The BEST episodes of Astro Boy (1980)

Every episode of Astro Boy (1980) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Astro Boy (1980)!

It is the year 2030. A brilliant robotics engineer creates a robotic boy with robotic powers in the image of his own dead son. The show examines the robotic boy's adventures as he comes to terms with living among humans.

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The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 2)
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9.77
31 votes

#1 - The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 2)

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1981

Pruto continues on his rampage and only Astro can stop him.

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The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)
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8.84
31 votes

#2 - The Greatest Robot in the World (Part 1)

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1981

Pruto is out to prove that he is more powerful than Astro.

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Atlas Forever
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8.33
3 votes

#3 - Atlas Forever

Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 10/21/1981

Atlas attacks space stations near Saturn and Jupiter, prompting an all-out attack by Earth's forces.

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Robot Circus
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8.00
9 votes

#4 - Robot Circus

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1980

After Astro Boy thinks he's disowned by his father he puts his trust into an owner of a circus who wants to exploit Astro Boy's robotic abilities.

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The Robots Nobody Wanted
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8.00
2 votes

#5 - The Robots Nobody Wanted

Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 10/14/1981

Three obsolete robots fight for a new purpose, with the help of Astro.

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Save the Classmate
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7.80
5 votes

#6 - Save the Classmate

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1980

Astro Boy goes to school to try to fit in as a normal being, but he meets with the opposition of his classmates who want robots out of the school. Astro Boy shows his superior powers and kicks butt in this full-color episode.

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The Wreck of the Titan
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7.33
3 votes

#7 - The Wreck of the Titan

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1981

The maiden voyage of the Titan meets with disaster, in the form of a hail of meteorites.

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Astro Boy vs Atlas
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7.22
9 votes

#8 - Astro Boy vs Atlas

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1980

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The Crystal of the Desert
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7.00
4 votes

#9 - The Crystal of the Desert

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1980

Astro investigates a drought, only to run into his arch-nemesis, Atlas!

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Astro Fights Aliens
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7.00
2 votes

#10 - Astro Fights Aliens

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1981

Astro leads a mission to Mars but learns of a secret Alien plot to control Mars, and eventually Earth.

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The Birth of Astro Boy
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6.88
17 votes

#11 - The Birth of Astro Boy

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1980

The "Birth of Astro Boy" is the start of electrifying entertainment for many future episodes. Before young Toby dies after a car accident he tells his father to build a robot just like him and to love him. Astro Boy is born and struggles to get used to his powers. He can fly and has strengths which get him in trouble with his father and those around him.

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A Robot President
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6.67
3 votes

#12 - A Robot President

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1980

Guravia has just elected a robot President, Rag, but he needs Astro's help to take the post.

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Frankenstein
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6.67
3 votes

#13 - Frankenstein

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1980

A "Frankenstein" robot-monster is created at the Ministry of Science, and the monster unwittingly becomes a thief.

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Robot Land
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6.67
3 votes

#14 - Robot Land

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1980

Astro Boy saves the day again in this action-​packed full-​color story. Astro flies to the protection of another robot, an escapee from the evil Robot Land. But the other denizens of Robot Land aren't going to let this happen without a fight.

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Atlas Lives Again
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6.67
3 votes

#15 - Atlas Lives Again

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1980

Astro Boy has a strange feeling before bad things happen. His robot parents are taken and he's out to rescue his parents. He takes on his nemesis Atlas who is bent on taking revenge on humanity.

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The Death Balloon
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6.50
2 votes

#16 - The Death Balloon

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1981

Astro suddenly becomes a public enemy when balloons that look like him, and carrying bombs, appear over the city.

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The Robot Vikings
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6.00
1 votes

#17 - The Robot Vikings

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1981

The Vikings terrorize the city and Astro must go undercover to find them.

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Blackie Young
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6.00
1 votes

#18 - Blackie Young

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/16/1981

Dr. Elefun reassembles a dismembered robot which leads to a new quest.

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The Man-Made Solar Sphere
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6.00
1 votes

#19 - The Man-Made Solar Sphere

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/2/1981

One of Dr. Elefun's old inventions is in the wrong hands and Astro and Shalock Holmespan must find it.

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The Anti-Proton Gun
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6.00
1 votes

#20 - The Anti-Proton Gun

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 8/19/1981

The most powerful weapon on Earth becomes the target of some of Astro's foes.

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Lilly on Peligro Island
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6.00
1 votes

#21 - Lilly on Peligro Island

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 8/5/1981

Astro goes in search of the writer of many messages in bottles.

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The Monster of Clarken
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6.00
1 votes

#22 - The Monster of Clarken

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/22/1981

Astro and friends try to save the Golden Coral Forest and run into a hunter and a monster.

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The Secret of Bee City
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6.00
1 votes

#23 - The Secret of Bee City

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/15/1981

Astro and Uran visit Bee Island and uncover a new mystery.

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The Baby Elephant Pook
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6.00
1 votes

#24 - The Baby Elephant Pook

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 7/8/1981

A real elephant and cub wander into a robot safari and its up to Astro to save them from Zohra.

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The Runaway Subway Train
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6.00
1 votes

#25 - The Runaway Subway Train

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 7/1/1981

An out of control subway train is Astro's newest ploy to draw Astro out.

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