Remember That Astroboy Movie?

[@calvinboucher5741]

I think the reason why Astro wasn’t behaving like Toby is because Toby learned to act a specific way to gain his father’s approval. Astro didn’t understand that so he’s acting like a regular kid which was probably closer to Toby’s true self. This is very sad to think about cause it means Tenma never truly knew his son.

[@theburtongamer4214]

Yep

[@HopelessDreamersClub]

I completely agree

[@mediocri5y]

Dam

[@vehimouchas9743]

Tenma probably was more focused on his work than his son and never actually spent enough time with Toby to really get to know him.

[@shadangel47]

Yes

[@dylandreisbach1986]

As someone who literally only learned about Astro boy from this movie as a kid, I have fond nostalgia for the movie. Though I haven’t watched it in a while.

[@johnross5098]

Same!

[@P-P-Panda]

Yessss

[@SassafrasTee7366]

Me too

[@fujikurayami01]

Same here, I watched this since I was around 4 and it's actually the only this I've ever seen of astro boy so I don't have a say in how good it is compared to the anime. But in my opinion I love the movie even if some others don't

[@antoinemayrand7348]

I have not much memories left of that movie, but I remember I liked it. That's pretty much it, I wouldn't remember anything else if it wasn't for this video.

[@jackofclubs6229]

I love ZOG. “YOU CAN’T KILL ME! THE LAWS OF ROBOTICS STATED FOR 20 YEARS THAT ROBOTS CANNOT HARM ANY HUMANS!” “I’m old school” [Stomp]

[@averageghost617]

That scene was my favorite as a kid

[@msk-qp6fn]

It was a badass line

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

I was legit not expecting him to have that voice.

[@lwdrd]

In my little child brain that had to be the most badass thing ever shown in any form of media

[@alicedreamer5220]

In polish version: Bad guy: Laws of robotics are 20 years old blah blah Big robot: I'm 21

[@Hollyse]

I watched this movie like a million times as a kid I loved it lmao

[@marycarver1703]

SAME!

[@caffeinatedgon2634]

Said something similar in the comments, even though it was a fun movie their is a few things that is ahead of its time and underrated at most. I watched the movie again most recently I agreed with some of the voice acting, that could of done differently. overall seeing this again brings some enjoyable moments.

[@Hollyse]

@@caffeinatedgon2634 Yeah like the film definitely has plot holes and cuts corners a lot but for a kid it's really easy to grasp and enjoy ahahha

[@javianbrown8627]

same, I heard about it due to the psp game

[@currupto5883]

I cried when Toby died

[@owenjolley351]

*I honestly enjoyed this film when I was 8 and when I found out that it was so bad that it caused the studio that made it to shut down a small part of me died.*

[@Aacck]

I don't even think it was necessarily "so bad" that it bankrupted the studio. It was a good enough family film. I think a lot of their loss came from poor marketing and trying to adapt it too much to a casual American family movie instead of something that preexisting fans would enjoy.

[@bankbill9670]

It’s not even bad, if u think Astro boy was bad then you must have unreachable movie standards

[@Hirpina81]

It's not THAT bad, c'mon. 🙂It's still AstroBoy, after all, it's some "apocryph", a version. They could make it better, but in the end it's an enjoyable entertainment. I am an old AstroBoy fan, as my first series ever seen is the 1980s one. I also saw and red all versions of this story I could find on the internet; some are stupid, some are great. If you like AstroBoy (or Tetsuwan Atom), you can't feel so bad about this movie. Don't forget your sense of criticism or the fact you are grown up, now, of course. 🙂 But in the end, your 8 years old self loved it.

[@chaoticcow4357]

@@bankbill9670 It wasn't SO BAD but it definitely was sub-par. I REALLY liked it when I was a kid but when it comes to consistancy (a very important part of the movie) it kinda fails.

[@TheJo1ke]

Same

[@p3gasus-M]

DUDE I was OBSESSED with this movie as a kid! Does it make no sence? Yes. Do aliens come out of no where? Yes. Do I absolutely still adore it? *Yes.*

[@DanielWillagerrv2fn]

Same!

[@veintiuno875]

same and i still love it just because of the nostalgia lmao

[@Its_Vendetta]

Same

[@TrickazoidInterlock]

I still remember watching this over and over and I still loved it 🥰

[@_marshP]

There are aliens????????

[@rorymoore2496]

This hit me with a wave of nostalgia I wasn’t ready for

[@yolanda724]

Same

[@EternalTheMandarinGoddess]

Dude same

[@xxxmcnuggwtsxxx9859]

Same

[@jackmarshall3255]

It hit me like a hurricane.

[@empressnavier7510]

Yeah

[@sacredsin7282]

I actually really appreciate this movie’s willingness to go pretty damn dark. Some family films stay incredibly safe and don’t delve into more mature themes, but kids are more intuitive and intelligent than people give them credit for, and I think it’s important to introduce them to themes like death and loss in a safe environment. Films and shows are a great way to do so. I remember being really fond of this movie as a kid, and was both sad and moved by Toby’s father creating Astro Boy in an attempt to hold onto the memory of his dead child. It definitely has its issues like Pig pointed out, but it is still a worthwhile watch.

[@cardescomedioses3674]

i agree, best way to expose in a digestible way this kind of stuff is movies and shows, it's a great vaccine to when it comes irl you got some emotional resources to deal with it

[@naturalprodigy8223]

Well just remember this is still pretty much the early 2000s so of course the movie is going to go a little dark up to I want to say 2013 is where they stopped going dark and hiding the dark humor in adult jokes

[@nitedread2547]

i agree. I loved this movie as a kid and still really enjoy going back and watching it. I blame this movie for my philosophy degree lol

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah I love this movie as well.

[@alanbrad4564]

idk Tobey getting completely incinerated into nothing messed with me when I was a kid. I don’t think I would have been as affected by it if he died but his father was still able to hold his body in his arms, but being reduced to nothing but a hat really made me depressed for a while.

