I just saw the opening sequence of Astroboy on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) and was shocked to find that they cut it down to just the last few seconds. The part where the kids sing Crowds Will Cheer You. Everything before that was removed. I guess it's now considered politically incorrect to show Astroboy punching the bad guys. What a shame.
shareHold up...what ?
shareI watched all of the episodes that were shown last night as part of the "Christmas Night Marathon" of Astro Boy episodes. The first episode shown, the origin episode actually, had the full opening theme. Every subsequent episode thereafter, had the opening shortened to just a few seconds....beginning where the title is shown. I think this was just done last night to save them time...for good or for bad. Adult Swim did have 14 episodes scheduled. Due to the longer than usual commercials, I guess, each episode started later than the, for instance, 2 AM 'sharp' time slot. Each episode started a bit after the hour and ended later....not on the half-hour. By the time that episode fourteen was to start (it was scheduled for 5:30 AM), the time was around 5:46AM. The 6AM show scheduled started and that was that. However, the night before the marathon, an Astro Boy episode was scheduled and played the entire opening. It's scheduled in for three nights (actually 5:30AM) this weekend upcoming, and I'll bet the entire credits will be shown.
shareNot censorship... just shaving off seconds so they can cram in more commercials to generate more revenue. Money talks... b------t walks...
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It's also the fact that watching the intro again and again, gets quite annoying.
shareI think they did it to make more time for commercials.
shareAstro Boy, there you go
On your flight into space
Rocket-celled, jet-propelled
What adventures soon you will face
Astro Boy, bombs away!
On your mission today
Crowds will cheer you
You're a hero
As you go,go,go, Astro Boy!
What can I do to be like you
And become a real Astro Boy?
I think I'm missing a couple of lines :(
Don's going to fix it. He knows what that nut means to Utz and what Utz means to us.
Astroboy Theme Song
There you go astroboy
On your flight into space
Rocket high
Through the sky
More adventures to do all day
Astroboy bombs away
On your mission today
There's a countdown
And a blastoff
Everyday is go astroboy
Astroboy as you fly
Strange new worlds you will spy
Atom-celled
Jet propelled
Fighting monsters high in the sky
Astroboy there you go
Will you fight friend or foe
Cosmic ranger
Laugh at danger
Everyday is go astroboy
Astroboy as you fly
Strange new worlds you will spy
Atom-celled
Jet propelled
Fighting monsters high in the sky
Astroboy there you go
Will you fight friend or foe
Crowds will cheer you
You're a hero
As you go, go, go astroboy