The BEST episodes of Astro Boy (1980)

#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.

#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.

#3 - 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.

#4 - 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.

#5 - 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.

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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.

#8 - 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!

#9 - 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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - Astro Boy vs Atlas

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

#12 - The Secret of Bee City

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

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

#13 - 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.

#14 - The Robot Stuntman

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/29/1981

Uran yearns to meet the movie-star Tom Stanton and finds that the real star is his stunt double, Sam.

#15 - The Time Machine

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1981

Astro travels through time to save a 15th century Prince.

#16 - The Robot Vikings

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

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

#17 - The Girl from Alsoar

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1981

A ski trip is cut short by an invading alien force.

#18 - 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.

#19 - The Light Ray Robot

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1980

A special Christmas eve contest looks to elect the best Robot of the year, with Skunk as the figurative Grinch.

#20 - Goliath's Head

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1980

Astro and Skunk race to find the head of a Mars development robot, Damdam.

#21 - 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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - Astro's First Love

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/23/1981

Astro falls for Nikki (Nuka), his partner as they search for some stolen plans.

#24 - 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.

#25 - The Transformation Robot

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1981

Astro meets Pook, a shape-shifter who has unwittingly helped a gang of thieves.