-12-02
Uran falls in love with a Zeus the Destroyer, a robot with Astro in his sights.
Episode 50 - The World of Odin
Release Date: 1981-12-09
Dr Elefun and Astro join Captain Claud and his crew as they search for the sacred ground of Odin.
Episode 51 - The Secret of the Mayas
Release Date: 1981-12-16
Astro explores the Great Pyramid of the Mayas and encounters a mysterious sphinx.
Episode 52 - Astro's First Love
Release Date: 1981-12-23
As Astro attempts to recover stolen plans for a robot he is helped by Niki, a girl robot, with whom he falls in love.