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| Astro Boy Vols 6 & 7 : 5 of 5 | |
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3.21.2004
8:05 AM | Link |
  These two volumes of the Astro Boy series go together as one fantastic story, which I think is my favorite so far (at least, I read these two volumes the fastest, because I couldn't put them down!). As usual, a cartoon Tezuka introduces the story, where he explains that this story is kind of a continuation and re-imagining of the end of old Astro Boy television series. The amazing thing about this tale is that Astro is thrown back in time to Japan before robots are invented - there are lots of incredible moments, such as meeting Dr. Ochanomizu when he still had hair, trying desperately to make a robot work for the first time! The main plot device is that there's no way for Astro to be "refueled" in this world of the past. At one point (after a touching sub-plot in Vietnam) he actually "dies" and is found by a friend from decades earlier, who spends all of his company's money to start-up Astro with only a few day's energy. In Volume 7 (which actually features Astro's "ass guns" on the cover!), the time-traveler Astro finally crosses paths with the newly-born Astro, so he must be completely destroyed to prevent a time paradox! At that point the story becomes the first days of Astro and Dr. Tenma, and I can't wait for it to continue to the next volume!
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