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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom / Astro Boy (2003)
Official name：ASTRO BOY 鉄腕アトム
Chinese name：铁臂阿童木
Other names：アストロボーイ‧鉄腕アトム / 原子小金刚 / 小飞侠阿童木
Premiered：April 6, 2003
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Combat / For children / Source manga
Original author：手塚治虫
Director：小中和哉
Scenario：長谷川圭一 / 太田愛 / 小中千昭 / 古怒田健志 / 村井さだゆき
Storyboard：平田敏夫 / 前園文夫 / 望月敬一郎 / 出﨑統 / 桑原智
Co-director：成川武千嘉 / やまざきかずお / 渕上真 / 桑原智 / 望月敬一郎
Studios：手塚プロダクション
Production cooperation：ムークアニメーション / 写乐美术 / ぎゃろっぷ / スタジオアド / スタジオコメット
Family：Tetsuwan Atom
Rating：9+

Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom

At the Ministry of Science, fervent Professor Ochanomizu alongside his coworkers strive to reactivate Atom—the first robot with a human heart.

Atom is the masterpiece of enigmatic Professor Umatarou Tenma, who built the android to replace his deceased son Tobio.

However, while Tenma inexplicably shut down his brainchild and disappeared, Ochanomizu refuses to let such a major breakthrough in science go to waste.

Despite having the appearance of a nine-year-old, Atom not only possesses incredible strength and intelligence, but he is also endowed with a remarkable conscience and compassion that rivals humans.

Sadly, the mechanical boy soon faces rejection and learns that not everyone is as welcoming as Ochanomizu.

Although automatons have integrated into society, they are accepted only as tools and even seen as an upcoming threat to mankind's dominion.

Dreaming of a world where people and robots can prosper together, Atom dedicates his existence to protecting the lives of both and inspiring them to form genuine bonds.

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EP1 - Power Up!

When Astro is activated the city's power starts to drain, and he must try and stop the robot Magnamite from destroying everything. Armed with Kokoro (the ability of free will) Astro discovers his purpose for being activated.
EP2 - Rocket Ball

When a friendly robot-dog invites Astro to watch a game of Rocket Ball, he looks forward to a fun day at the ballpark, Instead, the game turns chaotic when the robot players start destroying the stadium and threatening the human spectators. Astro must find a way to save the humans and get the robot athletes under control!
EP3 - Destination Deimos

On Deimos, one of the two moons of Mars, robot miners ignore the orders of their human foreman and mysteriously begin digging on their own. Astro must work fast to discover the cause of the robots' strange behavior before Intergalactic Security exterminates them for disobeying.
EP4 - Into Thin Air

The evil Skunk tricks Denkou, an Invisible Robot, into committing a string of robberies. Astro soon realizes that Denkou is not bad, she just doesn't know the difference between right and wrong and Astro is the only one that can teach her.
EP5 - Rainbow Canyon

An experiment in advanced weather technology has turned a desert canyon into fertile farmland, and proven once again that humans and robots can work together, But a sudden rash of earthquakes and storms threatens to wreck the project. It's up to Astro to find out who is behind the evil plan.
EP6 - Birth of Atlas

Dr. Tenma builds a powerful robot named Atlas whose abilities rival Astro's, But Atlas has a rebellious nature and begins to destroy Metro City. Astro must save the city from Atlas, while beginning to learn the secrets of his own past.
EP7 - Astro Vs. Atlas

As Atlas continues his rampage, Astro learns the truth about his own past. With the memory circuits reactivated, Astro remembers being created, rejected, abandoned by Dr. Tenma, Astro must face difficult questions about his own identity and his ultimate destiny.
EP8 - Neon Express

When Kato hides a hyper-accelerator virus on the robotic super train Neon Express, it sends the train and its passengers speeding out of control. Astro must rescue the passengers and prevent the train from crashing into the center of Metro City.
EP9 - Franken

A mysterious robot terrifies humans as he hunts for scrap robot parts and uses them to rebuild his own malfunctioning system. The police target the robot for destruction, but he may not be the evil robot he appears to be, and Astro must uncover the truth before its to late.
EP10 - The Venus Robots

