I’m a big fan of Hulu.com, and I wish we had some version of it for anime series. Imagine watching the latest series in Japan online, a week after they air in Japan, and all you have to do is watch some ads. It would be great. I still say anime licensors need to get serious about online distribution.



Anyways, there’s been a lot of talk on the blogosphere about the Astro Boy Movie display at Anime Expo ‘08 (which I have a picture of here, so I figured it would be a good time to post some vids of the last Astro Boy series for hardcore Astro fans and newcomers to the franchise. This isn’t the original, classic show from the sixties, but it’s still pretty good. Fun for the whole family.



Below you’ll find the first episode of the series, and one of my personal favorites, episode 7. You can view almost the whole series at http://www.hulu.com/astro-boy



Episode 1: Power up!







Episode 7: Rainbow Canyon

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