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Tetsuwan Atomu 鉄腕アトム ("Astro Boy"). Kyoto Station. November 2009.
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I’m not a particularly big fan of “Atom Boy”. I remember the cartoons as a boy, but I was in the Loony Toons camp (Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny, etc.). I just like this photo (above) I took in front of Kyoto Station this past November and wanted to feature it here on LetsJapan.WordPress.Com .
Actually, a big, Hollywood-produced Astro Boy movie came out just a few months ago. I’m not sure how well it did at the box office. But I hope it did well. Donald Southerland voices the evil “President Stone”. Just saw Southerland — as “Oddball” ( Big Joe: “What are you doing?” Oddball: “I’m drinking wine and eating cheese, and catching some rays, you know.” – the other night on a 40th Anniversary showing of “Kelly’s Heroes”, one of the best. movies. ever. Anyway, Astro Boy (or, I should say, Testuwan Atomu – “Steeled Atom Boy“, sort of) real icon in Japan, and, as noted in a very comprehensive Wiki entry, the Astro Boy manga, then cartoons, were really the precursor to today’s anime, a billion $$$ industry and entertainment phenomenon. So that’s certainly saying something.
Kyoto Station. North Side, Central Entrance Astro Boy. November 2009.
At Kyoto station there are three, tall, information kiosks out in front. Be careful about telling someone that you plan on meeting them at the one with the Astro Boy / Tetsuwan Atomu on top: there are 2 topped by Astro Boy, and one topped by Kimba, whom I never liked (much, much too saccharine, even for me as a little kid).
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