Three epsiodes of the adventures of the boy robot Astro created by Osamu Tezuka. The titles include: “The Girl from Alsoar”; Astro meets a girl called Forlet when he goes skiing with his family. Forlet has some troubling news for Astro; “The Great meltdown”; Astro discovers that the Arctic icebergs are melting and he is forced into a battle to save the earth with his arch enemy, Astro; “Lily on Peligro Island”; Astro receives forty-three messages in a bottle from a girl who claims she is being held hostage on an island called Peligro. Astro vows to find out the truth.
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ACMI Identifier
309097
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Manga
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)