[@RailfoxStudios]

About the pollution thing, it seemed like the 2D intro was made in a style that was meant to feel “retro”, at least for the current age. I always imagined that alone was a decent indicator to say “the planet got polluted so we left, and we’ve been gone for like a century at least.” In general it felt to me like everyone in Metro City didn’t even wait to see if the planet was actually beyond saving. I mean, a few decades are just enough time for some substantial lush greenery to spring up. Give it a hundred years maybe and you could have a large, healthy forest with some wind pollination and maybe a few bees and butterflies. Also, as pointed out by user MysterySteve, it could also be deeply exaggerated to ensure Metro City civilians don’t mingle with the (literal) lower class, as keeping people divided ensures that the corporate overlords stay in power.

[@jeefbeef140]

its like how in WALL.E the people all got so comfortable with how they were living they never bothered to even check back to earth

[@eniryuuoke7446]

Preach y’all! 👏

[@tricksfollies9549]

Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't think it could just be propaganda to keep the people in Metro City from leaving.

[@RailfoxStudios]

@@tricksfollies9549 some people just have a different train of thought. /shrug

[@HelenaIsis616]

I remember the first Astro Boy episode I watched. The masked villain hated robots because he blamed them for his mother’s death. In the end, Astro Boy found his mother. Turns out she was a robot and because she was “out of date” she was taken from the villain and thrown into a junk yard. The scene where the mother and villain/son reunite and the villain takes off his mask, falls to his knees and rests his head on her lap while sobbing “mother” had me crying. If you ever get a chance to watch Astro Boy the anime, it’s well worth it!

[@jackmack4181]

The first episode I can remember watching is when Astro boy meets another robot similar to him. A scene I remember watching is when the side character notices his father carrying a body to the trash and when he finds the body it’s in reality himself but younger

[@emeraldzack910]

Which version of the anime? I think I watched the one from the 80s or 90s

[@tropicaldisaster8135]

@@emeraldzack910 I watched the 90s one. Real good stuff

[@emeraldzack910]

@@tropicaldisaster8135 I think I watched that one is it the one where Atlas is red

[@user-ec9um8xl2w]

Huh? I thought astro boy was a kid with only a dad and a unkown mother that got killed by a car accident or the explosion from the movie and turned into a robot? Since when did he have a robot mom? Also I found it strange how astro boy's father was kinda a d*ck but gotten better over time but in other adaptations he literally tries to kill his own child

[@calebchristiansen3065]

Watched that movie as a kid, and the only thing I remember (apart from being scarred by seeing a child literally get vaporized) was when Astroboy was down on earth and the robo-dog was trying to tell the kids that Astro is actually a robot, but the dog doesn't talk so he like wrote "he is a robot" on the dirt and then one of the kids was like "huh, almost makes me wish I knew how to read"

[@SomeNebulaGuy]

💀

[@jonathanansard8410]

definitely one of the best jokes of the movie

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

That was actually really funny

[@shaggy3741]

Same bro

[@jujuberrie]

Honestly, one of the only western film adaptations of an anime that I've ever seen. I really loved this movie as a kid, and it treated the original source material pretty well. Plus the animation was pretty solid for the time

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

I have to agree with you.

[@Aacck]

Well, the movie was adapted with Western audiences in mind, but it actually was done by a Chinese animation studio.

[@mattithegodeatersmashbro1358]

And, the ONLY good western adaptation of an anime. The rest like Death Note Netflix, Dragon Ball Evolution etc are just garbage. Astro Boy 2009 is the ONLY good one

[@acisverycool]

yeah i rewatched it recently and the animation still holds up pretty well.

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

​@@mattithegodeatersmashbro1358 One Piece just broke the cycle I guess😂

[@doodlemunchkin2222]

I remember going into it as a kid thinking it was gonna be the standard good time funny movie-just to see the main character friggin die in an accident within the first 15 minutes in front of his dad. Up to that point I just assumed he must get robot parts and become some type of a cyborg later on, so I wasn’t thinking the accident was actually going to KILL him-and then have the dad so heartbroken he dedicates himself to making a robot replica of his son and falls into depression when he realizes it will never be the same and he can never have him back-like holy CRAP-traumatized and broke my 10 year old heart at the time.

[@Momegan770]

This was all I could think about the entire rest of the movie so I never watched it again 😭 Glad I wasn't the only one traumatized lol

[@doodlemunchkin2222]

@@Momegan770 lol ikr? I was lowkey sitting there for the remainder of the movie thinking: “Dang…so they’re not going to address this more? We’re going to pretend like we didn’t just see a robot replace a dead child and take on their likeness?” ..I…thought a lot as a child.

[@Raquel-is-weird]

@@doodlemunchkin2222 that sums this up pretty well 😳 I was about 4 or 5 when I first watched it, and even then I thought it was very different fr0m the other kid movies I’ve seen :o This is still one of my favs tho.

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

@@doodlemunchkin2222 now i kinda wanna know, you can assume soul is real or not, but is your clone became you if you're dead?

[@manicpepsicola3431]

Sometimes... dead is better

[@moonwalker8391]

I remember this movie and remembered liking it when i was younger, and i still like it now. It is not the best thing ever but it is still pretty good. Another recommendation for pig is the 2006 curious George movie

[@webbercoyote1926]

I think he reviewed that

[@moonwalker8391]

@@webbercoyote1926 i just checked, he hasn't reviewed that one yet

[@webbercoyote1926]

@@moonwalker8391 yeah you're right I was thinking of LS Mark

[@moonwalker8391]

@@webbercoyote1926 oh, no biggie lol

[@Shadow-gf2ej]

[@malachimccarty6270]

Y'all know that Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is basically this, right? A child dies from an explosion, then his father creates a replica of him out of grief. The replica son doesn't act like the original son, so the grieving dad becomes frustrated with the replica son. The grieving dad learns to accept the replica son.

[@JoeJoe-kf6jk]

That’s exactly right!! Somebody should make a comparison video of the two, it could be fun

[@luckas221a]

Yeah, I honestly find it so odd that so few people notice the similarities between Astro Boy and Pinocchio. A.B is basically if Pinocchio was a shounen

[@Ivyrigs]

​@@luckas221a I thought everyone knew Astro Boy was inspired by Pinocchio 💀

[@Hdubs44]

@@goofy_goober-dk5bcthat’s alittle cap when it’s pretty much one of the dogfathers of anime lol

[@EX-MartialEmpress9]

This movie is the cinematic definition of a mixed bag. It has some scenes that are so fucking good and gut wrenching that gives Pixar a run for their writing (not even an exaggeration), but other moments that are just stupid and/or makes no sense. This is still a great movie eitherway and I have very fond memories of it, but it could've been much more.

