#i grew up watching cartoons from the 40s-90s and those are just what i'm most accustomed to looking at ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[garden-eel-draws]

Watching Pluto reawakened my fixation on Astro Boy, so now I'm watching the subbed original version of the 2003 anime that 4Kids did its butchery on before presenting it to my young eyes.

8yo me was right to obsess over this anime! Well-animated, violent, full of fun sci-fi designs, and adorable--exactly my kind of show, even 20 years later.

(Genuinely, I'm surprised by how good the animation is! Painted backgrounds and animation cels are such a kindness on the eyes.)

#eel speak #astro boy #anime #i understand why digital everything is the current state of animation. like. i fully understand that cels are a pain in the ass #(and mind-bogglingly expensive) #however! 2D puppet animation buzzes like a fly in my ear the entire time i'm watching even when it's good #i grew up watching cartoons from the 40s-90s and those are just what i'm most accustomed to looking at ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #apparently each episode of this anime cost more than a quarter-million fucking dollars holy shit #it certainly shows!