In order to take advantage of their special freezing powers, Dr Tenma pretends to be the long-awaiting leader of a group of advanced robots. The Robots don't realize that their freezing functions cause terrible destruction by freezing everything in sight. Can Astro convince the Robots to reject Tenma's evil influence?
EP11 - Robot Circus

A robot circus star named Reno is revealed to be a human boy in disguise. Astro must save the circus, and prevent the authorities from taking the boy from his robot family.
EP12 - Reviving Jumbo

Skunk reactivates Jumbo, a giant robot and uses him to stage a daring prison break. Astro must stop Jumbo and turn him back into the gentle giant that he really is.
EP13 - Little Sister, Big Trouble

Doctor O'Shay creates a robot-sister, Zoran, for Astro. While Zoran is off exploring she is captured by the giant robot bird Katari, and only her powerful big brother can save her!
EP14 - Micro Adventure

A micro-robot attacks Zoran's operating system from the inside. Astro must shrink down to microscopic size and go inside of Zoran's system to fight the micro-robot and save his sister.
EP15 - Only a Machine

Astro must stop Erasabot from sucking out the artificial intelligence from all the robots in Metro City.
EP16 - Robot Hunters

An android robot hunter is attacking innocent robots and dismantling them for sale on the black market. Astro befriends the hunter and tries to help him overcome the programming he was given by Skunk.
EP17 - The Rise of Pluto

Pluto vows to become the supreme robot champion of the world. As he defeats his rivals, he gains their special powers and becomes even stronger. Astro is the only one left who can stop Pluto.
EP18 - Pluto is Undying / The Fall of Acheron

When Uran tries to stop Atom and Pluto from fighting, she is attacked and injured. Atom, holding Uran in his arms, is completely defenseless. However, Pluto leaves Atom without attacking him. The feelings that had begun to grow in Pluto made him hesitate to attack. Still, Pluto had to complete his mission, so he continues to fight. Tenma kidnaps Dr. Ochanomizu to attract the attention of Atom, who tries to avoid the fight. At Brocken Volcano, and the battle of the century between Atom and Pluto finally begins. Pluto is supposed to be the stronger of the two, but he can't seem to settle the score, as the emotions in his heart are weakening his power. Shadow, the mysterious man who created Pluto, finally introduces Dark Pluto, a robot without a heart. Atom is hunted down by Dark Pluto, and gets into a desperate crisis.
EP19 - Robot Boy

Astro's human friend Matthew loves robots so much that he pretends he is one. But when he tries to use robot powers to save his mom from a space shuttle accident, it's up to Astro to save them both.
EP20 - Dawn of the Techno-Revolution

With his authority challenged by Shadow, Dr. Tenma sets out to prove that Astro is loyal to the robot cause and will join them in leading the robot revolution.
EP21 - Dragon Lake

Astro must find the poison around Dragon Lake. When he gets there he meets the eccentric explorer Gulliver, and they face-off against the toxic Repo Girls in a fight to save Dragon Lake.
EP22 - The Legend of Tohron

Astro must protect Princess Abby against a plot to take over her ancient land of Mayura.
EP23 - Lost In Outland

While saving the planet from a falling satellite, Astro is damaged and loses his memory. Boon, a scientist with a mysterious past, tries to help Astro recover before another satellite hits Earth.
EP24 - March of the Micro Bears

When Shadow unleashes an army of mind-controlling teddy bears on Metro City, it's up to Astro to stop them before they take over the entire population.
EP25 - Deep City

An underground city threatens the environment, so the environment fights back--tree roots attack the city and its people. Astro must restore the delicate balance of nature to save the humans.
EP26 - The Blue Knight

When air-blimp is threatened with a wormhole device, Astro is blamed and arrested. The Blue Knight helps him escape from jail, and together they must save the blimp and prove Astro's innocence.
EP27 - Old Dog, New Tricks

Astro partners with Yuko's Uncle Wally to solve a series of baffling robberies involving a dragon-like robotic monster.
EP28 - Hydra-Jacked