[@kakyoindonut3213]

I watch this a lot as a kid I don't want to ruin my impression of this movie by rewatching it

[@lullaby.for.arsonists7329]

@@kakyoindonut3213 EXACTLY like I wanna go back n see it but at the same time it's gonna be so bad LMAO

[@graphite7898]

Very likely because the first half adapted the original manga/anime while the second half is movie original

[@moditorplayz]

Like a bag of mixed cookies with raisins

[@Biaanca5036]

I liked it lots and like to think of it as "that fancy 3d Atom episode"

[@tenjenk]

13:30 the worst thing about this is, Tenma only had a surface level knowledge of who his own son was. So this might have very well been what Toby was always like but Tenma was just never aware, thus depending on interests his son had long since moved on from.

[@devaraft]

The child literally done his test and get out of the room asap, Also hack his robot just to see something interesting. I can't see him as a nerd who loves reading books for hour

[@sharosecomics7793]

Owwwwww my heart!!

[@anthonybonetti9979]

That what I was thinking

[@akeem4772]

interesting perspective, I never thought of that

[@aebu.g]

I also liking this theory. For me toby grew up knowing he has little time to be with his dad so what does he do with his loneliness? He tries to cope by study like his father and become like his father just so he can feel connected with his father. But astroboy doesnt have the same memories like toby because he has tenma's memories instead, astroboy didnt got to feel lonely because tenma changed his ways to bond with astroboy but the more he bond with astroboy he realizes this is not the same son he knew. If tenma actually gone to his same mistakes astroboy mightve actually become toby, to become a well behaved boy.

[@BombFromII]

This movie was so unique, you get a full 10 minutes to learn about Toby and he just dies. I can't think of any other kids movie in witch the protag dies in the first 10 minutes, let alone the whole movie

[@dragonslayer3552]

The concept of the movie is incredible "the scientist's son died and he hasn't passed any time with him so he remakes him as a robot but then realises that's not his son" but then they go "red orb is evil not destructive or anything its just like the blue energy but evil with no other explanation" Its like they wanted a serious/sad story but also a childish bad vs good story

[@flowflower2816]

Yep that's why the only parts I remember from the movie are the sad stuff in the first half, the other stuff didn't leave any lasting impression

[@izzybdoodles]

@@flowflower2816 Yeah basically everything they took from the original comics and anime adaptations they nailed, but like... all the movie original stuff was not lasting in the slightest lol

[@flowflower2816]

@@izzybdoodles lol now I feel bad for them

[@powermiracle1798]

It's hilarious when the climax scene that was supposed to elevate the true intention, screwed up the whole movie's meaning very miserably. I don't even remember that blue vs red orb thing

[@msk-qp6fn]

I always just saw the two orbs as two opposing force of energy where one is fundamentally destructive and one is fundamentally creative(?). Not rocket science. But then again I was already a bit over 11 I think when I watched it and I was used to anime symbolism

[@NidorinoAlliance]

The “You’re not Toby…but you’re still my son” scene still legit makes me tear up, and I think it’s a showcase for how well-cast Nicolas Cage is in this movie. He’s really good at playing a sort of emotionally stunted dad, like in Kick-Ass.

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

He's one of those actors where it feels like he's really giving it his all in every role he plays. Doesn't always mean he does the best job but it always feels he's giving the best performance he can, even when he's working with material that doesn't warrant that much effort. He's said himself that he puts that effort into every role because he's thankful for every role he gets, letting him do a job he loves. Even if he thinks the material is dumb, he's still giving 100% because he just loves acting and hopes that even the worst of his roles can have some "so bad it's good" energy if nothing else That level of consistent high effort Cage puts in really shines when he's given the right roles. He can make anything watchable but he can put in a masterful performance with the right material

[@XxFlamexX14]

I didn't even know that Cage played in this movie 😭

[@Selfrespecttv]

Its exactly why I think this movie was to confrontation for aware parents, remembering this scene and not wanting to again.

[@nopenotme1057]

My animation professor was offered director role this movie. He’s an older guy and LOVES Astro boy. He looked at who was working on it and apparently every toxic/ horrible ego person in the industry was working on it. He backed out so fast lol.

[@Remour]

What’s the name of your professor?

[@SuperFan_Nbr1]

@@Remour i ask the same question

[@hotel_arcadia]

Cap

[@SuperFan_Nbr1]

@@hotel_arcadia but for that, it still depends on who is the teacher in question. i don't think its cap yet, althought i don't think its facts too

[@OrenjiMura]

@@SuperFan_Nbr1 SO you think it's cap. lol

[@Pale_7567]

“There’s a plot hole where they said the surface of the Earth is uninhabitable and you can clearly see that it is” There’s this funny thing where they mention that line and also in the same spiel about people still living there, not a plot hole but a plot device could for the sort of school programming (propaganda) to paint the surface as a terrible place, when yes you realize it isn’t.

[@feastofthefoul]

Makes sense !

[@williamhicks714]

That's what I was just thinking, they say it's uninhabitable to put fear into their hearts and make sure no one from up top ever goes to the surface

[@mckenzie.latham91]

It’s also stated in the opening intro that no one really knows what goes on, on the surface because no one goes there which basically makes that point about the earth being too polluted further null since there is no way anyone from metro city actually knows what the surface is like.

[@pickedceasar1216]

Yeah I was confused why he thought that wouldn't be like propaganda. It's pretty realistic and has been done a lot in other media

[@GenericProtagonist118]

What? A propaganda commercial lying about the state of the world? What a preposterous idea.

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

One think I've always loved about this movie is the way the dad feels Astra isn't his real son. It's just not something you usually see when a character gets cloned and I feel it's a more realistic reaction.

