Without Astro Boy...

The implications that would've occured if Astro Boy didn't exist

Astro Boy is the tale of a robot child built in the image of Toby, Dr. Tenma's deceased son. Unfortunately, due to being mechanical, Astro wasn't able to grow taller. Plus, he was clumsy, and Tenma couldn't take it anymore. Astro ran away and ends up being kidnapped by Hamegg, a wicked ringmaster of a robot circus. Eventually, Dr. Elefun, a kind scientist, rescues Astro, gives him shelter, parents, and a plucky little sister, Uran. Astro also makes friends at a human school, where the kids didn't really take to him at first, but when they were on a rollercoaster that went haywire, Astro saved them, and they warm up to him.

If Astro Boy never existed, the entire world would never have had great anime such as:

The Dragon Ball series

Ranma 1/2

Sailor Moon

Yu-Gi-Oh!

To name a few, and that includes movies by Hayao Miyazaki.

Also, if Astro Boy never existed, Mega Man wouldn't exist, either.

Originally, the first Mega Man game back in 1987 was intended to be an Astro Boy game, but there were complications, so Mega Man just popped in the heads of the people working on the game.

Because of that fact, I even made a picture of Astro and Mega together, as shown in the address to it:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c20/Nekagi/atom_and_rock.png

(Atom and Rock are the respective Japanese names of Astro Boy and Mega Man)

Thank you for reading this article.

Comments

I like Astro Boy, but is it too much to want to know WHY those animes wouldn't be around if it weren't for Astro Boy? Without the pictures, this wouldn't be very long.

Yeah pay no attention to me, I'll only help improve your work. God knows you dont want that!

Not the worst article! I really love anime and manga, and Astro Boy is no exception. I agree with a few comments though, try to give a little more information in your future articles. Everyone has a bad attempt though.

Pay no attention to Retrojerk.

Not bad, but needs a little more substance. Perhaps if you had gone into more detail of the overall history of Astro Boy, from its beginnings in 1950s manga, to its many televised incarnations to its most recent theatrical film the article could've been more interesting. Good layout and use of photos though.

actually it would still had anime with or without astroboy. think of the 2 sides of a penny

I think this article wqas good, could've done with a bit more content but it definetly deserves a better rank than it's getting. I'm looking forward to your next article.

Wow, -1, people on here are harsh. Had I checked a little later I would never have known Astro Boy and MM were so closely related. This is why I see the 'vote into oblivion' as a bad thing, I miss a lot of interesting stuff and as long as the front page doesn't change daily then I'm ok with crap articles. Even crap article have interesting things.

I'm not a big Astro Boy fan so I had no idea that he had so much in common with Mega Man. I'll have to look up to see if that is true about the first MM game being a Astro Boy game. The others, although in Japan when I was a kid, didn't come to the US until I was in High School or later so I never saw any of them. Love MM though, if MM owes Astro Boy his existence then I thank you Astro Boy, even if I never watch any of your cartoons and the movie that came out a few years ago didn't look appealing to me.

As for the article quality I'm giving it a thumbs up because although short it did get me thinking and not every topic needs a huge article. It would have been nice to explain why the other shows would not have existed. People like me that don't watch Anime are left out in the dark as to why if a robot kid didn't exist then a kid with a really deep voice that plays cards wouldn't have existed.

MF im giving you a thumbs up just because you got to retrojerk lmao...

Alright ladies quit your fighting. Was this thebest article I've ever read on Retrojunk? God no, but is it the worst I've ever read on Retrojunk? Most certainly not. Sure it left alot to be desired but at least it was the writers own opinion and it wasn't ripped off of something else. Its a first article as well, how many people hit it out of the park the first time? Not many. I'm giving this article a minor thumbs up but a thumbs up none the less. I look forward to the next article from this writer.

I may not have gotten it at first, but taking another look at it helped me to understand further. Some things can't be picked up on the first time...Re-reading an article can help clarify things.

Bahaha! You didn't even get what the person was trying to communicate with the article! Is'nt that the point of the written language?

I didn't know that's what you were trying to communicate with the article. Now I can see the influence when compared to the images utilized for the Dragonball and Ranma prorgrams. I think you did a good job.

I wasn't actually comparing. I was saying that if Astro Boy didn't exist, other anime artists, as well as Mega Man's creator, wouldn't have any inspiration to make the stuff we like today.

I look for something positive in everything I watch, listen to and read. In this case, I thought her comparison between "Astro Boy" and other anime was interesting. I found it interesting because it made me think about looking up more info on the subject. Articles can do all sorts of things...Even the simplest ones can make you delve further into a subject to do some discovering for yourself.

Wow, caps likes an article! What a surprise! Good read eh? Let me ask you this, have you ever come across an article that you didnt think was a "good read"? Ive found better read's on the back of a dvd box.

It's only her first article. Everybody has to start somewhere, and this could inspire people to look up more on the subject, if only to form their own opinions. I think it was a decent read myself.

Wow what a thoughtful article full of personal experiences and insight! Just kidding. This is garbage and if you take away the pictures (that have nothing to do with astro boy) it just looks like a comment on a better article.