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ASTRO BOY

ASTRO

Far beyond the sky Far into the stars

ASTRO

Far beyond the sky Far into the stars

Let's go Astro As far as your jet rockets will take you

He is kind A boy made from science

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

Listen carefully Watch out

That's right Astro Don't lower your guard

He Is righteous A boy made from science

You have seven super powers Astro Boy!

An airship named the Memorial is on an around-the-world cruise.

It's arriving in Japan in two days.

They're going to invite elementary school kids for a tour.

That sounds nice. | want to get onboard, too.

No way, Uran.

Only school children can get on board

and you have to write a winning essay.

You have to write an essay?

Yes, the topic is "My Dream".

Dream, you say?

I've never had a dream.

I've already researched it.

Then you're going to win first prize.

| can't wait to get on the airship.

The Hijacked Airship!

And so my dream is to become a botanist.

| want to create huge flowers and tiny flowers at my will.

Then we can make huge carrots and huge radishes.

| think this would help people suffering from shortage of food.

The end.

Excuse me, sir, how was my essay?

Astro, I'm sorry to tell you but you alone got the assignment wrong.

Got it wrong?

Exactly. You know...

A dream is unlike the cognitive activity during the state of awakeness,

but is a state of unrealistic illusion or delusion...

That's stupid, Astro.

You thought "My Dream" meant the dream you have in your sleep?

Huh? It's not?

It is not. Listen, Astro.

Things you can't do now but you want to do someday,

or what you want to be someday,

that is what we call "My Dream Future."

Dream future?

Right, Astro.

You're a robot, so you don't think that way.

I'm a man full of dreams. I'm getting on the airship.

Right, sir?

Idiot!

You spelled so many words wrong. | could only dream what they meant.

Ouch.

That leads us to two winners from this class.

Midori Hayashi.

Yes.

- Kenichi Tezuka. - Yes.

You two will be invited to the tour on the airship.

- How nice! - I'm envious.

How can | explain dreams to you?

Look at that.

Why does Osamu practice so hard?

Because he dreams of becoming a professional baseball player.

But, sir...

| don't have to practice that hard.

Astro!

Got it.

Another.

Here they are.

Shibugaki builds his strength by lifting weights

because his dream is to become a sumo wrestler.

But, sir, | can...

Here.

There you go.

This isn't easy.

Noboru has a dream of becoming a policeman.

Shucks.

Sir, throw this into the air.

This? There you go.

Here I come.

Take this!

Incredible.

It sure is difficult to teach a robot what dreams are.

Sir.

Huh?

Would | be able to have a dream if | were human?

Hmm...

Whether it will come true or not,

every human has a dream.

| don't have a dream because | can do everything.

I'm going to see Dr. Ochanomizu.

Hey, Astro.

What? You want me to remove your super powers?

| want a body like a human's. Please.

What happened, Astro? Tell me more.

You mean, the Memorial?

Yes.

But | can't have any dreams so | couldn't write the essay.

So...

That's sad.

Dr. Ochanomizu, please.

Please make me like a human.

Hmm...

| can suspend your super powers for a short while...

That's all | want. | just want to have a dream.

All right, | got it.

Such an experience would probably do you good.

Really?

Yippie! Yippie!

It's done, Astro. You can get up now.

Dr. Ochanomizu, so I'm like a human now?

Yeah. Try to lift that.

Yes.

Huh?

Are you Satisfied?

Of course you can't fly. Your machine guns won't work.

I got it.

Listen, Astro...

If you want to go back to the way you were before, you can't.

You'll stay that way for precisely 24 hours. All right?

Yes. I'm just like a human for 24 hours.

Somebody help!

- Sir! - What's wrong, Shibugaki?

- Sir, Astro's gone haywire. - Astro what?

Look at that, sir.

What's he doing up there?

He says he's working hard to be a skydiver.

It's a big step forward to have a goal,

but he's capable of flying so why does he need to practice...

It's not that simple.

What?

Here | go!

Astro, fire your jets now.

Astro.

Astro.

Idiot, idiot, what a crazy—

Hello, sir.

Idiot, why didn't you fire your jets before you landed?

Sir, lasked Dr. Ochanomizu to suspend my super powers for 24 hours.

What?

| wanted to be like everybody else.

If you keep up this crazy stunt,

your body will be a wreck beyond repair.

What?

If you want to be like a human, you have to think about that.

Yes.

We're off. I'll bring some postcards for you all.

- Goodbye. - Have fun.

Kenichi and Midori, such teacher's pets.

Next year I'm going to win the first prize and I'll get on the Memorial.

In three hours, you'll be the regular Astro again.

What? In three hours?

Yeah. That's right.

This really isn't fair.

Astro, don't you want to get on the airship?

Of course | do.

Okay, it's settled. Let's go.

Get in line.

Behave yourselves.

Here we go.

Well, this elevator travels the distance of 1000 feet

to the passenger lobby of the Memorial...

- Wow! - Awesome.

This lobby was designed by the top interior designer of the world...

Huh?

We can play baseball here.

Look, we're up so high.

Hey, don't make so much noise.

Airships offer the most relaxing travel,

and they've surpassed cruise ships as the most expensive means of transport.

- Wow. - Wonderful.

Come on. This way.

Oops... Hello.

Are you on the tour? Your friends went that way.

- Thank you, sir. - Excuse me, sir.

Excuse me, this is the cockpit.

No passengers are allowed in here.

Hey, you...

Take off now.

Thus once the Memorial takes off for a flight,

it doesn't have to land for about three months.

Thus it offers all kinds of entertainment.

In this room, you can see the latest news and 3D movies,

nostalgic animated movies...

Sir, | can't see well because of your shadow.

Oh, of course, I'm sorry...

