Atom's confrontation with Tenma - Astro Boy 2003

[@jackbarnes5589]

This still makes me cry. It's the best ending to any Astro series. Tenma and Astro finally being father and son.

[@JoelDafoe]

And tenma accepting his fate 😢

[@KufLMAO]

That’s how the movie ends too, no? Not to mention they don’t have to fucking die?

[@ShadowyKatz]

Dr.Light: And here we see a case study of how not to act with our robot children.

[@Kalebfenoir]

And then Dr. Wily looks over like : "Light, even I'm not like that. Even after all the stuff I did, there were bots I helped, that you abandoned to the junk heap. You declared them failures and others at the end of their useful function. I gave them purpose and freedom. Choice. Hope. Not all of them were controlled by me. Some of them wanted more to their lives." Of course he's saying that from a prison cell... but we all know he's got robot allies working to get him out.

[@hnfiiinc5993]

Rock and Roll: yes, Papa Light! Blues: Say what now? For those unfamiliar, that’s Megaman (Rockman), Roll, and Breakman (Protoman)

[@Mordecrox]

​@@hnfiiinc5993mmmm first time I see Proto/Blues referred to as Breakman. Is that his "fighting robot" name, as Rock/Rockman? Also for a second thought you mentioned Bass so I got a flashback of that arcade game where his ending we get a sneak peek of Wily building Zero.

[@lozm4835]

@@Kalebfenoir He also doesn't particularly care about any of them, but he won't say no to free guilt trip material.

[@FoxNamedLuke]

​@@Mordecrox He went by that moniker in Mega Man 3, when he still concealed his face. It's never really specified why. I guess since he was testing Rock in that game he didn't want him to hold back. I don't know if Mega Man would go all out against him he if knew who he was.

[@Jetix34]

Probably the big reason why I prefer 2003 compared to nearly every other version of Astroboy (besides this being the one I grew up with) is because Dr. Tenma remains relevant throughout the whole story. All that insane talk of Tenma wanting to make Atom the “King Of Robots” was just him desperately trying to prove that he loved his son and wanted the absolute best for him, albeit in a very twisted way. Because Tenma can’t accept the fact his neglect, selfishness, and lack of understanding is what got Tobio killed in the first place, and upon seeing what Atom was capable of, he became a lunatic. Tenma only really started to care when it was far too late. Tobio was already long gone. And as Atom says, Tenma still didn’t really understand what he was doing wrong until he got rejected a third time.

[@slenderblakchannelDarkNess]

What about Pluto

[@Jetix34]

@@slenderblakchannelDarkNess Have yet to watch it, but I have been meaning to when I have free time.

[@BryonYoungblood]

And what we see is how Astro/Atom calling out Dr. Tenma, still shows the kind hearted robot boy he's become from his time doing what he does, and how he managed to help Dr. Tenma heal, even if Dr. Tenma was pretty far gone due to how he was in pain over losing Tobio... and yet also not seeing his inaction is the reason why Tobio had died.

[@rosalina538]

It's the best ending to any Astro series. Tenma and Astro finally being father and son.

[@Mike-xh2vm]

The manga end in a similar manner.

[@trynabeok2282]

I cried bro, their hug was EVERYTHING

[@damiencrossley7497]

ASTRO BOY after so many years..... *this scene is like he flew to my home and with his go lucky smile pull my heart from my chest and flies off* .... *sobs*

[@megathundermaster2389]

How the ring broke apart at the end is symbolic of Tenma finally letting go of his ambitions and allowing Astro to move on with Ochanomizu to live happily with him. Because after this whole clip, Dr. Tenma says “He’s a good father, I’m not.” Indicating that it’s time for both he and Astro to finally let go of each other and making peace.

[@fuadakber495]

When Tobio hugged Tenma, the mad scientist completely mellowed out. Letting go of the ring, Tenma lets out tears of pain and cries. Accepting the hug, Tenma kneels and hugs his son, redeeming himself once and for all. His ring then fell to the ground and cracked, destroyed.

[@RobotSavetheworld]

This is my favorite iteration of Astro Boy/Tetsuwan Atom, because it made Dr Tenma such an interesting villain. There's an earlier episode of the series that pointed out as a child, Tenma didn't have any friends and didn't know how to interact with people, so he built a teddy bear robot to be his friend that basically just placated him all the time. Then the accident that took the life of his son Tobio was spun off from an argument because he didn't his son's emotional attachments seriously. He doesn't know how to form relationships with people without attempting to control their actions, and it keeps backfiring on him, even when he goes so far as to try and construct robot family that he can tell what to do. The final straw in all this is him trying to manipulate Atom one last time with the classic "emotional isolation" tactic by saying "I'm the only one who knows you and understands you," and Atom rejects it, because he has already experienced enough of the world to know he is loved by many. The terrible irony of this whole story is that Tenma built a wonderful, kind, loving robot, a robot that can think for itself like a real person and chooses to use his power for good all the time, and who would certainly choose to befriend Tenma and love him as a father, if he would just stop trying to FORCE Atom to do and be what TENMA WANTS. He wanted to build a perfect son, to replace the one he lost, and he DID, but he was always going to eventually grow up and away, as children always do, and Tenma just didn't have the faculties to deal with it, until it was too late.

