6.9/1012 votesLoading...#1 - The Time Machine
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1981
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.
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5.9/109 votesLoading...#2 - The Death Balloon
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1981
Balloons modelled in the shape of Astro are attacking people in the city and its up to Astro to clear his name.
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4.7/1021 votesLoading...#3 - The Birth Of Astro Boy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1980
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Astro Boy Vs. Atlas
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1980
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...
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - The Robot Circus
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1980
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".
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Save the Classmate
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1980
Rescued from the circus by Dr. Elefun, Astro Boy starts school and struggles with the bullying from classmates for being a robot.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Atlas Lives Again
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1980
Astro's must stop Atlas' scheme to enslave humanity by series of technological thefts, one of which involves Astro's proposed robotic parents.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Robotland
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1980
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Frankenstein
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1980
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - The Red Cat
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1980
A red cat becomes the only clue to the mystery of children who are disappearing.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - The Crystal of the Desert
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1980
While exploring a forest that has become a desert, Astro Boy discovers that Atlas is involved.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - The White Planet
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1980
Astro aids a championship racer who hopes to win a global race.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - A Robot President
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1980
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Goliath's Head
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1980
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...
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - The Light Ray Robot
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1980
Skunk causes trouble again, this time capturing a robot capable of invisibility hoping to use it in his schemes.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Uran, the Tomboy
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1981
Astro meets his new sister, Uran.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Robio and Robiette
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1981
Astro gets involved in a rivalry between robotic "families". However the two of the robots from the competing camps fall in love.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Astro Fights Aliens
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1981
Astro captains the Second Expedition to Mars where strange creatures have been seen.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Save the Carolina 3
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1981
Astro attempts to stop Skunk's outer space pirating attempt when one of his classmates is kidnapped.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - The Rainbow Comet
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1981
On a school field trip to see the Rainbow Comet up close, Astro and classmates are kidnapped by Atlas.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - The Transformation Robot
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1981
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - The Wreck of the Titan
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1981
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - The Liar Robot
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1981
A school field trip is interrupted by a robot constantly lying about a impending earthquake.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - The Girl from Alsoar
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1981
Astro Boy meets a mysterious woman and must stop a hostile alien invasion.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1981
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.
Director: N/A
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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 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamilyKids
Network:Nippon TV
Best Episodes Summary
"The Time Machine" is the best rated episode of "Astro Boy". It scored 6.9/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/8/1981. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Death Balloon".