1x1 - The Birth of Astro Boy

January 1, 1963

Dr. Tenma, Director General of the Science Ministry, loses his son Tobio in an accident. He decides to create the robot Astro Boy, who looks just like Tobio, using the best of the Science Ministry's technology.

1x2 - Colosso

January 8, 1963

It is the year 2000 and robots have been put in charge of making other robots when there are no longer enough people to do the work. Astro Boy dreams of having a real mother, just like human boys. The robot workers are making an experimental new robot named Colosso who goes berserk and escapes shortly after coming to life. The only hope is for Astro Boy to stop him before he cause too much trouble. (In the original Japanese version, Colosso was named "Frankenstein")

1x3 - Expedition to Mars

January 15, 1963

Astroboy is selected to lead a search party to find the survivors of the first manned expedition to Mars. This meets strong objection from the spaceship's captain, who protests taking orders from a robot.

1x4 - One Million Mammoth Snails

January 22, 1963

Professor Nutty Fruitcake grows giant fruits and vegetables. One day he breeds giant snails thinking they would be harmless, one million snails to be exact. The snails fill the mountain side and overflow into cities.

1x5 - The Sphinx

January 29, 1963

Astroboy wakes up in the middle of the desert, nearly drained of power and unable to remember how he got there. He is helped by Ali Baba, but in return Astro must battle 'The Sphinx'. This is not a real sphinx, but a robot which guards a desert tomb.

1x6 - Zero, the Invisible Robot

February 5, 1963

Zero Robot, a blend of Etheric Resin with Clear Plastic, can only be seen with polarized light. Fearless Fred Fenk uses Zero for robbery. Astro Boy once again battles another robot. Defeating Zero at a cost, Astro reassess his role in fighting villians.

1x7 - Captain Atom

February 12, 1963

Alien resembling aliens including the doctor of Ochanomizu and Higeyajiji emigrated from the stars that looked like the earth in emergency. However, the food crisis and humankind will begin attacking the aliens with cell shrink solution.

1x8 - The Spirit Machine

February 19, 1963

In a land called Shangri-Lee a dictator rose to power. Known to his enemies as the Mad Hatter he trusted no one. To solve this need to do everything himself he captured Dr Elefun. Dr Elefun was to make duplicates of the Mad Hatter. Astro Boy rescues Dr Elefun and the Spirit Machine is destroyed.

1x9 - The Deep Freeze

February 26, 1963

Crime knows no boundaries - not even the North Pole! Sharkey Dirk and his gang of cut-throats had become the Scourge of the Arctic! An avowed robot-hater, Sharkey foraged far and wide destroying every machine in his path. His hideout was a secret den situated right at the Pole (who would think to look for him there?)

1x10 - Strange Voyage

March 5, 1963

'Lucky' Louie the Lug has slipped by the police at a space port and boarded the first commercial flight to the Moon. Astroboy pursues him seeking to recover stolen diamonds, but the liftoff is underway before he can apprehend the criminal. When meteors collide with the ship, Astro escapes in a damaged space raft with Louie, a little girl named Marvel, Radio Announcer 'Stark' Raving, socialite Mona Toujour and crooked insurance magnate 'Rocco' Gibraltor. They land on a strange asteroid which is a frozen vacuum by night, but has breathable air by day.

1x12 - Cross Island

March 19, 1963

After Dr I.M. Sinister and his 2 henchmen 'Red' and 'Mouse' escape from Sing Song Prison, they hide at the mining colony of Cross Island disguised as robots. The gang overpowers Dr Elefun, who is repairing the robot miners. As chance has it, one boy robot on the island was built by Dr Sinister. While holding Elefun at gunpoint, Sinister demands not only HIS robot but the use of parts from Astroboy, so he can build a super-robot capable of changing into an array of animals.

1x13 - The Eyes of Christ

March 26, 1963

That priest was dying carving a single mark on the eyes of Christ decorated in the church. Apparently it seems to be a clue to teach the identity of the pirate who broke into the church. The same pirate begins to aim for beard hair that knew their secret.

1x14 - The Artificial Sun

April 2, 1963

Film producer Elia Belial plans to ruin Earth using an artificial sun.

1x15 - Grass Boy

April 9, 1963

Astro runs into two of his friends and stumbles upon an interesting flower. While Astro's friends want to pick it, Astro says to leave the flower alone. He then proceeds to tell the tale of this bizarre flower.

