Anime

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A theatrical release, composed of 3 episodes of the Astro Boy (1963-66) B&W television series is shown in theatres.

The 1963 Astro Boy animated TV series

Astro Boy, Tezuka's well-known manga about a boy-robot has also been featured in three separate animated television series.

Always moving forward, Tezuka's belief and enthusiasm led him to create the first truly weekly animated television program (i.e. anime) in Japan with Astro Boy (1963-66), the first full-colour animated television program with Jungle Emperor (1965-66), and the first animated feature-length film intended for an adult audience with A Thousand and One Nights (1969). Throughout it all, he also felt the need to express himself as an artist and continued to push the boundaries of animation with his experimental shorts.

Blue Blink (1989-90) was an anime series first broadcast on NHK General TV from April 7, 1989 to March 16, 1990. Unlike most of Tezuka’s animated series, Blue Blink (1989-90) was an original story, and was not based on a corresponding manga series - much like his earlier Astro Boy (1963-66) remake, Jetter Mars (1977).