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Source: ZONE - Topic (YouTube)

The full version of the second ending for the 2003 Astro Boy anime: a ballad version of the Astro Boy theme song performed by ZONE.

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Shuntaro Tanigawa (1931-2024)

Sources: Hachima Kiko, Kyodo News, Anime News Network

The man who wrote the lyrics for the legendary Astro Boy theme song, Shuntaro Tanigawa, passed away of old age on November 13, 2024 at the age of 92.

Tanigawa also wrote the lyrics for the theme songs of the Big X anime, the 2004 Phoenix anime, Howl's Moving Castle, and also did the screenplay for The Phoenix: Chapter of Dawn film.

From Anime News Network:

Tanigawa was born in Tokyo, and his father was Japanese philosopher Tetsuzo Tanikawa. Shuntaro Tanigawa began writing poems in his teens, and published his first poetry collection, Niju Oku Konen no Kodoku (Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude), when he was 20 in 1952.

The writer was well-known for his poems, translations, and essays. His poetry book Floating the River in Melancholy won the American Book Award in 1989. He has written over 60 poetry books and is also known for his translations of Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic and Mother Goose nursery rhymes into Japanese.

His numerous accolades include awards at The 75th NHK Broadcasting Culture Awards, the Zhongkun International Poetry Award, and the Noma Children's Literature Prize.

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Source: XLarge (Japan)

Pluto anime apparel released in November 2024 by Japan's XLarge shop.

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Source: Action City (Singapore)

Some of the Astro Boy figures being sold by Singapore's Action City shop, as part of the Astro Boy : The Journey through Time collaboration with BLAXK.

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I'll still very much so be active on this Tumblr blog. I've put over 8 years into it and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon!

However, I am considering the future of the X/Twitter equivalent of this blog at this time.

I've joined Bluesky!

You can now find me over on Bluesky!

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I've joined Bluesky!

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Source: Derek Barrantes (Bluesky; @molluskshell.bsky.social)

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Preliminary sketches from the early 2000s by Naoki Urasawa for the Pluto manga.

These were featured in the Pluto exhibit at the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum from November 3, 2023 to February 18, 2024.

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NEWS: A new Black Jack plush set has been released, but this one has a twist to it. It's another collaborative set with Sanrio! These adorable plushes are available now in Japan as UFO Catcher prizes.

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Astro Boy

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he has big shoulders you carry to carry his little siblings <3!!!!

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rough day...

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they turned astro boy into an anime girl (100% real)

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Source: Penguin Random House

Atom: The Beginning Volume 12 will receive it's North American release on August 5, 2025, according to Penguin Random House's website. This is the official English release.

On Volume 12's cover art is the character, Myu.

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Happy Birthday to the legend himself, Osamu Tezuka!

He was born on November 3, 1928. Were he alive today, he would be 96 years old (2024).

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New English Translated manga!

"Jetter Mars: The Robot Liberation Force"

You can read now on the Jetter Mars website!

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This scene living rent free in my head that I had to do my own touch with it , Astro boy 2003 is a fun anime to watch I was really happy to experience that