All Episodes of Astro Boy
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Season 1
6.4/1055 votesThe 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: Unknown
6.8/1022 votesColosso
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: Unknown
6.5/1012 votesExpedition 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: Unknown
7.3/1010 votesOne 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: Unknown
6.2/107 votesThe 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: Unknown
6.8/106 votesZero, 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: Unknown
6.8/106 votesCaptain 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesStrange 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesTime 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesCross 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesGrass 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: Unknown
N/A/100 votesHullabaloo 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: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe 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: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Deep-Underground Tank
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/18/1963
Together with Dr. Jordan who ran away from under the president who plots world conquest, Atom who got into the underground tank fights the president. But the underground tank loses control and starts pushing towards the volcano.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
5.3/1011 votesThe 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: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Three Magicians
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 8/13/1963
Kino (Abracadabra), a robot magician is approached by a strange magician named Tenpercent, who later frames him for stealing art paintings from a museum. With Astro's help Kino must provide the evidence that he was framed.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Elixir of Life
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 9/3/1963
The religious group Pui Pui is looking for a wonder drug that will give them immortality. Dr. Tatsuji, who has succeeded in developing such a drug, is taken away by the religious group. So Astro Boy fights them to ensure the peaceful use of the drug.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesDeadline to Danger
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/8/1963
X Bomb, which is capable of turning any substance to water, drops into the Pacific Ocean. There are 50 hours left until the explosion. Astro Boy goes to recollect it, but learns that Uran, who has followed him, has been swallowed along with the bomb by a whale.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Yellow Horse
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 10/15/1963
Disguising himself, as a human boy, Astro Boy goes undercover to investigate a drug trade. Some criminals have developed a drug called Yellow Horse, when injected it causes people to dance and make people want more. Professor Ochanomizu has been captured by the drug ring and injected. They try to blackmail him into helping them produce and distribute the drug in exchange for another shot. But Astro is able to pose as a Yellow Horse addict thanks to an artificial skin that makes it look like he is injecting it into himself. He tracks down the headquarters and leads the police to arrest them all. The Professor goes to rehab along with all the addicts for detoxification.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesThe Great Space Horse
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/26/1963
Nuu, member of the Tenma Tribe, comes from the depths of the mountains of Mongolia. People rush to the city just to see Nuu, throwing the city into a big chaos. Moreover, a gang plots behind the scenes to capture Nuu.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesSnow Lion
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 12/24/1963
An old man who comes from Planet Regel to the Earth brings a snow lion with him. Then aliens from Planet Regel start to spray cosmic snow that sucks up all energy. Astro Boy takes off for space to save the Earth, when cities have stopped functioning.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Island of Mystery
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 2/8/1964
Astro and Dr. Ochanomizu decipher an ancient code of 200,000 years ago. Discovering that hidden hints in the 13 statues of God in Western Island might lead them to the secrets of outer space, they head for the island.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Super Duper Robot
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 2/15/1964
Gaston, who has stolen a blueprint of a robot from a UFO, requests the Science Ministry to build the robot exactly as shown on the blueprint, without indicating its source. The completed robot, Buron turns out to be a destructive weapon and starts to destroy everything.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesVampire Vale
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 3/21/1964
Tick and Tack get lost in the depths of the Unzen Mountain, and decide to stay for a night in a deserted house inhabited by a vampire. The vampire, Dr. Pedan tries to turn Tick into a vampire, but Astro comes to rescue them.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesInca Gold Fever
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 6/20/1964
In order to collect the hidden treasures of the Inca scattered around the world, the old man Kapack, who has telekinesis, asks Tondale for help. Tondale, however, plans to get all the gold to himself, and starts an attack on the world with a special machine that enhances mental power.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Monster Machine
Season 1 Episode 76 - Aired 6/27/1964
Dr. Morse succeeds in corresponding with Planet Paranoia, which is more civilized than the Earth. With the help of Astro, the doctor assembles a mysterious box following the instructions on a blueprint sent from the planet.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Hooligan Whodunit
Season 1 Episode 77 - Aired 7/4/1964
A boy named “Looks" is deeply attached to the robot that has brought him up. From the day it is destroyed by another robot, he begins to hate all robots. Then he forms an exclusive organization called “Black Looks," and starts to oppress robots.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Terrible Time Gun
Season 1 Episode 86 - Aired 9/12/1964
Dr. Tempo is waiting for a chance to become the next director of the Science Ministry. With a time gun that can send its targets to the past, he sends the bothersome Astro and Dr. Ochanomizu to the middle Ages.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesSpace Princess