[@fandomtrash7505]

Man, as a kid this movie scared me so much when Toby was incinerated, for some reason I remember it being a lot more graphic, but I guess that was just my child mind lol

[@jackmack4181]

when the robot arena leader attempted to bargain for his life that a robot cannot harm a human and zog saying “I’m old school” is just so… Badass

[@IzOfSeaAndFire0_0]

I agree

[@ItalysArtHouse]

"The laws of robotics, you can't hurt a human, it's been that way for 50 years!!" "...𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥"

[@IzOfSeaAndFire0_0]

@@ItalysArtHouse Wasn't he voiced by Samuel L. Jackson?

[@ItalysArtHouse]

@@IzOfSeaAndFire0_0 I honestly never pay attention to voice casting tbh.

[@t65bx25]

@@ItalysArtHouse IIRC Zog didn't even talk outside of that one line

[@supercoolguy420]

I think all movies should end with the hero fighting a random alien at the end. Like, how awesome it would've been if after dropping the ring, Frodo just blasts off on rocket boots to go fight some sky alien attacking The Shire. Gandalf would appear "Are you ready for this Frodo?" Frodo would be like "I was born for this Gandalf!" Then he'd blast off. 10/10, I should write books.

[@AlbinoAxolotl1993]

Well there was that "Battle of Bywater" in the books.

[@bayza7955]

The lego movie did the exact same thing. Random aliens appeared. It actually got a sequel tho lol

[@P-P-Panda]

Underrated comment

[@burgerlord7530]

American Psycho, except in the end Patrick Bateman has to fight a big one eyed tentacle alien

[@kerosan138]

The Incredibles also did this, with the giant drill Mole Man attacking at the end.

[@TheGamerProBeardBro]

I remember as a kid, the part where Toby died made me so distraught that I didn’t even want to watch it anymore. That kind of thing doesn’t bother me anymore since it’s a movie but the thought of that happening irl is heartbreaking

[@sketchycat6223]

Especially when his dad is on the other side of the glass, trying to reassure him that it’ll be okay 💔

[@Getocat302]

The thing about the Blue Core and Red Core is that they’re supposed to represent a positron and electron; the negatively charged electron and its positively charged antiparticle, the positron. When they collide, they destroy each other, releasing energy in the process of annihilation, which I think is pretty cool, it’s just the concept could have used some more workshopping than how it was executed in the final film

[@Wileybot2004]

Yeah the cores really needed a little more exposition.

[@msk-qp6fn]

THANK YOU finally someone gets it

[@msk-qp6fn]

@@Wileybot2004 yeah I agree

[@imrtlbydsgnHoani]

That's right, cancelling each other out

[@SQUISHYCANDYGUT]

..this further fuels my idea of making an Astro Boy AU.

[@Max-iq8hi]

That alien at the end of the movie was a reference to one of the enemies in the original Astro Boy series, called the Artificial Sun, so it was supposed to be a robot, and it only had that one eye as a boss in a video game called "Astro Boy Omega Factor" on GameBoy Advance.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@Sunoo Kim Hate to say this but the studio who made Astro Boy movie got shut down years ago after the movie came out. So, I'm wondering what the sequel is going to be like.

[@lance8515]

I’m actually surprised by this video this was a classic movie for me growing up and I remember loving every bit of it even friends of mine today also share that same sentiment I guess it’s just weird to see the reality of it or the perception of it outside of a generational gap I guess

[@sophiagomz]

When I was a child, the part where Toby was just killed traumatized me and this whole movie made me feel tons of grief

[@steampunkemo9211]

S a m e, this hurt my soul for years and still does, even if it was a poorly directed scene

[@SugaMoma]

Omg yes! Legit it was the 1st movie to ever make me cry as a kid. I was just sniffling in the cinema

[@AdventureHusky]

When I watched it at home, I turned it off because it traumatized me that bad as a kid.

[@gryn_iq]

lol. My baby cousin chose Astro Boy. I was 11, not interested in that movie, so I didn't watch it. But I entered the room where Toby was sad and BOOM! I realized... I had a crush on Astro Boy 🤦‍♀️ for 13 years. It became my life, but I never thought your perspective.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

@@gryn_iq Woah your username fits your comment lol

[@MysterySteve]

Just wanna throw this out there: Even though the planet isn't completely hopelessly polluted in the movie, the companies in Metro City more than likely feel a lot of incentive to make it sound worse than it actually is so people don't try to go down there and unite with those people and help out. The corporations benefit from classist separation

[@RailfoxStudios]

Call me crazy, but the choice of animation style also has a certain flavor to it that suggests it’s “retro” for the day it takes place in. Despite the fact it’s set far in the future, the opening 2D intro feels like it was made decades before the story itself actually starts. In other words, said demonstration happened long enough ago that the “polluted” planet probably had time to bounce back. Idk, seemed like the case to me. :/

[@MysterySteve]

@@RailfoxStudios That's a very interesting and surprisingly plausible theory

[@sunshineskystar]

@@RailfoxStudios yeah, the surface doesn't even have any government anymore so the civilization down there probably already collapsed and didn't produce as much pollution anymore thus the planet already healed by the time the movie starts.

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Another example of governments lying for their own benefit

[@pinkpeppers5580]

@RailfoxStudios Yeah, and Tenma didn't help build the city, he's just one of the leading minds that works there. It seems like since all the rich people left the earth could recover faster for the people left on the surface

[@OhsweetOhno]

This movie lived rent free in my head for literal years. I’d zoom out just to let my mind wonder onto that scene where Astro Boy finds out he’s a robot. It took me years just to find out the name of the movie I had been thinking about for seemingly forever.

[@nimloc1670]

I remember the shock at felt as a kid watching the main character basically get obliterated so early in the movie. At the time, I had never seen something that dark and I remember being very sad at the moment Astro ran away because he was having an identity crisis and didn't understand why he could even fly or why his dad didn't love him anymore. Being older, I didn't like the other half of the movie where he joins the kids on the lower surface as much as I enjoyed the beginning, but all in all, this movie has a good place in my heart.

[@DsgSleazy]

Same, to this day I still haven't seen shit that insane in a lot of movies.