A power station orbiting the Earth is set to self-destruct, and Astro partners with the Blue Knight to try to save the robots. They uncover a secret regarding the corrupt humans who caused the danger.
EP29 - Uran and the Famous Detective / The Case of the Phantom Fowl

Uran is always being compared to her older brother, Atom, and is not amused. Then, Uran hears a rumor about a bird-like ghost that appears in the tunnels every night. In order to make herself look good, she declares that she will eliminate the ghost, and sets out to find it. There, she meets a detective named Higeoyaji who was looking for a missing duckling. The two hit it off and head out together to exterminate the ghost, only to be confronted by a terrifying figure. At the same time, Atom is investigating the illegal dumping of robots, when he learns a horrifying fact: toxic substances dumped in another dimension will warp space-time and cause it to collapse. Meanwhile, Uran and Higeoyaji run away after seeing the terrifying ghost, but then Uran hears the ghost's voice. It appears these two incidents, which seemed so disparate, actually have a great connection.
EP30 - Geo-Raider

Astro joins an expedition to the center of the earth, when a member of the crew causes a mutiny. Only Astro can protect the crew and save the expedition before an eruption of lava destroys them all.
EP31 - Goonon's Big Adventure / Gideon

Cameron Strait is a mysterious sea area where many ships have been disappearing since long ago. There is a legend that a white monster lives there. The first deep-sea investigation robot developed by Reno, Goonon, heads into the deep sea with Atom and his friends to solve the mystery. However, the cowardly Goonon gets frightened at the slightest thing and runs away in a hurry. In fact, Reno made Goonon that way on purpose to make it easier to sense the dangers of the sea. Goonon is depressed and calls himself a coward, but Atom and Reno believe that Goonon will overcome his weaknesses. They find a ship graveyard in the deep sea. Dr. Poppotore, who had come to lead Atom and his friends, goes to search for the treasure that is said to be hidden there. That's when Goonon senses something. He sensed the presence of something huge coming from the ocean floor. That was the White Monster.
EP32 - The Secret of Blue Knight

When Astro and The Blue Knight try to stop illegal, underground robot fights, they are forced to fight each other. As they prepare for battle, Astro learns the truth about The Blue Knight's past.
EP33 - Fairy Tale

Nina's father is busy with his work, and she doesn't get much attention from him. That day was Nina's birthday. Surrounded by a mountain of presents, Nina threw them against the wall. She wanted her dad to be there more than she wanted presents. In order to comfort Nina, Friday, the story teller robot, goes on a fairy hunt, which Nina said she wants to meet, and meets Atom and his friends, who end up helping Friday hunt for the fairies. In the meantime, Nina's dad is trying to make her wish come true, when he is approached by someone to make a machine that can visualize the images in her mind. However, it was Dr. Minimini, who had escaped from prison, who brought the idea to him. The images in people's minds flood the city, and all hell breaks loose. Dr. Minimini then exploits the machine and starts committing robberies one after another.
EP34 - Shape-Shifting Lifeform Moopie / Shape Shifter

A series of incidents occur in which the Lunalights, stones with mysterious powers that came from distant space, are stolen. Animals such as snakes and wolves have been seen at the scene. As Atom tries to solve the case, he is shot and injured by someone while chasing the culprit. However, he is saved by a beautiful woman named Tamami. But Tamami is actually a creature from outer space called the Moopie that can change its shape at will, and is the culprit behind the theft of the Lunalights. It was controlled by Rock, a genius criminal with supernatural powers. Tamami had no choice but to do Rock's bidding in order to save her benefactor, Dr. Saruta. Rock's goal is to use the Lunalights to summon a mysterious flying object that will evolve humans into super humans, and turn himself into a super human. But to do so, he needs to have a strong mind that could take in the tremendous energy. Rock plans to make Atom play this role, and uses Tamami as a hostage to ask for Atom's cooperation.
EP35 - Atom vs. Rock / Firebird