Season 1 Episode 87 - Aired 9/19/1964
Astro exchanges messages with a star nymph, and sets out on an expedition to find the pure water the nymph needs. The star nymph is in fact a princess of the Planet Keios. She is trying to turn into a cocoon with pure water on a full moon night in preparation for emergence.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMighty Microbe Army
Season 1 Episode 88 - Aired 9/26/1964
The pilot of a rocket that has made an emergency landing is suffering from a strange disease. After they hear a voice from within the pilot's body, Astro and Higeoyaji are reduced to tiny figures, and get into the body. Inside, they see bacteria-sized aliens.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesThe Three Robotiers
Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 10/31/1964
In order to save patients suffering from space disease on Mars, a serum is sent to Mars from Earth. All the transport ships carrying the serum, however, get destroyed on their way. Astro, together with the three robot knights, goes into space to protect the last of the serum.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesAngel of the Alps
Season 1 Episode 94 - Aired 11/14/1964
The construction of a dam near the Bering Strait is hampered by difficulties. Dr. Zeman's research is required to solve the problem. Astro goes to ask for help from the doctor who lives a secluded life in the depth of the Alps because of his hatred for civilization. Astro, however, finds the doctor being attacked by another robot that is after the research material.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMagic Punch Card
Season 1 Episode 95 - Aired 11/21/1964
A missile base is completely controlled by a computer. Now, the computer is out of control, setting the stage for nuclear attack. In fact, this is a means of personal revenge by Dr. Yakoref, who lost the competition for the design of the base. Astro starts to disassemble the computer.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Great Rocket Robbery
Season 1 Episode 96 - Aired 11/28/1964
Dr. Akuta, who is after the gold ingot on Mars, controls a robot called Future. The robot, however, becomes humble after hearing out Astro. Then Astro and Future pursue the doctor, who has run away with the gold ingot.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesContest in Space
Season 1 Episode 97 - Aired 12/5/1964
Planet Hyper is the most civilized planet in the galactic system. It chooses a pair of a human and a robot each from both the Earth and Planet War to have them fight against each other, and will destroy the loser's planet. Astro and Ponkotsu Tetsu, the safebreaker, are chosen to represent the Earth.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesThe Wonderful Christmas Present
Season 1 Episode 100 - Aired 12/26/1964
On Christmas night, Dr. Ochanomizu opens the will of his scientist friend who died 10 years before. It says that he has left an invention in Bururu Mountain. Astro and his friends happen to be on the mountain and encounter a boy called Akio who lives alone there.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesUncharted World
Season 1 Episode 101 - Aired 1/2/1965
The visiting Prince Dorian of the Camellia Kingdom disappears. Astro goes searching for him using the latest 4D detection device, and finds the prince wandering in another world. That world is inhabited by people who have been spirited away from various time periods.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesJungle Mystery
Season 1 Episode 102 - Aired 1/9/1965
Uran is going to be in a movie as Tarzan. When she goes on location to the jungle, however, a mysterious woman takes her away. The woman is planning to make Uran, who is dressed as a boy, the prince of the demon's place.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Terrible Spaceman
Season 1 Episode 103 - Aired 1/16/1965
Humans are drawn toward a flight of stairs that suddenly appear one day, and they start to walk towards a spaceship hidden among the clouds. When there are no humans left on earth, the robots start to talk about taking over the planet.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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N/A/100 votesMystery of the Metal Men
Season 1 Episode 107 - Aired 2/13/1965
Astro is involved in an explosion during the construction of a dam. The impact sends him into a parallel world where Tobio, the son of Dr. Tenma, never died in an accident. In other words, it is a world where Astro has not been born.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesSuper Human Beings
Season 1 Episode 108 - Aired 2/20/1965
Three scientists gain supernatural power on the surface of the moon. Then Dr. Arden, who has a grudge against Dr. Ochanomizu, stages an attack against him. In order to protect Dr. Ochanomizu, Astro fights fiercely against the scientists who have supernatural power.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMenace from Mercury
Season 1 Episode 110 - Aired 3/6/1965
Astro is investigating a super thermal bomb that has fallen on earth. Then he heads for Mercury to find its launching site. On his way, however, Astro loses his sight in an accident, and gets involved in a power struggle with aliens on Mercury.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesDangerous Mission
Season 1 Episode 113 - Aired 4/3/1965
A country called Back suddenly withdraws from the World Peace Union, and announces to its people a ban on invention and laughter. Astro and Dr. Ochanomizu visit the country to find out what is behind this dictatorial policy.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Greatest Robot on Earth (part two)
Season 1 Episode 117 - Aired 5/1/1965
Pluto succeeds in disposing of Montblanc, North #2, Brando, Gesicht, Hercules, and Photar with ease, leaving Astro as his sole remaining target. After meeting Astro, he begins to question his actions.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesPlanet 13
Season 1 Episode 119 - Aired 5/15/1965
Planet M, shaped like a convex lens, is approaching the Earth. It reflects solar light toward the Earth, turning its surface into hell. Humans, however, cannot cooperate in tackling this global issue because they are all motivated by their own greed.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesDouble trouble
Season 1 Episode 124 - Aired 7/3/1965
Higeoyaji's pet dog Pero has a diamond that it took back from space. Dr. Fooler puts Pero's memory into the computer of Captain Dog, the robot dog, to make it find diamonds. Astro follows the robot dog, which is heading for Mars.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