[@bruhler7559]

I was like “oh no, anyway”

[@Valentine06]

This movie has a place in my heart as well. When I was about 4 years old, I had to go to the hospital for brain surgery. I remember I would watch this movie on repeat since they had a tv in the room I was in. I'm pretty sure the nurses, doctors, and my parents were trying to not lose their sanity lmao

[@sovaki8032]

I think why the red core can absorb things is because its the opposite of the blue core. The blue can give energy to wake up and charge other robots, so the red core just sorta takes energy and absorbs it.

[@dodoking4]

That's actually a good idea. It's just not communicated at all in the movie.

[@eniryuuoke7446]

Exactly 👏

[@CyberN-7660]

That actually makes sense. Imma pretend that this theory is canon :D

[@Hirpina81]

I still don't get how it absorbs humans... or, better, just one human, the bad guy. I really like how Stone's hand becomes red when he takes the Red Core with bare fingers. It howls "dangerus"! Maybe even radioactive or something. By the way, old Astro/Atom, ran on uranium; in spite of this, he was perfectly safe for people and devices around him. But, think about this cute kid, with a nuclear core inside. 😀

[@chaoticcow4357]

Ohh yeah, still doesn't make sense why President guy would want it, if he wanted to use it to say gather the energy from the robots down below, then that'd kind of spoil the fact that no one knows that much about the down below. Changing its name from trash to resource would be very bad.

[@baconberries8097]

Because the whole "are robots alive" thing just doesn't really work here, I feel like if the movie focused on the trauma of the Dad loosing his son and astroboy having to deal with just being a copy, got could have a really good story

[@elijahblechman8633]

The first episode of the original series covers that pretty good. As well as the entire 2003 one.

[@hithere5039]

It doesn't really work because even the narrative discounts robots as people,. save for Astro and Zog. All they are in the movie is comic relief, down to the RRF. The movie doesn't take the question seriously, so why should the audience?

[@doesthisIookinfected]

Besides a few details the beginning of this movie and the Astro Boy mnibus manga play out pretty much the same. iirc, Astro never reunites with his dad in the original.

[@namelessrv8771]

To be honest I loved this film as a kid and I still do. There's something about the junkyards and super-high-tech city flying in the skies and cast-away kids hanging out together that just stuck with me. I don't care the villain wasn't that deep - not all villains have to be. He was there to serve his purpose and I am quite fine with that.

[@marley9800]

Alita battle angel has that too

[@EXDAN12]

But its not that the villain isnt deep, its just that he is garbage and has no motivation, like, is not even a character

[@surebuddy9348]

Saame i grow up watching this movie i really love it

[@neorenamon]

@@marley9800 Actually, this almost feels like a rip-off of *Battle Angel Alita* instead of *Astro Boy.*

[@marley9800]

@@neorenamon yeah alita was really good compared to astro boy movie

[@gamesplash122]

I remember being told that the reason the giant alien appeared in the end of the movie was because that that's were the comics started. The original Astro Boy's first comic or first enemy was that alien. I might be wrong but I thought it would help those who are confused. I also remember seeing this movie when I was around 10 and it scared me with some of the dark beats the movie has. Still loved it as a kid, still kind of do as of now.

[@davidnewton2518]

Ive always thought the writers just ran out of ideas and just gave up at the end or rushed it

[@Mikelaxo]

I absolutely loved this movie when I watched it as a kid, and this summary actually doesn't make it sound that bad, exept that it sounds like a very rough idea of the, something that they would have on the very early stages and then the writers would do their magic and make it all make sense an take care of any plot holes, but it seems like that never happened

[@matthewloredo3665]

I liked the villain for one reason. He behaved like a stereotypical military general who so happened to also be the president. He's obsessed with power and doesn't care about the consequences. Plus you're always gonna have someone who's obsessed with violence and war when it's absolutely not necessary.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

I liked him because he was so hammy and unapologetically evil

[@bignonoIamAgirl]

Same he was prob one of the evilest kid movie villains I had ever seen but it's realistic when you think about how there are some leaders who actually act like him, though of course it's more exaggerated in a kids movie.

[@heem8232]

Literally some ppl and leaders r really like that out of paranoia of what could happen, anticipating war, maybe with the surface people or even if the robots revolt.

[@mitalisengupta9472]

Hmm... Reminds me of someone from Russia...

[@magicman3163]

@@mitalisengupta9472 Chadtin

[@skyefairy99]

I think the reason Astro still fought the robots after preaching is that, he was hoping the others would think the same. But they aren’t programmed with a human’s memories and are programmed to fight. Once he realized that words won’t get through to them, he decided to fight to keep himself alive. He still feels human emotions and fear and the natural idea of preserving your own life, fight or flight, could possibly be the reason he did fight, and it was probably the only option he had when words didn’t work.

[@paperluigi6132]

This was actually my first ever piece of Astro Boy media as a kid. It’s thanks to this movie that I was even able to recognize him when I saw a DVD of the series a few years later.

[@areon3013]

It holds a deep place in my heart... Imagine if they would redo it with today's software!

[@LoL-sp3wu]

I don't know I think this movie's animation is really part of the experience

[@FuraFaolox]

the software was never the problem

[@areon3013]

@@FuraFaolox Well yeah... Also a better plot lol

[@artistanthony1007]

Is it needed though?

[@areon3013]

@@artistanthony1007 probably not, but it would be cool to see it...

[@さくら-l8t]

As an Astro Boy fan myself, I would love to see a new reboot that delves more into the psychology of Astro and his views on Toby. Astro was initially built to replace Tenma’s deceased son, but he eventually developed his own personality and identity. It would be interesting to see his internal struggles with trying to find who he really is while also being curious about Toby and wanting to know more about him. They did explore this idea a bit in the 2003 anime but it didn’t really go that deep. Hopefully the new reboot by Shibuya Productions will explore this concept.

[@noootooooboooo]

there's a reboot from 2015 still in the works. gonna be 10 years by the time it comes out and it's def not psychologically charged :(

[@acepavedthewater]

Same! I wish they could reboot Astro boy again but sadly we'll probably be waiting for quite some time

[@IICARUS99]

Theres a reboot ?!