While wandering in the space-time labyrinth, Rock is saved by the Firebird and returns to Earth. The Firebird is trying to see how Rock would use his power. After returning to Phoenix Island, where ancient ruins lie, Rock uses his supernatural powers to manipulate Dr. Lyon, a scholar who lives on the island, to bring Atom and Dr. Ochanomizu to the island under the pretense that they are there for research. Unaware of this, Atom and Ochanomizu arrive on the island. They go to investigate the ruins with Professor Atami, but he suddenly locks Dr. Ochanomizu in an ancient prison. Atami is a disguised version of Rock. In order to become a super human again, Rock uses Atom. In order to save Dr. Ochanomizu, Atom has no choice but to do as he is told. Finally, the door to become a super human appears in front of Rock.
EP36 - Robot in Love / Space Academy

In order to design a space rocket, Horus 2, Atom arrives at Space Camp, a campus for students who want to pursue space exploration. There, Atom meets a student named Roxanne. As soon as he meets Roxanne, Atom begins to change. His body temperature rises and his voice sounds shrill. This phenomenon is similar to the symptoms of a person in love. In other words, Atom seems to have fallen in love with Roxanne. His roommate, Anton, who is also in love with Roxanne, asks Atom to help him bridge the gap. Listening to Anton's request, Atom writes a letter to Roxanne on his behalf, and expresses love in a way that describes exactly what Atom is feeling for her. Roxanne is moved by the letter and shows interest in Anton. She is chosen to be a crew member of Horus 2 and to celebrate, Anton takes Roxanne to it. At that moment, Horus 2 suddenly starts to activate. At this rate, it will crash into the moon. Atom rushes after them.
EP37 - Atlas Strikes Back

The wreckage of Atlas, which was wandering in space, was recovered by a crooked dealer and passed on to Dr. Pavlos, the former deputy director of the Ministry of Science. Dr. Pavlos implants an omegachip, which can be used to control robots, into Atlas's head and turns him into a violent robot. Atlas is going out of control, and the only way to stop him is to destroy him. Dr. Pavlos's goal is to implant the omegachip in every robot in the world and make them do what he wants. Of course, Atom is no exception. Atom is under attack by Atlas. Unable to destroy Atlas, Atom finally runs out of power and ends up in Dr. Pavlos's hands. Atom is determined to resist. However, Atlas, under Dr. Pavlos's orders, attacks Atom, and he is in desperate straits.
EP38 - Emily's Wish / Battle-Bot

Emily and her parents, a family of robots that were made to test human life in a space environment, live happily and lovingly with each other just like a real family. However, their dome is attacked by the Space Raiders. The Space Raiders, led by an anti-robot group, intend to take out the artificial brains of the robots and make them work as mere manual laborers. Emily's parents, who were defending her, are captured by the Space Raiders. In order to get them back by herself, Emily asks the Blue Knight to convert her into a fighting robot. Atom is against it, but Emily pushes past his objections and finally becomes one. Atom, Emily and the others face off against the Space Raiders to get her parents back.
EP39 - Time Hunters

Hunters from the future world collect superior animals in order to genetically manipulate them to create stronger creatures. After collecting the nearly extinct cheetah, the hunters now head to a world 10,000 years in the past to collect the mammoth. Atom and Uran get caught up in the hunt and are both transported 10,000 years back in time. The scenery of 10,000 years ago spreads before their eyes. Uran, who arrived there before Atom, is surrounded by hyenas and is in danger, but then a primitive boy appears and saves her. The boy doesn't speak their language, but Atom and Uran gradually get along with him, and a timeless friendship grows between the three of them. At the same time, the hunters continue mammoth hunting, taking along fellow monsters, Cyclops and Web. When Atom hears the sad cries of a baby mammoth, he sets out to rescue them.
EP40 - Robot Hatred / Escape from Volcano Island

An event to decide the Best Robot of the Year, which is given to the robot that has been most active throughout the year, is held on the luxury cruise ship Queen Cosmo. Atom is chosen as one of the winners, and he and Dr. Ochanomizu are enjoying their trip on the luxury liner. However, there is a person who is trying to ruin the event. It was the robot-hating Lamp, who is trying to sink the Queen Cosmo by artificially exploding a volcano. Lamp has an obsessive hatred for robots, but in the back of his mind, there is an image of a robot that has never disappeared. It was a robot named Friend, who had saved his life a long time ago. Unaware of Lamp's ruse, the Queen Cosmo heads for a volcanic island. In fact, the volcanic island is the place where Lamp and Friend spent their time together.
EP41 - Memories of a Giant / Avalanche