1x16 - Silver Comet

April 16, 1963

Young Koichi (Tommy Speed) prepares to enter a world race with his supersonic car, the Silver Comet.

1x17 - Hullabaloo Land

April 23, 1963

Saturn (Baron Von Hoodwink), an evil robot kidnaps Princess Odette (Princess Lollipop), a robot swan who can turn back into her normal self when everyone's asleep. She runs away from Hullabaloo Land as Astro comes to her aid.

1x18 - Gangor the Monster

April 30, 1963

A robot centipede disguised as 47 wrestling robots causes havoc on a ship and in the ocean.

1x19 - The Cosmic Giant

May 7, 1963

Garon, a giant cosmic robot lands on Earth as a meteor, then Astro Boy and the scientists reconstruct him. During a thunderstorm, Garon revives. A corrupt scientist tells Garon to reconstruct an island in the image of his home planet, also changing the atmosphere to match that of the planet, which is toxic to life on Earth.

1x20 - Toxor, the Mist Man

May 14, 1963

Astronauts report seeing fireflies in space, but they are really gaseous beings led by the evil Toxor.

1x21 - Satellite R-45

May 21, 1963

At the large space station Satellite R-45, Astro Boy discovers a pair of souvenir vendors hawking stolen wares.

1x22 - Sea Serpent Isle

May 28, 1963

At a beach Astro Boy spots a mysterious bottle with a note calling for rescue from an uncharted island called Sea Serpent Isle.

1x23 - The Deadly Flies

June 4, 1963

A mysterious epidemic causes people to drop into comas.

1x24 - Kingdom of the Sea

June 11, 1963

A strange robot demands that Astro Boy and Professor Ochanomizu accompany him to an unknown kingdom at the bottom of the sea.

1x25 - The Deep-Underground Tank

June 18, 1963

Together with Dr. Jordan who ran away from under the president who plots world conquest, Atom who got into the underground tank fights the president. But the underground tank loses control and starts pushing towards the volcano.

1x26 - Don Tay's Infernal Machine

June 25, 1963

An evil scientist who hates civilization named Dr. Ram (Don Tay) invents a robot called Atlas to destroy a village.

1x27 - Pearl People

July 2, 1963

Time after time, mysterious forces destroy the huge underwater dam being built by the Institute of Science.

1x28 - The Wacky Machine

July 9, 1963

Dr. Fooler (Dr. I.Q. Plenty) pitches to some plant owners a machine that makes troublesome robots wacky and therefore harmless. The plant owners accept, and the device affects every robot in the city including Astro Boy.

1x29 - Memory Day

July 16, 1963

Once a year, the citizens of Earth celebrate Memory Day and honor the memories of family members who have traveled far into the universe.

1x30 - Secret Agent 3-Z

July 23, 1963

A president fears for his life, as the presidents of several other countries have all been attacked by Führer ZZZ (Secret Agent 3-Z).

1x31 - Mysterious Cosmic Rays

July 30, 1963

A monster appears in the city, and it turns out to be Dr. Dorian, who has been exiled to Mars. He turns into a monster because he cannot get cosmic X-rays on the Earth.

1x32 - Hot Dog Corps

August 6, 1963

Dogs transplanted their brains to the robot are remodeled by Dr. Ponkotsu and challenge humanity as a hot dog corps.

1x33 - The Three Magicians

August 13, 1963

Kino (Abracadabra), a robot magician is approached by a strange magician named Tenpercent, who later frames him for stealing art paintings from a museum. With Astro's help Kino must provide the evidence that he was framed.

1x34 - Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

August 20, 1963

The civilized world is shocked to hear of the sighting of a horrific monster.

1x35 - Planet X

August 27, 1963

Astro Boy sets out on a rocket to rescue people who have been kidnapped for use as livestock on a planet.

1x36 - The Elixir of Life

September 3, 1963

The religious group Pui Pui is looking for a wonder drug that will give them immortality. Dr. Tatsuji, who has succeeded in developing such a drug, is taken away by the religious group. So Astro Boy fights them to ensure the peaceful use of the drug.

1x37 - The Strange Birthday Present

September 10, 1963

On his birthday, Astro Boy receives a little sister, Uran.

1x38 - The Disturbed Small Planet

September 17, 1963

The small planet Mezusa goes out of its orbit and heads straight to the Earth. To save Earth from a collision with the planet, Astro Boy heads for the planet with a convict who is a bomb professional.