[@brytonup1551]

That sounds kinda like that movie A.I. Artificial intelligence

[@hayleydemonic2965]

I'm working on a fanfiction on wattpad about rebooting Astro Boy into a TV show that is kinda like a sequel to the movie, but adds more depth and explanation and has moments of Astro finding out more about Toby, as well as introducing a few old characters along with new original characters!

[@firefly5934]

Fun fact: the butt guns aren't even the weirdest thing about Astro’s design in the manga. Just look up how Astro was refilled in the manga and you will realize the true extent of stuff they got away with in the 60s.

[@JazminCisneros-b9g]

yep at least someone knows as well which uhh guess his father putted gun inside in butt for protection

[@SQUISHYCANDYGUT]

oh god do I even wanna know

[@RagyRagd0ll]

Oh, wow. I could have lived without that.

[@m4ggutz]

This movie and the animated TMNT movie were my favorite movies for the longest time as a kid. I used to VERY legally watch them on my phone super often. It's really funny to see how this one has aged, it could be my nostalgia talking but I still think it holds up lol

[@exoticraptor9436]

I believe that the studio fell into bankruptcy because of how badly recieved Astroboy was, which is really sad to me. I really loved this movie as a kid and remember getting the mcdonalds toys.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Both terrible movies

[@exoticraptor9436]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 I'm curious as to why you say that. Is it the writing? The animation? Weird design choices? I'm intrested. (I haven't watched the TMNT one, only clips so I don't know much about it and I admit that Astroboy isn't the best movie in the world.)

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@exoticraptor9436 The plot is very bland and cliche and iirc there's a HUGE plothole in the opening narration. It's just not interesting, Ninja Turtles works better with Shredder honestly, most other Turtles villains just aren't that interesting. There's also the contrived drama with the Turtles splitting up and Leo and Raph fighting when we know what's gonna happen, cool fight scene though. The voice cast was actually great though, almost the ideal voices for the Turtles, Splinter, Casey, April and Karai. Animation was great too, but it doesn't save a mediocre movie. Still better than Ninja Turtles 3 though.

[@exoticraptor9436]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 I see. I'll go watch it someday, since it's peeked my intrest. Thank you

[@Scott...]

This movie is the dictionary definition of “the movie of all time” meme. It’s not mind-blowingly amazing and deep, or absurdly bad and pandering, rather it’s at a comfortable middle ground, and that’s ok.

[@kartikadewi3270]

In my opinion, it's surprisingly SIMPLY DEEP amazing movie.

[@dragonwaz]

I loved this movie. It's in that category of movies for me that I strangly really love to rewatch. Along with Kiki's Delivery Service and Meet the Robinsons.

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

man this film sure was something,yeah you could say not as good as the original but it's pretty enjoyable as something on it's own right

[@alchemicColored]

i watched this a couple times and never really noticed all the plot holes... i did really enjoy it so i'm glad it's getting some recognition! the animation is one of my favorite parts. also, as to the inconsistency between the inital ad and the actual earth down below, it's likely changed a lot since Metrocity first left, and they haven't checked on it. or, also, propaganda.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Like Chernobyl life found a way

[@tenkyu778]

Likely propaganda since no one's really been on the surface to actually know what it's like

[@JohnLegbert]

Yeah, I figured propaganda

[@iamnick3328]

Honestly I'm surprised that anybody could hate this movie and that It did bad, My dad bought this movie for me as a kid and I still own it on dvd, I watched it so many times that at one point I knew every single line a character was going to say throughout the entire movie.

[@noodlerat6094]

When I was a toddler a dvd copy of this movie was bought for my birthday, it instantly became my favourite movie ever. When I tell you I watched this movie back to back almost every single day I mean it, I have every scene memorized, I could probably recite this movie by memory. I actually still have that dvd, it's turning 12 this year.

[@ProjectHunter571]

I used to watch the incredibles religiously the original, not 2

[@MegaMew204]

Replace this with Shrek and you have me

[@Sarah-mf3xt]

I legit loved this movie so much when it came out oh my god

[@southtoadboi]

Same

[@mathiaslienafa789]

THIS IS THE SAME FOR ME AND MY BIG SISTER

[@jonathanhargraves2241]

Same, I was a young kid when this movie was out

[@adrikboyd9942]

I was obsessed

[@maineman5757]

@@mathiaslienafa789 what's a grand sister? Lol

[@0dayswithoutincident934]

Can we talk about how fact that in the movie, Astro boy is literally supposed to be a replacement of a real boy who died from a robot obliterating every part of his body except for his hat?

[@mr.breadman4181]

I definitely remember this movie fondly plus the villain after becoming a giant monster just tapping the mic then saying "is this thing on" just made me lose it

[@farklemincus3830]

in regards to 18:30 i think the earth has started to regrow after many years since the metrocity initiative wouldve happened at least a decade before. it makes sense why some areas have started to regrow after long periods of little to no human contact, although depending on how polluted the area was i agree its strange it retained any life but i suspect because of time and probably the government exaggerating the circumstances to further themselves from the “low lives” or whatever that this is why, just a theory tho

[@CelticLuna]

I was thinking the same thing that the politicians of Metro City would want to keep their people and the Surface Dwellers divided. So maybe that commercial was just an exaggeration to make them think it's not as good on Earth and whoever lives there isn't good either.

[@klickonthat5244]

That sounds about right, the earth could have definitely healed in that time (by how much is pretty debatable), and the initiative to distance everyone on Metro City from the surface dwellers makes too much sense for it NOT to be the case. It would've been nice to have the movie establish that better.

[@hotel_arcadia]

That commercial ad could also be propaganda - telling Metro City people what the Earth isn't

[@farklemincus3830]

@@hotel_arcadia yeah i agree, i think it may have been somewhat decrepit but not as bad as they were making it seem, they were also actively contributing to it and making it worse

[@orangequartz1193]

After rewatching this vid after watching all of the 2003 astro boy anime, I can see they followed the original astro boy plot and characters pretty well. Obviously there are differences,but each incarnation of astro boy has similarities. Astro not wanting to hurt humans despite what they have done and not wanting to hurt robots because they are alive too is something that parallels the 2003 anime. only reason he fights robots is presumably because they can be rebuilt and taught how not to be weapons.

