• Air date: 01 Oct '80 52 episodes
      In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.
  • List of Episodes (52)
    • 1. The Birth Of Astro Boy

      01 Oct '80
      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
    • 2. Astro Boy Vs. Atlas

      08 Oct '80
      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...
    • 3. The Robot Circus

      15 Oct '80
      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".
    • 4. Save the Classmate

      22 Oct '80
      Rescued from the circus by Dr. Elefun, Astro Boy starts school and struggles with the bullying from classmates for being a robot.
    • 5. Atlas Lives Again

      22 Oct '80
      Astro's must stop Atlas' scheme to enslave humanity by series of technological thefts, one of which involves Astro's proposed robotic parents.
    • 6. Robotland

      05 Nov '80
      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.
    • 7. Frankenstein

      12 Nov '80
      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.
    • 8. The Red Cat

      19 Nov '80
      A red cat becomes the only clue to the mystery of children who are disappearing.
    • 9. The Crystal of the Desert

      26 Nov '80
      While exploring a forest that has become a desert, Astro Boy discovers that Atlas is involved.
    • 10. The White Planet

      03 Dec '80
      Astro aids a championship racer who hopes to win a global race.
    • 11. A Robot President

      10 Dec '80
      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.
    • 12. Goliath's Head

      17 Dec '80
      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...
    • 13. The Light Ray Robot

      24 Dec '80
      Skunk causes trouble again, this time capturing a robot capable of invisibility hoping to use it in his schemes.
    • 14. Uran, the Tomboy

      07 Jan '81
      Astro meets his new sister, Uran.
    • 15. Robio and Robiette

      14 Jan '81
      Astro gets involved in a rivalry between robotic "families". However the two of the robots from the competing camps fall in love.
    • 16. Astro Fights Aliens

      21 Jan '81
      Astro captains the Second Expedition to Mars where strange creatures have been seen.
    • 17. Save the Carolina 3

      28 Jan '81
      Astro attempts to stop Skunk's outer space pirating attempt when one of his classmates is kidnapped.
    • 18. The Rainbow Comet

      04 Feb '81
      On a school field trip to see the Rainbow Comet up close, Astro and classmates are kidnapped by Atlas.
    • 19. The Death Balloon

      11 Feb '81
      Balloons modelled in the shape of Astro are attacking people in the city and its up to Astro to clear his name.
    • 20. The Transformation Robot

      18 Feb '81
      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.
    • 21. The Wreck of the Titan

      25 Feb '81
      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.
    • 22. The Liar Robot

      04 Mar '81
      A school field trip is interrupted by a robot constantly lying about a impending earthquake.
    • 23. The Girl from Alsoar

      11 Mar '81
      Astro Boy meets a mysterious woman and must stop a hostile alien invasion.
    • 24. The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)

      08 Mar '81
      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.
    • 25. The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 2)

      25 Mar '81
      With only three of the most powerful robots in the world remaining (Hercules, Photar and Astro), can they stop Bruton before he destroys them all?