Astro Boy (anime)/Trivia

1963 TV series

• The Other Darrin:
  • Kazue Tagami voiced Astro in episodes 97-106 while Mari Shimizu was on maternity leave.
  • Uran was first voiced by Yoko Mizugaki, then by Reiko Mutou, then by Kazuko Yoshikawa.
  • Higeoyaji was first voiced by Masaaki Yajima, then by Ayao Wada.
  • Tawashi was first voiced by Shingo Kanemoto, then by Kouichi Chiba.

1980 TV series

• Hey, It's That Voice!: Mari Shimizu reprised her role as Astro. Hisashi Katsuta also reprised his role of Ochanomizu.
• Osamu Tezuka wrote the lyrics for the first ending theme "Mirai ni Mukatte - New Tetsuwan Atom."

2003 TV series

• Hey, It's That Voice!:
  • The English dub has Greg Cipes as Atlas, Candi Milo as Astro, and Lara Jill Miller as various episode-specific characters.
  • Hisashi Katsuta, who voiced Ochanomizu in the previous two anime adaptations, voices him once again in this series.
• Names to Know in Anime : The main writer for this series was Chiaki Konaka. Seriously. In fact, he was invited right after (and presumably due to) having worked on Digimon Tamers.

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