That's Shibugaki's voice.

Oops, silly me.

Astro, you too?

Please don't. Do you want to involve children?

Too late now. We're all on this together.

| won't allow that.

Darn!

Get the airship moving.

| won't. You'll have to kill me first.

Darn! I'll destroy this machine.

Idiots!

What misconduct!

I'm sorry, sir.

Get off now.

When we get back, you'll get such a scolding-

What's going on? The Memorial is moving.

Sir, the Memorial is taking off.

What? That was not scheduled.

- This is great, Astro. - Huh?

Now we don't have to get off.

We are really flying.

Sir, maybe they're giving us a Special free flight?

Everybody.

The Memorial has just been hijacked.

What? Hijacked?

Sir, who is this "Jack"?

Someone took over this airship.

- Oh no! - I'm scared!

Quiet. Calm down.

And the hijacker?

Locked himself in the cockpit. He shot the pilot.

Sir, I'll see what I can do.

Hey, Astro, you—

Flying. I'm flying.

Finally | did it. I'm going to make it big at the end.

Someone dared to hijack our dream airship.

Unforgivable.

The hijacked Memorial is heading for Megalopolis.

This is the cockpit.

Okay, an easy door for me.

Huh?

Something's wrong.

Astro.

Something's wrong, sir. | don't have any strength.

Of course. You've suspended your super powers.

Oh yes!

How do we get you back to the way you were before?

That is... Ah...

We just have to wait until it happens on its own.

It'll take another 25 minutes.

What? Why now?

What is that?

That's the rescue squad.

You destroyed the instrument, but now we'll be fine.

Darn, | meant to fly to the end of the universe and die.

Darn, darn. Story of my life.

My plans always fall through at the last minute.

What's that?

The net is breaking.

At last, luck hasn't turned against me yet.

Hey, hijacker. Open this door.

Give me the injured pilot. I'll be your hostage instead.

What? A hostage?

What do you say? Hurry.

Okay, give me the hostage. I'll let the pilot out.

Sir, I'll be the hostage.

What're you saying? You're just a kid.

Leave this task to me.

So, who's the hostage?

Come on in.

All right...

- Sir. - Astro.

Ouch.

Huh? You're just a kid.

I'm your hostage. Oh, sir.

Hang in there.

Come this way.

Darn.

Astro.

Take him please.

Emergency.

The Memorial has lost control and entered Megalopolis.

We're rapidly losing altitude.

Give up, son. The control system is broken.

We won't stop until we smash into something.

Sir, why did you do this?

Why?

Not that it matters now, son.

You're unlucky, just like me.

Unlucky?

Aren't you? Thrown in here with a hijacker like me.

That's not true. | volunteered to be here.

Then even more so.

You still must have many dreams.

No, it doesn't matter.

In about ten minutes, I'll revert to a super powered robot.

Robot? You are a robot?

You're lucky you're a human.

You can dream.

No way. Because of my dreams,

I've been a failure my whole life.

First | tried a solar-powered aircraft and a non-stop flight across the Pacific.

At the end of the flight, the weather forecast failed.

| flew into the middle of a typhoon.

| lost power and went down.

Next, | discovered a gold mine.

An earthquake struck at the very moment.

The huge gold deposit was buried forever.

Each time | had a dream, | failed.

| see.

But you're lucky you can have dreams even if you fail.

Huh?

You're lucky. You have so many dreams.

You can fail over and over, but you can follow another dream.

Huh?

A building ahead.

| have to do something. But...

Help!

Astro!

A building... A tall building...

Not for another minute...

| won't have super powers.

No. | don't want to die.

| can't just wait.

Here!

| can't...

My super powers are back!

Far beyond the sky Far into the stars

| won't give up.

| won't give up.

Let's go Astro As far as your jet rockets will take you

Let's go Astro As far as your jet rockets will take you

He is kind A boy made from science

Dear God!

He is kind A boy made from science

He is kind A boy made from science

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

What's happening?

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

The airship is turning.

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

It's Astro. His super powers are back.

He has 100,000 horsepower! Astro Boy!

It's Astro. His super powers are back.

And so the hijacker was arrested, the kids were saved,

and there was no catastrophe, all thanks to Astro.

So is my brother winning the first prize?

Yes, yes. He won the first prize.

Yay. First prize.

| guess it'd be best if Astro doesn't have funny dreams.

I'd rather be a robot.

| may not have dreams like humans do,

but | can make more difference with my power.

Yes, Astro.

Your adventures give humans dreams.

Give humans dreams?

I see. | don't have dreams myself,

but | can inspire dreams in humans.

That's right, Astro. Absolutely right.

Look, there goes the Memorial.

This time it really is taking off for a round-the-world trip.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

In the village of Spaltz in Germany is a strange rock like a human's face.

They call it Human-Faced Rock.

Is it true that if it faces west, the village will be destroyed?

The mysterious robot Fireball Boy might know the secret!

Who caused that underground explosion?!

The Human-Faced Rock is falling! It's not safe!

What will we do? It's going to crush the village!

The Human-Faced Rock Please look forward to it...

Next time on Astro Boy:

The Human-Faced Rock Please look forward to it... Next time on Astro Boy: The Human-Faced Rock!

Next time on Astro Boy:

The Human-Faced Rock Please look forward to it... See you then!

Next time on Astro Boy:

The Human-Faced Rock Please look forward to it...

Next time on Astro Boy:

My arms and legs are jet boosters that let me fly

Astro Boy! Astro Boy! Mighty Atom!

A machine gun flares from my hips

Astro Boy! Astro Boy! Mighty Atom!

My eyes are searchlights and my hands fire lasers

| have seven super powers!

| fight in the name of peace!

Let's go on a journey together!