A giant monster has been spotted in the Snowfield in the Sky on Mount Herve. Atom joins the search party for the monster, but Dr. Ochanomizu tells Atom that it is not a monster at all, but a robot that disappeared 12 years ago. Back then, the Chronos Project was being carried out in the Snowfield in the Sky, using the giant plasma wave telescope Merchiades to observe the universe. However, in a mysterious accident that appears to be an avalanche, everything was buried under the snow. The giant monster could be the robot that went missing at that time. The robot had a deep connection with Yūko, the secretary of Ochanomizu. She asks to be allowed to take part in the search. Atom and Yūko join the search party and finally find the missing robot. She speaks to the robot and calls him Gulliver, but Gulliver has lost his memory.
EP42 - Battle of Steel Island

The Blue Knight continues to attack humans in order to help robots that are treated unfairly by humans. Atom is worried that the existence of the Blue Knight will destroy the relationship between humans and robots. At that time, Atom learns that the anti-robotist, Lamp, has set out for Steel Island, an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean, in an attempt to exterminate the Blue Knight and the robots he has protected. The person who seduced him was Tenma, and he is in possession of a powerful weapon created by Dr. Tenma. Atom heads for Steel Island, but the battle has already begun and the island is in a state of chaos. Lamp is determined to exterminate the robots. The Blue Knight even tries to kill the humans he hates. In between the two, Atom tries to save both humans and robots. However, Lamp has set off a bomb that will annihilate the robots, and has grabbed the switch. If he is not killed, the robots will be wiped out.
EP43 - The Robot That Yearned to Be Human / Undercover

Klaus, a robot made to look like a human for undercover work, removes the transmitter attached to him and runs away. However, the robot is infected with a virus that automatically renders it incapable of functioning when the transmitter is removed. With the virus vaccine in hand, Atom and Delta pursue Klaus. They learn that Klaus's memory will soon be erased and he is scheduled to be renewed. As he lives as a human, Klaus awakens to human feelings and yearns to be human. It is not known where he is going before he loses his memory. Atom then learns that there is a song that Klaus deeply loved. Klaus had run away to listen to that song. If Atom doesn't find Klaus soon, he won't be able to get the vaccine in time. But Cutter, who is not happy with Klaus, pursues Atom to stop him.
EP44 - To the Dragon Forest / Into the Dragon's Lair

At the invitation of Princess Kaya, Atom and his friends visit the Kingdom of Mayura. It is a wonderful land full of nature. Atom and his friends are happy to be reunited with Princess Kara and have a good time in the kingdom. However, Princess Kaya is not in good spirits. When they ask her why, she tells them that the robots have hardly spoken to humans since about a month ago. The robots have been living in the kingdom of Mayura for a year now. Naturally, Kaya and the humans have always loved the robots as if they were their friends. However, she was worried that the robots might not like living in the kingdom. Then, Atom and his friends hear a rumor that a dragon has been seen in the forest of Tohron. They wonder if it has something to do with the fact that the robots are no longer talking to humans. Atom and his friends go to the Tohron Forest to find out the truth about the robots' minds.
EP45 - The Night Before the Revolution

A young girl named Ena loves Kipp, a GP IV robot with a kind heart. However, her father, Red, is not happy to see the robot and his daughter getting along so well, and decides to kick Kipp out of the house. When Ena finds out about this and goes to protest to her father, she falls down the stairs in a panic. The butler, who witnesses this, mistakenly thinks that Kipp has pushed her down the stairs and reports this to everyone. The news that a robot who knew he was going to be kicked out of his house pushed the daughter down the stairs out of revenge spreads quickly, and it terrifies the people. Ena, who knows the truth, lies unconscious in her sleep. Finally, it was decided that all GP IV robots would be dismantled. The squadron has to drag away their fellow robots, and Atom wants to save them somehow. Then, the Blue Knight appears. The Blue Knight rescues the GP IVs from being taken away for dismantling and declares that from now on, he is done with humans.
EP46 - The Founding of Robotania / Robotania