1x39 - The Mysterious Cat

September 24, 1963

Dr. Shisoku despairs of human beings that continue the ongoing destruction of nature, and makes animals attack cities in a machine that hypnotizes with ultra short waves.

1x40 - The Abominable Snowman

October 1, 1963

Sam Caesar, a mad scientist hopes to create a new Roman Empire.

1x41 - Deadline to Danger

October 8, 1963

X Bomb, which is capable of turning any substance to water, drops into the Pacific Ocean. There are 50 hours left until the explosion. Astro Boy goes to recollect it, but learns that Uran, who has followed him, has been swallowed along with the bomb by a whale.

1x42 - The Yellow Horse

October 15, 1963

Disguising himself, as a human boy, Astro Boy goes undercover to investigate a drug trade. Some criminals have developed a drug called Yellow Horse, when injected it causes people to dance and make people want more. Professor Ochanomizu has been captured by the drug ring and injected. They try to blackmail him into helping them produce and distribute the drug in exchange for another shot. But Astro is able to pose as a Yellow Horse addict thanks to an artificial skin that makes it look like he is injecting it into himself. He tracks down the headquarters and leads the police to arrest them all. The Professor goes to rehab along with all the addicts for detoxification.

1x43 - Ditto

October 22, 1963

President Ditto (President Rag) is the first robot to lead a nation. His creator Deadcross kidnaps him, and Astro Boy must expose his plot.

1x44 - Cleopatra's Heart

October 29, 1963

Uran is kidnapped and made a hostage in an operation to steal Cleopatra's necklace from Astro Boy. The conspirators believes that whoever possesses the necklace can build the greatest empire in the world.

1x45 - Return of Cleopatra

November 5, 1963

The gang of conspirators obtains the coveted necklace, and at last sets about conquering the world. Astro Boy stands in the way of their boss, Cleopatra.

1x46 - The Phantom Space Ship

November 12, 1963

The robot spaceship Lever Robot is stolen. Astro Boy is sent to retrieve it, but in the process has his energy stolen.

1x47 - The Gigantic Space Crab

November 19, 1963

Astro must destroy a Cosmic Crab (Space Crab) from space.

1x48 - The Great Space Horse

November 26, 1963

Nuu, member of the Tenma Tribe, comes from the depths of the mountains of Mongolia. People rush to the city just to see Nuu, throwing the city into a big chaos. Moreover, a gang plots behind the scenes to capture Nuu.

1x49 - 3D Tee Vee

December 3, 1963

Dr. Hanabusa develops an electrical transmitter for substances. No sooner does he get into the machine for testing that his rival scientist breaks the machine, which makes Dr. Hanabusa an invisible man.

1x50 - Westward, Ha!

December 10, 1963

Astro meets Heck Ben, a scientist's son who time travels back to the American wild west to be a cowboy.

1x51 - Jimbo the Great

December 17, 1963

Astro Boy must help an elephant Pura (Jimbo) to get back to his home.

1x52 - Snow Lion

December 24, 1963

An old man who comes from Planet Regel to the Earth brings a snow lion with him. Then aliens from Planet Regel start to spray cosmic snow that sucks up all energy. Astro Boy takes off for space to save the Earth, when cities have stopped functioning.

1x53 - Goodbye 1963

December 31, 1963

1x54 - Duel on the Alps

January 4, 1964

1x55 - Rejuvenating Gas

January 18, 1964

1x56 - The Moon Monsters

January 25, 1964

Astro joins forces with a group of space troopers to battle aliens who have invaded the Moon.

1x57 - Astro Boy goes to School

February 1, 1964

Humans can see the beauty of things and be impressed by them. In order to learn these feelings from the “heart," Astro, Uran and Lara start attending a robot school.

1x58 - The Island of Mystery

February 8, 1964

Astro and Dr. Ochanomizu decipher an ancient code of 200,000 years ago. Discovering that hidden hints in the 13 statues of God in Western Island might lead them to the secrets of outer space, they head for the island.

1x59 - The Super Duper Robot

February 15, 1964

Gaston, who has stolen a blueprint of a robot from a UFO, requests the Science Ministry to build the robot exactly as shown on the blueprint, without indicating its source. The completed robot, Buron turns out to be a destructive weapon and starts to destroy everything.

1x60 - Dogma Palace

February 22, 1964

Astro fights poisonous artificial bees.

1x61 - Space Parasites

February 29, 1964