Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1The Birth Of Astro Boy 1980-10-01 · 24 min
Dr Boynton is so driven by his work as a robot engineer thst he neglects his promise to spend time with his son Toby at an amusement park. As Toby leaves the park, he is caught in a traffic collision. Before dying, Toby has his father promise him to make the new robot in his image and treat it like a son. Overcome with grief, Boynton completes the project and brings "Toby" to life. Unknown to Dr Boynton, a shady criminal called Skunk stole the plans for "Toby" and plans to make a robot of his own with a new circuit known as the Omega Factor.
S1 · E2Astro Boy Vs. Atlas 1980-10-08 · 24 min
Dr. Boynton and Toby depart on an ocean liner for America. Not knowing his own strength, Toby causes a huge mess during dinner. Angrily, Dr Boynton rejects Toby on the spot, declaring that he's just a robot and that he has no son. Meanwhile, Skunk attempts to teach Atlas his criminal ways and eventually takes Atlas on a mission to steel gold from the same boat that Dr Boynton and Toby are on...
S1 · E3The Robot Circus 1980-10-15 · 24 min
Toby has been enslaved by a robot circus owner and is forced into manual labour. There he befriends a young circus worker named Kathy. Dr Boynton's associate, Professor Elefun, comes to fetch Toby but the ringmaster refuses to let him go... Toby receives his new name, "Astro".
S1 · E4Save the Classmate 1980-10-22 · 24 min
Rescued from the circus by Dr. Elefun, Astro Boy starts school and struggles with the bullying from classmates for being a robot.
S1 · E5Atlas Lives Again 1980-10-22 · 24 min
Astro's must stop Atlas' scheme to enslave humanity by series of technological thefts, one of which involves Astro's proposed robotic parents.
S1 · E6Robotland 1980-11-05 · 24 min
Astro and Dr. Elefun visit a fairytale theme park after an escaped swan/princess crash lands in their yard and tells them of the robots' plight.
S1 · E7Frankenstein 1980-11-12 · 24 min
Skunk convinces a powerful robot called Frankenstein to aid him in his crime spree. This crime wave leads to the deactivation of almost all robots in the city, including Astroboy.
S1 · E8The Red Cat 1980-11-19 · 24 min
A red cat becomes the only clue to the mystery of children who are disappearing.
S1 · E9The Crystal of the Desert 1980-11-26 · 24 min
While exploring a forest that has become a desert, Astro Boy discovers that Atlas is involved.
S1 · E10The White Planet 1980-12-03 · 24 min
Astro aids a championship racer who hopes to win a global race.
S1 · E11A Robot President 1980-12-10 · 24 min
Astro and his teacher, Daddy Walrus, are invited to the inauguration of the first robot president and are caught up in a plan to stop the ceremony.
S1 · E12Goliath's Head 1980-12-17 · 24 min
After a spacecraft crashes to the earth Astro rescues a mining robot, Goliath, from the flames. Dr Elefun has Goliath's head removed as it contains a powerful neutron beam. But soon the head is stolen and Goliath starts to search for it...
S1 · E13The Light Ray Robot 1980-12-24 · 24 min
Skunk causes trouble again, this time capturing a robot capable of invisibility hoping to use it in his schemes.
S1 · E14Uran, the Tomboy 1981-01-07 · 24 min
Astro meets his new sister, Uran.
S1 · E15Robio and Robiette 1981-01-14 · 24 min
Astro gets involved in a rivalry between robotic "families". However the two of the robots from the competing camps fall in love.
S1 · E16Astro Fights Aliens 1981-01-21 · 24 min
Astro captains the Second Expedition to Mars where strange creatures have been seen.
S1 · E17Save the Carolina 3 1981-01-28 · 24 min
Astro attempts to stop Skunk's outer space pirating attempt when one of his classmates is kidnapped.
S1 · E18The Rainbow Comet 1981-02-04 · 24 min
On a school field trip to see the Rainbow Comet up close, Astro and classmates are kidnapped by Atlas.
S1 · E19The Death Balloon 1981-02-11 · 24 min
Balloons modelled in the shape of Astro are attacking people in the city and its up to Astro to clear his name.
S1 · E20The Transformation Robot 1981-02-18 · 24 min
Astroboy visits a robot inhabited island where gangsters attempt loot uranium resources by enlisting the help of and a robot who can transform into any shape.
S1 · E21The Wreck of the Titan 1981-02-25 · 24 min
After luxury spaceliner Titan is struck by an asteroid, Astro and several others escape to the moon. They land in a crater with an atmosphere and Astro discovers the wreck of a Russian spacecraft from 1990.
S1 · E22The Liar Robot 1981-03-04 · 24 min
A school field trip is interrupted by a robot constantly lying about a impending earthquake.
S1 · E23The Girl from Alsoar 1981-03-11 · 24 min
Astro Boy meets a mysterious woman and must stop a hostile alien invasion.
S1 · E24The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1) 1981-03-08 · 24 min
A power-hungry Sultan commissions a powerful fighting robot named Bruton (Pluto in the original), and sends him to battle seven of the world's strongest robots: Mont Blanc, Molnar, Brondo, Zeron, Hercules, Photar, and Astro.