EPISODE 012
EPISODE 012
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十字架島
十字架島
March 19, 1963
十字架島
Cross Island
Viewer Rating: 29.8%.
Three escaped convicts arrive at Cross Island. One of them, Dr. Tozawa, is the mastermind behind Pook, the island's mischievous robot. One of the escaped convicts takes Dr. Ochanomizu, who was there for a robot inspection, hostage and used parts from Astro Boy to finish building Pook, a transforming robot...
The original manga, "Cross Continent" (少年), ran in the monthly Shonen magazine, starting as a supplement in the January 1958 issue and continuing through the April issue. It was later retitled "Cross Island" in the seventh volume, an A5 paperback released in December 1959.
EPISODE CREDITS
EPISODE CREDITS
Screenplay/Direction: Gisaburō Sugii
Key animation: Gisaburō Sugii, Shigeyuki Hayashi
VOICE CAST
VOICE CAST
Atom: Shimizu Mari (清水 マリ)
Professor Ochanomizu: Katsuta Hisashi (勝田久)
Professor Tozawa, the creator of Puk - Kei Taguchi (田口 計)
The big escapee - Takuya Fujioka (藤岡琢也)
The short escapee - Katsuo Umino (海野かつを)
The transforming robot boy Pook - Ayako Hori (堀 絢子)
The robot worker - Isao Yatsu (谷津 勲)
TRIVIA
TRIVIA
This is the first episode since episode 3 to have TV ratings dip below 30%.
The manga features HamEgg, and Acetylene Lamp escaping with Dr. Tozawa. The only other person on the continent was Higeoyaji, a robot school teacher. The Kinsankaku, an international conspiracy group, attacks to steal the continent's uranium.
In the anime adaptation, Teka and Chibi escape with Dr. Tozawa, and the inhabitant of Cross Island is Dr. Ochanomizu, inspecting robots.
In the manga, Dr. Tozawa, a robotics expert, completes the unfinished transforming robot, Pook, using Atom's parts. However, he's critically wounded by Lamp, who double-crossed him, and dies repairing Atom as he passes away.
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