[@spritz6629]

THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD sad that the company got shutdown and couldn't make another one it was so good

[@irain4927]

I love this movie so much. I use to rewatch it all the time and I even own a blu-ray copy of it to this day.

[@Roadent1241]

It was on Blu-Ray?? I wonder what special features it has compared to the DVD....

[@VarietyCastle]

Saw this movie on Netflix a few weeks ago, and immediately got excited to watch it again. Such a great movie, definitely in my top 3 childhood movies

[@The_Gabe]

Got taken off Netflix sadly, you’ve gotta use a VPN now to watch it

[@Code_Ax0]

I will say this film just lives in the back of my memory and I hardly remember anything about it, but I did love it! 😅☺️

[@TomAF.]

Same😊

[@byndss6096]

I thought I had made this movie up as a feverdeam for the longest time so its good to see I didnt make it up lmao

[@zgredczwartyniesamowity363]

SAME, when I saw zog i was struck by nostalgia, same when i saw Korra and i remembered I had a crush on her

[@TomAF.]

@@zgredczwartyniesamowity363 on Korra? 💀

[@zgredczwartyniesamowity363]

@@TomAF. i don't know the spelling of her name but yes, in to alt people since i was little kid

[@geokathehooman]

Having watched the actual anime that started airing in 1952 (and this movie of course), I can only say that the film portrayed the introduction to Toby and his past and an episode of "action" in its duration. Talking about that timeline, and the fact that this was just a japanese TV shonen in the 50's, I'd advise everyone that the whole plot and the characters couldn't be more sophisticated than this, since this is just a 3d adaptation (and or a bit of a continuation) of the anime.

[@crazypreparedd611]

Astro Boy 2009 is genuinely and unironically one of my favorite movies in the world, but MY GOD, it deserves every single roast it gets. 😂

[@theroolofthumb4081]

Pig, everybody has their own version of the "fever dream" movie, mine was the Arthur and the Invisibles movie trilogy. I really hope you review it because all of your videos are great and will do the series justice.

[@Agagnier]

I loved that Trilogy!

[@Captain_Bottles]

Arthur and the invisibles was amazing but *THERE ARE THREE????*

[@xenodragonlord6007]

There's more than one??

[@Miminoichiji]

I’m disappointed that I never knew there other movies-

[@mental3849]

My “Fever Dream” movie is “Where The Wild Things Are”, That movie was fucking trippy

[@christopherrobyn4416]

I remember really liking this movie as a kid, it still looks pretty decent for when it came out.

[@wooster8269]

THIS MOVIE I had no clue what it was called my entire life but the pizza scene still lives in my head rent free

[@sheluvisaax]

Okay but as a kid this movie back then was one of the greatest, I remember watching it multiple times because it would be the only thing on when we didn’t have cable.

[@stressedpeach7749]

Fun fact: As a child I had an argument and thus a small breakdown and I compared myseld to Astroboy from this movie in the argument /cry jnfront of my then best friend.

[@ducktail4068]

this is like one of those movies everyone saw as a kid and never again.

[@RikuDoesStuffs]

Yeah along with the first Space Chimps movie and Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked(fever dreams but movies)

[@shoeme00]

I saw this movie in a theatre with my dad and really enjoyed it as a kid. Honestly one of the best memories I have where it was just my dad and I doing something together.

[@Raven_Noire]

I watched this movie like a month ago because I remember watching it and loved it when I was a kid

[@marcoantoniodominguezcid1936]

21:12 He literally had no choice, did you SEE the force-field?

[@animecraze556]

The weird part is that this movie was my introduction to Astro Boy and I it weren't for this movie, I never would have gone to look for the original source of the film...

[@HayNay]

Same

[@gryn_iq]

That's me... watching 1963, 1989, 2003, 2006 versions, reading manga, Pluto, Astro Boy 2 graphic novel, singing classic Astro Boy openings. And then, I check out creator's works and go on and on... My life...

[@idilali7398]

I remember watching this in theaters and was like " so we're just not going acknowledged his son being instantly vaporized ?"

[@colexyt8500]

13 years, I've been waiting 13 years for the movie sequel of Astro boy, I loved this movie

[@starlighttheorist2683]

I loved this movie so much for a long time. When I watched Alita Battle Angel for the first time (sorta regret it tbh that was graphic) I realized the worlds in a lot of these sorts of movies are pretty similar (tho in Alita you don’t actually see the inside of the floating city where the rich people live).

[@vianabdullah2837]

This is something I vaguely remember enjoying as a kid. Also, the opening scene definitely gave me some nightmares back then.

[@gabriellethedemonhybrid0804]

Its like Pinocchio but futuristic but up until now i still adore astroboy

[@Agagnier]

My brother and I fought over this movie on DVD and we cracked the disc almost fully in half. The magic part? It still worked flawlessly. Idk what Hod or whatever was looking over us, but it became my favourite movie to watch just because I was impressed that it worked.

[@rainycloud10]

As flawed as this movie is, it definitely gets you in the feels. Tobi's death scene traumatized me as a kid. It's right up there with the mom vaporization scene in Mars Needs Moms.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Mars Needs Moms is fucking trash though

[@dreameater2661]

mars needs moms made me cry ngl

[@nimloc1670]

That reference is spot on, I almost forgot how dark that scene was in Mars Needs Mom.

[@santicheeks1106]

This movie did make me sad and scared when I was a kid for reals, and most of the time I didn't understand what was going on in it, and everytime I watched it I just thought of my dad and the movie just made me feel weird

[@tencat24]

I loved the scene of betrayal and how he was then forced to fight because he was "just" a robot. Good whump

[@hhloving4561]

You just unlocked a memory I forgot I had. I think the peacekeeper is the reason for a fear of mine. I’ve seen this movie as a kid and for most of my life I’ve had this fear of human-made robots turning evil and out of control. Things like this scared me but sapient robots like the transformers didn’t, even though they have an actual capacity for evil. So I’ve come to the conclusion that this death scene might have traumatised me a little bit

[@tiredtom6427]

I remembered seeing that whole one-eyed alien in the movie and I honestly thought that they would make a sequel out of it.