[@miguelarcachero6103]

Hordak(PAS):"Dr. Tenma is a tear jerker!" Spawn:"You'll never see Him just yet!"

[@theater_fan_channel_artislife]

This is my favorite part of the series! ❤ Thank you for uploading this video!

[@theodreer1356]

The one thing. That one simple word, was enough. Was the thing that finally saved Dr Tenma. All he wanted without realizing, what he wanted with all he had in his heart. Was to hear his son call him Father again.

[@jaehojeong5036]

Umataro Tenma is actually a complete neutral in most of Astro Boy Series. Neither hero nor villain.

[@Annie-rw2ec]

Agree. And one of the best anime/manga characters ever. I love this adaptation but Tenma is basically a villain here, I prefer the 1980 version

[@CatBxtchNami]

@@Annie-rw2ec I like him more as a villain because I feel the villain needs to be have a emotional connection with the protagonist in some way.

[@Annie-rw2ec]

@@CatBxtchNami that's correct.

[@Astroboyism]

Ion agree w dis but aight ig

[@Sanuw7]

​@@Annie-rw2ec Dr. Tenma In the 1980 Series. After Episode 2 Tenma is last seen searching for Tobio. He never shows up again in the series, what do you think happened to him? Why did he never show up again?

[@Cupheadsadvocate]

a horrible father, and now a not-very-good robot caretaker. and all he had to do was not leave his goddamn keys with his son.

[@themaestro2572]

As a kid, i coukd never remember Dr. Tenma's name so i always called him "Evil rooster guy".

[@archangeruriseofthewizards8649]

For me : Tenma or Tobio's dad

[@CringeKhan72]

Damn the Japanese dub is so much more impactful than the English!!

[@funnyvalentine1038]

Like always

[@PyroGothNerd]

​@@funnyvalentine1038Not always. There are rare cases of the dub being better, like Hellsing Ultimate and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood But early 2000's dubs tended to be pretty bad

[@EingefrorenesEisen]

I think it depends on the exact series. Some 90s anime is better dubbed than some modern ones. I think old dubs can be awkward, mistranslated, or just poorly executed by inexperienced VAs. But modern anime is at times plagued by over-acting, cringe line reads, translations that are TOO faithful and just sound awkward in English, etc. This specific anime had a lot of heart and the Japanese sub is infinitely better even for an English speaker.

[@sampeter1471]

​​@@PyroGothNerdthose weren't better,just acceptable which is rare for dubs

[@IchigoUnbound]

​@@funnyvalentine1038Seems like an elitist troll

[@jaehojeong5036]

We heard the upcoming Tezuka's **Astro Boy Reboot** 3D animation with the same production "Method" as Zag's Miraculous, will be aired and broadcasted soon. We also heard that **Astro Boy Reboot** 3D animation would/might be based on Astro Boy 2003 series.

[@michaelbullen3104]

Why was every episode of this show FILM quality level of animation?

[@Astroniko003]

It was essentially made to honor his canon in universe birthday and the anniversary of the OG Astro Boy anime. With that in mind, you can tell they poured a ton of love and care into its production for it to still stand up 20 years after its release

[@michaelbullen3104]

@@Astroniko003Ah so it’s like a 40th anniversary thing… This show either needs a redub or a box set of the Japanese version for North America and Europe. I would LOVE to see a full redub of this

[@Astroniko003]

@@michaelbullen3104 Oh absolutely. And given how important Astro Boy as a franchise is, I'm really surprised they haven't done one yet. Especially how 2003 is easily one of the more known versions in America---even if the dub is pretty bad. And like you said, they should at the very least make the Japanese more accessible

[@michaelbullen3104]

@@Astroniko003So I have heard through some commenters that there was a slightly more uncut version of the English dub done in Australia? But most of its contents have been copyright striked and lost to the sands of time, and even was apparently broadcast in 16:9? Maybe I’m just tripping here or something but I wonder if this is a piece of lost media worth looking into or documenting

[@Astroniko003]

@@michaelbullen3104 Woah, really? I actually haven't heard about that, although it sounds like it would be _really_ interesting to dig into. Australian Astro Boy media like the 80's dub has always piqued my curiosity. Not really directly related, but I wonder if there were plans to go in a different direction with the 03 dub? Because I found what I'm assuming was test reel of Candi Milo's role as Astro and, while the voice direction was mostly the same, there was a line with Astro mention O'Shay being his father. Which is SUPER interesting to me since the final version avoided a lot of direct mentions of father/son relation ships Astro had. It could mean absolutely nothing but your comment happened to remind me of that.

