Roughly about 40 years after his debut in Japan, Astro Boy returned to action, both in Japan and the US, as well as in other countries, in 2003. Here in the US, Kids' WB! picked up the 50 episode series, but without a lot of fanfare. Having Astro on the schedule with another 60's icon, Scooby-Doo, should've meant a lot more than it did at WB, but, because of an ongoing ratings war with Fox and their 4Kids-programmed Saturday block (Fox Box from 2002-forward), this slipped under the radar.
Veteran actress Candi Milo was given the assignment of voicing Astro in the American version of this series, which later resurfaced on Disney Channel after getting dumped by WB. As you'll see, Sony owns the rights here, at last check. Lara Jill Miller (ex-Gimme a Break) co-stars.
Following is a sample episode.
4 comments:
Cartoon Network used to air this show on the Toonami block back in 2004.
Yes, they did, but then lost the rights to Disney a couple of years later.
Originally the show aired in Japan from April 6, 2003 to March 28, 2004.
And was picked up by WB for airing here during that period.
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