[@emib.4275]

I liked the montage of astro and the kids finding parts/fixing up robots a lot as a kid. the song choice was so good- I actually just looked it up not too long ago to add to my playlist lol

[@cherie..cherry]

Now you gotta share that song

[@mindflayer1177]

I was confused about the ending as well, but now I am older and able to make inferences it might have been an alien from the same planet or star that the energy orbs fell from. Or maybe another entity seeking the power the cores provide?

[@Roadent1241]

It's another Tezuka character, don't know what it's from, but I can say it's a boss in the GBA AB Omega Factor game, which has a ton of other Tezuka charas in. I need to look that up sometime... As for its role in this film I guess we'll never know.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

It's just your typical "hero goes off to fight new villains" ending some action movies do.

[@Nahan_Boker94]

This is one of the few good anime adaptation. Its not 75% accurate but it get the spirit. Im glad Pokemon and Sonic nailed it nowadays lol.

[@johnnygallagher5718]

What the Monsterverse Godzilla movies

[@maxpops8427]

@@johnnygallagher5718 not an anime

[@johnnygallagher5718]

@@maxpops8427 I know that but they are based on Japanese media.

[@johnfreeman9349]

I remember when it first came out and seeing an article or something that had a quote from someone who was close with Tezuka (the creator) that said "he would approve of this" or something like that. So that always kind of stuck with me even though it got bad reviews

[@The_Gabe]

Sonic and Pokémon are video games, especially Sonic

[@CyberN-7660]

I'm quite glad that I was part of the small percentage of people that actually saw this movie, cuz it was a really good movie, especially from the perspective of my childhood :D

[@CandyThePuppy]

0:49 Including me! As a little kid, I remember being FASCINATED with things like...the main character _dying,_ overpowered kid gets hunted down by the sorta government, and a battle arena where people (technically bots) are forced to fight to the DEATH! Since I was so young, it was just so revolutionary for me, and I LOVED it! Now, so many years later, I can still detect bits and pieces of Astroboy inspired angst in my own characters in _their_ journeys. ^-^

[@ebicwin]

good to see someone talk about this. this movie was my literal childhood. every time i would hop in my familys van we would play this on the dvd player. i cannot put it into words how much i love this film

[@sleepyshroom-q2m]

Same and whenever the song alright comes on all I can think about is the scene of everyone cleaning zog:)

[@ebicwin]

fr

[@thenightmarefox]

I vividly remember being so obsessed with this movie as a very lil kid. I wanted to BE Astro Boy. And honestly even though I'm not fanatical anymore, looking back on it, the movies not even THAT bad.

[@mattwilliams3066]

Tbh I thought Nicolas cage didn’t like Astro boy cuz he never really knew his son since he worked so much and didn’t spend time with him so the idea of his son he had was different from who he actually was. I haven’t watched it in a long time so I might be wrong 🤷‍♀️

[@sheracovington5877]

I agree with this

[@megafox3753]

I remember this forever wdym man this movie was that stuff. But can we talk about how depressing the base concept of Astro is, this movie depicted it in a debatably even worse way.

[@bluepancake1269]

I had a morbid adoration for this movie, tbh. I watched it all the time and i was always terrified, mortified and i think the first time i fully felt grief was when i saw toby dying and what his dad did to bring him back. I think this movie kinda rewired something in my brain, i fuckin loved it

[@genericname2747]

A fun and quirky story that starts with a kid dying

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Though at least Tenma doesn't reject him in this one

[@P-P-Panda]

@@bluepancake1269 ik what you mean

[@Eternal_Emerald]

Used to play the old GBA game Omega Factor so much in my childhood. I tend to see this movie pop up every now and then. Kinda wish Astro Boy got more love as it looks like one of Tezuka's best works.

[@qaq8409]

My brother and I were OBSESSED with Astro boy growing up,especially my brother, and he absolutely adored the movie. I remember my brother and I using a blue and red bouncy ball to pretend to be the core energies… such fun times :) So as a result I’ve seen that movie at least once and I’ve even got a picture book of it. Being a kid, I couldn’t really differentiate good and bad movies. Even if the movie is badly written, it is always nice to relax and delve into nostalgic every now and then. I guess I’ll rewatch it sometime soon.

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

I hope you read the manga or watch the anime adaptations sometime.

[@qaq8409]

@@DrCoeloCephalo oh we did go through the anime. We would watch one episode every night and went through the two series. Atlas was my childhood crush lol. Though I have yet read the manga.

[@acemarvel1564]

It had always been a charming memory to watch this movie

[@BiggieCheeseJr.]

I feel bad for people who didn't watch this 100s of times as a kid, the ending set it up for a sequel and we never got it

[@zombiedemon1762]

Dude imagine if somehow Astro could meet and talk to the ghost of Toby. Now imagine a semi-horror reboot of this movie.

[@Nized]

The movie was just entertaining. The fact that the movie is going to get a remake is honestly amazing. A chance to make it better

[@NerveUnderscore]

I loved this movie as a child and it was my first introduction to Astroboy. Now I am watching a series called Pluto that is in the universe of Astroboy but like more in the future. I'm in the second chapter and it DESTROYED ME. I hope if someone else want's to watch it, it destroys them too :D

[@nosrah9660]

The movie really isn’t that good, but they nailed it with references. You see Hyoutan-tsugi on a billboard and a few character cameos who I don’t remember the names of. They even added the artificial sun (for some reason) at the end to wrap it up. All in all, we need a quality modern Astro Boy anime. The last one was the 2003 series for the 40th anniversary and that’s not enough.

[@hayleydemonic2965]

I'm currently working on a fanfiction of Astro boy the movie, but I'm writing it as a TV show which takes place as a sequel to the movie, but I'm also bringing back some old characters from the show. I have just published the first 3 chapters on wattpad if you want to check them out. It's called Astro Boy: Core Collision. It's still being made though.

[@nosrah9660]

I am intrigued. I’ll put it on the to read list for when uni ends.