Astroboy

This is the show that started my love of anime. Astroboy came out in 1963 as a TV cartoon, but started earlier as a comic by Osamu Tezuka. Like some kids today adore Spongebob Squarepants, I was crazy about this cartoon when I was a tyke. You can see it’s a lot more violent than today’s shows. But I would rather have my kids watch something about a heroic character than a show about an idiot.

They started the censorship of violence in cartoons in the 60s and I hated it with a passion. That censorship got me on the path to being a libertarian. 

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