A great new way to watch Tezuka anime has recently appeared, and it's all
100% free and legal!
Viki, a website with international video entertainment, authorized for streaming with crowd sourced subtitles, is now offering the the complete
80's Astro Boy series, the
Black Jack anime, and the sequel series,
Black Jack 21.
The 80's Astro Boy has been legally streaming in other forms before, but what makes this special is that this is the
Japanese release rather than the English dub. All
52 episodes are accounted for, including he original versions of the first and second episode, which were edited and combined into one episode for the English language broadcast. So, this may be the first time some of you have seen the
full origin of Atlas! This was absent from the region 1 DVD release. I haven't gone through it all, but I imagine other episodes may have scenes missing from the English version. These episodes even feature the original Japanese title cards.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of crowd sourced translations, there are some mistakes in the subtitles. One embarrassing instance has the famous villain character call himself "
Skank" instead of "
Skunk". However, by registering for an account, one gains access to a
subtitle editor, and so the translation can be continuously improved upon by the users watching it.
This is one of the
bigger developments in Astro-Fandom for quite awhile! Plus, we get Black Jack 21, which has never been streamed with English subtitles before. This is very exciting stuff, and it bodes well for future releases of more Tezuka shows and other classic anime.
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