About: Astro Boy (1985 Canadian dub)

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The Canadian English audio was recorded in early 1985, at the Cinélume Postproduction studio in Montreal. The international French version of Astro Boy 1980, retitled as Astro Le Petit Robot, was recorded in the same studio in 1982. This French version and the Canadian English version have the same content edits, removing violence and sometimes changing entire episode endings. Most famously, the "The Light Ray Robot" ending was edited with spliced footage to make it seem as if Light Ray's bomb never went off, with other characters declaring it a Christmas miracle. The "Greatest Robots" episodes completely removed references to Pluto killing the other robots, with edits to make it seem like Pluto disabled or wounded them.

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rdfs:comment	The Canadian English audio was recorded in early 1985, at the Cinélume Postproduction studio in Montreal. The international French version of Astro Boy 1980, retitled as Astro Le Petit Robot, was recorded in the same studio in 1982. This French version and the Canadian English version have the same content edits, removing violence and sometimes changing entire episode endings. Most famously, the "The Light Ray Robot" ending was edited with spliced footage to make it seem as if Light Ray's bomb never went off, with other characters declaring it a Christmas miracle. The "Greatest Robots" episodes completely removed references to Pluto killing the other robots, with edits to make it seem like Pluto disabled or wounded them.
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abstract	The Canadian English audio was recorded in early 1985, at the Cinélume Postproduction studio in Montreal. The international French version of Astro Boy 1980, retitled as Astro Le Petit Robot, was recorded in the same studio in 1982. This French version and the Canadian English version have the same content edits, removing violence and sometimes changing entire episode endings. Most famously, the "The Light Ray Robot" ending was edited with spliced footage to make it seem as if Light Ray's bomb never went off, with other characters declaring it a Christmas miracle. The "Greatest Robots" episodes completely removed references to Pluto killing the other robots, with edits to make it seem like Pluto disabled or wounded them. One of the more famous aspects of the Canadian dub was the "Geronimo segment" at the end of each episode. In order to obtain a wider range of broadcast and syndication, Canadian television of the 1980s required a certain amount of "original" material in order to be considered Canadian content. These Geronimo segments were episode recaps, where Astro would fly to the Ministry of Science and recount events in the episode. His recap would contain one error, which a female narrator would encourage the viewer to try and find. To further fulfill the content requirement, the intro to every episode began with a short recap of Astro's origin. Most of the series voice actors are currently unknown. Canadian dubbed material of the 1980s did not require credits for its actors, and as a result, the only known actors have been either identified from previous roles or have come forward. Astro was played in the series by then 12-year-old Steven Bednarski. Walter Massey has been identified as various characters, and Janice Chaikelson played Becky the Nurse Robot in "The Robots Nobody Wanted." The Canadian dub uses the opening and ending theme of the American English dub, but trimmed for time. The Canadian version also has "The Birth of Atom" and "Atom vs. Atlas" merged into one episode like the American English dub.

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