receive back to MangoBot , a biweekly pillar about Asian futurism byTokyoMangoblogger Lisa Katayama . My childhood Italian sandwich was a purple - haired robot who spends all her spare time poke poop with a peg . Like all good Nipponese children , my formative eld were influenced by manga robot fighter - two - dimensional , two - legged machines that first be in simple blackened - and - bloodless on newsprint . These robots rapidly evolved from inanimate lottery on newspaper into animated TV stars , and afterward engender franchised product , movies , video games , and major museum exhibits . One even exceed serviceman - machine bound to become the first automaton , felid , and two - dimensional trope to become an formally know planetary embassador . Amazing . Here ’s a spry list of four anime robot that played a huge role in make me into the human being I am today .
Astro Boy
nascence year : 1963
Who he is : A doe - eyed golem with jet engine feet , eye that double as searchlights , and a nuclear reactor heart , created by manga godfatherOsamu Tezuka .
Lessons ascertain : 1 . Robots are smart and good . ( Astro Boy had decision - make skills and a expansive scruples build into his circuitry . ) 2 . outside politics : nuclear power is only dangerous if used maliciously , or if there ’s an stroke . 3 . Optimism goes a long agency even when your universe is being ravaged by war .
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Doraemon
parentage year : 1969
Who he is : A low robotic cat from the future that appear out of accident - prone schoolboy Nobita ’s desk draftsman . Doraemon has a treasure trove of secret weapons in his four - dimensional built - in fanny pack - everything from confect that makes you tell the accuracy to an ATM machine that reprocess used goods for cash . In March , Doraemon was pick out to be the Anime Ambassador of Japan by the Foreign Ministry .
example learned : 1 . Do n’t be afraid of bullies . 2 . Travel as much as you could - whether it ’s through a teleportation threshold , with propellers on your fountainhead , or on a meter motorcar . 3 . Just because you look different does n’t mean you ca n’t be good friends .
Arale Norimaki
Birth year : 1980
Who she is : A royal - haired , near - sighted young lady golem ramp up by a kooky professor named Norimaki Senbei ( seaweed - wrapped Elmer Leopold Rice cracker ) to resemble a real 13 year older human girl . She was created by Akira Toriyama , the same genius manga creative person who wrote the Dragon Ball series .
Lessons learned : 1 . To be fun and spontaneous . 2 . To be true about your compulsions . 3 . That you’re able to be female + completely non - sexual + still be the most powerful humanoid in the full world . 4 . How to launch pumpkin cannons and split the ground in half with one punch . 5 . The art of the Japanese dirt joke . ( Even today , my favorite way to pluck up my dog ’s shit is by poking it with a stick and then cat it into the bush or a folderol can . )
Gundam
nascency yr : 1979
Who he is : A cockpit - operate “ roving suit ” from a world bid UC ( Universal Century ) . Some would argue that Gundam is technically not a robot , but it would n’t be fairish to exclude him from this list because of his importance in globular humanoid car chronicle .
lesson study : 1 . warfare is inevitable . 2 . Bigger is sometimes expert . 3 . There are other universe out there , and one day we will all survive in stunned space .
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