7.4/1013 votesLoading...#1 - Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 8/20/1963
The civilized world is shocked to hear of the sighting of a horrific monster.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1016 votesLoading...#2 - Colosso
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/1963
It is the year 2000 and robots have been put in charge of making other robots when there are no longer enough people to do the work. Astro Boy dreams of having a real mother, just like human boys. The robot workers are making an experimental new robot named Colosso who goes berserk and escapes shortly after coming to life. The only hope is for Astro Boy to stop him before he cause too much trouble. (In the original Japanese version, Colosso was named "Frankenstein")
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Writer: N/A
6.3/1048 votesLoading...#3 - The Birth of Astro Boy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1963
Dr. Tenma, Director General of the Science Ministry, loses his son Tobio in an accident. He decides to create the robot Astro Boy, who looks just like Tobio, using the best of the Science Ministry's technology.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Writer: N/A
6.3/1012 votesLoading...#4 - Pearl People
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 7/2/1963
Time after time, mysterious forces destroy the huge underwater dam being built by the Institute of Science.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/107 votesLoading...#5 - Expedition to Mars
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/1963
Astroboy is selected to lead a search party to find the survivors of the first manned expedition to Mars. This meets strong objection from the spaceship's captain, who protests taking orders from a robot.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Writer: N/A
5.3/1011 votesLoading...#6 - The Wacky Machine
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 7/9/1963
Dr. Fooler (Dr. I.Q. Plenty) pitches to some plant owners a machine that makes troublesome robots wacky and therefore harmless. The plant owners accept, and the device affects every robot in the city including Astro Boy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.3/1011 votesLoading...#7 - Memory Day
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/16/1963
Once a year, the citizens of Earth celebrate Memory Day and honor the memories of family members who have traveled far into the universe.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.8/1011 votesLoading...#8 - The Deadly Flies
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/4/1963
A mysterious epidemic causes people to drop into comas.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
2.4/1014 votesLoading...#9 - Hot Dog Corps
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 8/6/1963
Dogs transplanted their brains to the robot are remodeled by Dr. Ponkotsu and challenge humanity as a hot dog corps.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - One Million Mammoth Snails
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/1963
Professor Nutty Fruitcake grows giant fruits and vegetables. One day he breeds giant snails thinking they would be harmless, one million snails to be exact. The snails fill the mountain side and overflow into cities.
Director: Osamu Tezuka, Yuusaku Sakamoto
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - The Sphinx
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/1963
Astroboy wakes up in the middle of the desert, nearly drained of power and unable to remember how he got there. He is helped by Ali Baba, but in return Astro must battle 'The Sphinx'. This is not a real sphinx, but a robot which guards a desert tomb.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Zero, the Invisible Robot
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/1963
Zero Robot, a blend of Etheric Resin with Clear Plastic, can only be seen with polarized light. Fearless Fred Fenk uses Zero for robbery. Astro Boy once again battles another robot. Defeating Zero at a cost, Astro reassess his role in fighting villians.
Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Captain Atom
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/1963
Alien resembling aliens including the doctor of Ochanomizu and Higeyajiji emigrated from the stars that looked like the earth in emergency. However, the food crisis and humankind will begin attacking the aliens with cell shrink solution.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - The Spirit Machine
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/19/1963
In a land called Shangri-Lee a dictator rose to power. Known to his enemies as the Mad Hatter he trusted no one. To solve this need to do everything himself he captured Dr Elefun. Dr Elefun was to make duplicates of the Mad Hatter. Astro Boy rescues Dr Elefun and the Spirit Machine is destroyed.
Director: Motoaki Ishii
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - The Deep Freeze
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/1963
Crime knows no boundaries - not even the North Pole! Sharkey Dirk and his gang of cut-throats had become the Scourge of the Arctic! An avowed robot-hater, Sharkey foraged far and wide destroying every machine in his path. His hideout was a secret den situated right at the Pole (who would think to look for him there?)
Director: Shuji Konno
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Strange Voyage
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/1963
'Lucky' Louie the Lug has slipped by the police at a space port and boarded the first commercial flight to the Moon. Astroboy pursues him seeking to recover stolen diamonds, but the liftoff is underway before he can apprehend the criminal. When meteors collide with the ship, Astro escapes in a damaged space raft with Louie, a little girl named Marvel, Radio Announcer 'Stark' Raving, socialite Mona Toujour and crooked insurance magnate 'Rocco' Gibraltor. They land on a strange asteroid which is a frozen vacuum by night, but has breathable air by day.
Director: Yuusaku Sakamoto
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Time Machine
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/1963
One day, excitable Mr. Pompous was relaxing at home when suddenly a mysterious ship crashed through his front door. Clearly the ship was something from the future.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Cross Island
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/19/1963
After Dr I.M. Sinister and his 2 henchmen 'Red' and 'Mouse' escape from Sing Song Prison, they hide at the mining colony of Cross Island disguised as robots. The gang overpowers Dr Elefun, who is repairing the robot miners. As chance has it, one boy robot on the island was built by Dr Sinister. While holding Elefun at gunpoint, Sinister demands not only HIS robot but the use of parts from Astroboy, so he can build a super-robot capable of changing into an array of animals.
Director: Gisaburō Sugii
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - The Eyes of Christ
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/26/1963
That priest was dying carving a single mark on the eyes of Christ decorated in the church. Apparently it seems to be a clue to teach the identity of the pirate who broke into the church. The same pirate begins to aim for beard hair that knew their secret.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - The Artificial Sun
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/2/1963
Film producer Elia Belial plans to ruin Earth using an artificial sun.
Director: Motoaki Ishii
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Grass Boy
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/1963
Astro runs into two of his friends and stumbles upon an interesting flower. While Astro's friends want to pick it, Astro says to leave the flower alone. He then proceeds to tell the tale of this bizarre flower.
Director: Shuji Konno
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Silver Comet
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/1963
Young Koichi (Tommy Speed) prepares to enter a world race with his supersonic car, the Silver Comet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Hullabaloo Land
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/1963
Saturn (Baron Von Hoodwink), an evil robot kidnaps Princess Odette (Princess Lollipop), a robot swan who can turn back into her normal self when everyone's asleep. She runs away from Hullabaloo Land as Astro comes to her aid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Gangor the Monster
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/30/1963
A robot centipede disguised as 47 wrestling robots causes havoc on a ship and in the ocean.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - The Cosmic Giant
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/1963
Garon, a giant cosmic robot lands on Earth as a meteor, then Astro Boy and the scientists reconstruct him. During a thunderstorm, Garon revives. A corrupt scientist tells Garon to reconstruct an island in the image of his home planet, also changing the atmosphere to match that of the planet, which is toxic to life on Earth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Astro Boy
Every episode of Astro Boy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Astro Boy!
In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans,...
Genres:AnimationMysterySci-Fi & FantasyKids
Network:Fuji TV
Best Episodes Summary
"Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" is the best rated episode of "Astro Boy". It scored 7.4/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/20/1963. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Colosso".