[@rezthemediaruler3768]

A powerful Scene indeed…

[@minu5449]

天馬博士、相当なエゴイストなんだけどどこかなんか否定しきれない人間味があってさー。

[@Number1Pencil]

It's like the end of the Phantom of the Opera musical but with platonic love

[@jaehojeong5036]

Wow. This is such a sort of epic Walt Disney Animation.

[@kabutomushigerman9852]

And with that phrase you can resume all the works created or derivated by tezuka, incluiding astroboy

[@DaiShuryoTechnus]

Knowing that Ishinomori was Tezuka's student, I can't help but feel Kikaider vibes in this scene!

[@brickzoneanimations8395]

If Astro Boy does decide to come back I want it to be like this sure the CGI Movie was great but it was nowhere near this level of greatness Astro Boy is Basically Pinocchio but with technology and Tenma was just a grieving father who wanted to resurrect Tobio so he can right his wrongs as a father Astro Boy is a story about loss and grief if it were ever to come back I want it to be like this!

[@Ros.ex1]

..Love he so much! I hate his father so much. It will remain the most beautiful series I have ever seen in my life and the best anime . 💙✨😔

[@jirachicute28]

final boss daddy with serious mental issues 🤣🤣🤣

[@kernsanders3973]

I miss the days we got robot/mech animations like this, its all CG now.. and its terrible. I remember taking my friend to the hospital and sitting in the waiting room with this playing on the TV, I was hooked and had to get the whole series to watch.

[@imstupid880]

The Greatest Robot In The World

[@lillygames6117]

Where did they get the Japanese dub with English subtitles

[@Astroniko003]

Pretty sure that this is ripped from the Japanese DVDs if I remember right. Although a while back someone found a native release on a JP streaming site and ripped an HD release from there

[@lillygames6117]

@@Astroniko003 I’ve been looking for the two Astro boy 2004-2005 movies do u know where they are possibly? I found a link to Chinese KZbin but I’m not sure if that’s it yet 😭

[@lillygames6117]

@@Astroniko003 I was also wondering if u have like a discord for hunting for these things lol

[@ramaluminus]

Damn, people still remember 2003 Astro Boy series?

[@edward18517]

Of course ^_^ it's the series that had the best quality any of the shows have ever done.

[@sowhazupguy]

This shit always gets my why am I watching this in public aaaa

[@Tomoni-San754]

😢

[@唯衣枷場]

啓人のナチュナルな声かけ、大好き！

[@ZeroSubtractOne]

Ankle boy owie

[@xj-jeno2389]

oooo ooo owie owww ankle dying oooooowwowwwwww 😭😭😭noooooo!!!!

[@miakoino3495]

At 3:25 to 3:28 such a good meme material.

[@MaestroDrake]

Who's played the Game Boy Advance game?

[@randomdeinternet3582]

Me

[@HawkBreland]

Me

[@esmeraldaguzman395]

Por alguna razon astroboy me recuerda un poco a megaman 🤭

[@kanuh]

Porque inafune se basó en Astroboy y Casshan

[@MsCyou0157]

公平に言えば、日本のサブカルチャーである漫画、アニメ、ゲームの全ての出発点は手塚治虫作品にあると言って良いでしょう。

[@NetworkhelperEnigma]

Dr.Light (Archie) and Tenma are competing on who’s the worst dad, let them cook

[@Yuseigo]

i don't remember this scene, was this not dubbed because i only saw the dub.

[@Astroniko003]

It was in the dub, it just had a lot of changes in it. Some of the big ones are dialogue and music changes, which is probably why this felt different. Unless you just didn't make it to this episode? It was the finale.

[@Yuseigo]

@@Astroniko003 no i watched the entire show back in 2018, it's just been awhile.

[@Mat7920H]

When the climax hits: 3:31

[@rancorlover]

Bro...

[@barrickfischer]

Dude...

[@Caughtintheinterweb]

Bruh...

[@Quipiradu]

Mano...

[@AkmalNova17]

YOU WRONG!!! The Robot is not possible will be Evolved!

[@vanesslifeygo]

bad ending. it isn't on you to fix the mistakes your father did and the "trials" they put you through to accomplish their own goals through you you have your own life.

[@funnyvalentine1038]

Stfu. It was beautiful, and We talk about a robot, not a real child

[@Number1Pencil]

??? I don't think that was the point of this scene. If anything Tenma realizes what he did was messed up. He goes to jail afterwards.