and so i love her : the Astroboy connection

(Note: "And so I love her" are random blogs, pictures, notes and whatever things that I appreciate my wife doing for me.)

And the best way to jumpstart this blog portion is by a sketch my wife did for my favorite cartoon/anime character of all time... ASTRO BOY.

She copied a picture I posted in my Facebook account which I use as my profile picture.

See the similarities . . .

Here's the original.

 Picture was taken here

 And here's my wife's version. 

And so I love her!!!

Astro's Flight

I watched Astroboy just today, though I promised myself to watch it on its opening date last October 28. I am an Astroboy fan and yes I am stating the obvious.
Who is Astroboy
Astroboy is the story of a boy robot who was created by Dr. Tenma after the death of his son Toby. Dr. Tenma used the positive energy 'blue core' to bring Toby back to life and incorporated his son's memory into Toby's system. As he discovers his real identity, Toby was pursued by the greedy Dr. Stone in an attempt to get the 'blue core' in his hands to use for personal gains. In his attempt to capture him, Toby was thrown out of Metro City and into a robotics junkyard where he met his friends who renamed him Astro. Also, using his blue core powers, he brought Zog, a giant century-old construction robot, back to life.

While living with his friends, Astro met Hamegg, a frustrated robotics scientist who repairs defective robots and uses them on a gladiator like robot festival where robots fight each other to determine the best. Upon discovering Astro being a robot, he set him up as an entry to the festival which gave Dr. Stone a venue to capture Astroboy.

Upon capture, he directed Dr. Tenma to remove the blue core into Astro's system. Dr. Tenma retaliated and set Astro free. Mad about what happened, Dr. Stone took the negative energy-'red core' to bring a giant robot to life in a pursuit to kill Astro.

Astro then was set into a battle against the giant robot. But to kill the robot, Astro must use the power of the blue core, but using cost Astro's life. Astro died, but with the use of Zog's blue core power, he was repaired, ready to save the planet from any bad robot.
How was it
The movie is a visual treat for the young ones and young once. The story is packed with humor, heart and brain that capitalizes on a young robot's journey through self discovery, acceptance of his destiny and how he became Metro City's hero and defender against the evil robots. However, after watching the movie, I was left with a void feeling of disappointment much less dissatisfaction. While the movie did great on its effect, there was something lacking which I could not possibly say what.

Probably it has to do with the major deviation from its original story: Toby was killed from a car accident while the movie showed Toby died out of a failed robot test run. Another reason may be: while Astro's TV life is colorful because of his many and varied opponents, the climax ran around his battle against the evil robot who had the red core on it.

Again, technical and production wise was great. Probably the most visually appealing and visually entertaining cartoon-animated movie we ever had in theaters. I am happy that finally I saw Astro in a movie, but I want more. And that's the reason why I had a void depressed feeling after the movie.

Stunningly created as it was, I must say again....I want more more.

Tetsuwan Atomo is Mighty Astroboy

As a child, I grew up watching and liking Astroboy. Back then, I was amazed with the story, the character and his super robotic powers. How the image of a boy robot that flies up in the sky that extends into the universe, zooms inside the earth and under the ocean to destroy the evil monsters were very fascinating and eternal.


These images were powerful that up to these days, I can’t help but enjoy the cartoon programs. And with an animated movie set for release by the end of the year, I am as excited as the other fanatics are in the globe.



He is an epitome of childhood. The innocence and the uncorrupted mind of a child and the heart and emotion of a powerful robot create an ironic statement that 'one need not be a superhero to help save the earth; and that mind, body and heart is what humans are made of'…not just Astroboy.

Astroboy allows us to create and recreate our own childhood reveries, that life is most enjoyed through the searching and wondering of a young mind and that childhood will always be in the hearts of every adult open to explore the nature of galactic wonders.