States. In the Philippines, the series was aired on RPN in the 1980s. The second English dub was heavily edited and redubbed in Canada in 1985, solely for broadcast there. In the Canadian version, most of the characters had different names from their American counterparts. Due to laws which required a specific amount of Canadian content, the Canadian version also featured a pre-title sequence which recapped Astro's origin, and an epilogue where Astro would give a brief report about each episode's adventure to a computer named Geronimo. Astro's report would always contain a minor error about the story, and a narrator would encourage the viewers to find Astro's mistake, and compare answers with their friends. In India, the Hindi-dubbed version of this show was broadcast on Pogo from 2008 to 2009. The aforementioned first dub of the 1980 series has since been released on DVD by Madman Entertainment and Manga Entertainment, although there are differences between the Madman and Manga Entertainment sets. Madman's set contains more deleted scenes, as well as the first two episodes, unedited (in Japanese with English subtitles). The Manga Entertainment set has a newly edited Japanese language track to go with the U.S. version of the first episode. As of March 2012, the Manga set is now out of print. In May 31, 2022, Discotek Media released the series on Blu-ray in North America. The series premiered in Jamaica on CVM Television on March 16, 2017. In 2020, Astro Boy (1980 TV series) began streaming on RetroCrush. In 2021, an Arabic dub of the anime began streaming on Shahid (streaming platform), it follows the Japanese version closely but uses the characters' English dub names. The "lost" episode The first two episodes of the series were edited into one episode, completely removing the subplot of Atlas's origin. The two episodes are available in their complete state, in Japanese-with-subtitles only, on the Madman Entertainment DVD release. The two individual episodes (along with the other 50) can also be legally seen online in most countries with crowd-sourced subtitles on Viki. References External links Astro Boy 1980 anime television series debuts Animated television series about children Japanese children's animated action television series Japanese children's animated adventure television series Japanese children's animated science fantasy television series Japanese children's animated superhero television series Androids in television Discotek Media Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming Nippon TV original programming Animated television series about robots