The Blue Knight, who has parted ways with the humans, and the robots who have followed him, gather in Antarctica. There, the Blue Knight declares that this place will be named Robotania. When the humans learned of this, they misunderstood that the robots had rebelled against the humans, and began to look at Atom with fear. Finally, a decision is made to dismantle all the AI robots, including Atom. Ochanomizu, who opposes the decision, is considered an enemy of humanity. Inspector Tawashi has no choice but to capture Atom and the other robots because of the orders issued to him, but Ochanomizu secretly lets Atom go. He entrusts everything to Atom, saying that he is the only one who can go to Antarctica to meet the Blue Knight and save the future of robots and humans. When Ena finally regains consciousness, she is baffled by the fact that she was supposedly thrown down the stairs by Kipp, and by the commotion that followed.
EP47 - Decisive Battle of Antarctica! / Showdown at Robotania

In order to subdue the robots, the Ulysses crew, led by Duke Red, headed for Robotania. Ena and Reno are chasing after them, and Ena is trying to tell her father, Duke Red, that Kipp didn't hurt her, and to stop the attack. On the other hand, Atom goes to Robotania to stop the battle, but he runs out of energy and falls into a crevasse, getting hurt. The person who saved him was Dr. Tenma. He orders Atom to break away from humans and become the king of robots and tries to give him a new body. Atom shakes him off and flies away. In the town, AI robots, including Uran, are about to be dismantled, and the battle between humans and robots rages on in Robotania. Finally, Duke Red activates a satellite beam cannon that will obliterate Robotania in an instant.
EP48 - Journey to Tomorrow

Thanks to the efforts of Atom and the Blue Knight, the annihilation of Robotania by the satellite beam cannon is avoided, but the hatred that has been born between robots and humans only intensifies. In the midst of all this, Ena finally reaches Duke Red, telling him that the events that led to the battle were a misunderstanding. In the town, Inspector Tawashi and his team discover that the film evidence of the robot rebellion was fabricated by the robot opposition. The facts gradually come to light. However, there is no way to erase the hatred that has been created during this battle, and it seems impossible to stop the fight. Ochanomizu tells Atom that the only person who can end this battle is him. Atom heads for the Blue Knight with a desperate resolve, in order to persuade him and stop the fight, and in order to revive the friendship between humans and robots.
EP49 - Atom Reborn / Astro Reborn

Atom's desperate hopes helped restore the relationship between humans and robots. However, Atom, who went towards the missile to save the robots, never regains consciousness. Ochanomizu continues to desperately repair the robot, wondering if Atom will ever wake up again. All over the world, people and robots are hoping for Atom's revival. Then, an unexpected person comes to Ochanomizu's door. It was Tenma. Ochanomizu entrusts his last hope for Atom's revival to Tenma, who says he is the only one who can fix Atom. One month later, Dr. Ochanomizu and the others are overjoyed to receive the news that Atom has been revived, but when Atom sees Ochanomizu, he asks him who he is. Atom's memories had been rewritten by Dr. Tenma, and he believes that he is a human and that Dr. Tenma is his real father. Meanwhile, Lamp is after Atom and Tenma.
EP50 - The Final Battle

Atom's memories come back to life and he returns to Ochanomizu, but Tenma persistently pursues him. Finally, he decides to take aggressive measures. He uses a robot dog to take over the Ministry of Science. Having taken over the Ministry, Tenma has one request: to talk to Atom alone. In Tenma's hand is a bomb that will blow up the Ministry. Alone at the Ministry, Atom finally confronts Tenma. The location is Plant 7. For Tenma, it was the place where he had a history with his son Tobio. Gradually, the secret of why Tenma abandoned Atom, whom he created in place of his son, is uncovered, along with Tenma's sorrow and despair. In a fit of insanity, Tenma reveals everything, raises the temperature of the blast furnace, and tries to end the life of the Ministry of Science as well. At Plant 7, which is on the verge of exploding, Tenma tells Atom to go. Atom is forced to make a bitter choice.