The linear streaming service R Channel streamed episodes 125 (“Saikin o Sagase” or Find the Bacteria) and 127 (“Jikken Robot” or The Experimental Robot) of Osamu Tezuka’s first Astro Boy anime on March 2 and 3.
In 1963, the late Fred Ladd re-edited and re-dubbed the Tetsuwan Atom anime into Astro Boy.
The French-Japanese animated spin-off series Go Astro Boy Go! launched in October 2019.
The 1963 Tetsuwan Atom anime adapted Tezuka’s manga of the same name, and it became Japan’s first half-hour animated series.