The Amazing 3 (partially lost English dub of anime series; 1965)
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A still from the show.
Status: Partially Found
The Amazing 3 (Wonder 3 or W3 in Japan) is a 1965 manga series created by legendary manga writer Osamu Tezuka. It focuses on a trio of aliens disguised as a duck, horse, and a rabbit who befriend a human. The trio go on various adventures on Earth and learns more about humanity and life on earth. An anime adaptation of the manga started airing on Japanese and American television in 1965. All 52 episodes where dubbed.
It aired 1967 through 1970 on KCOP-TV (Channel 13) in Los Angeles, California and on WPIX-TV (Channel 11) in New York, New York. It would also air on the Nine Network in Australia in 1969-1970. The last time the English dub of the anime was ever aired and seen on American Television was during the 1970s on Kcop-TV as reruns. A few episodes of the English dub were uploaded to YouTube sometime in 2013 or 2014 but later got removed most likely due to copyright infringement.
For a long time it was rumored that the english dub was destroyed or lost, the only known evidence of the English Dub's existence was a video that was uploaded to Youtube on January 13, 2013 titled "Captain Bunny's Greetings" uploaded by Youtube user "unclesporkums". The video contained a two second audio clip of the character Bokko (Called Bunny aka "Captain Bunny" in the English dub) giving a greeting to the viewer ("Hi, this is Captain Bunny."). The audio itself is from an unknown old website that might no longer exists according to the uploader at the time. Sometime in late May or early June 2020, "unclesporkums" revealed in a Youtube comment that he took down the video since the website still exists. However he forgot which website the audio was found (possibly a website dedicated to Tezuka's works).[1] The video description did mention that it might be an unknown impersonator of Corrine Orr (English voice of Bokko) but is difficult to tell due to the poor audio quality. The video later got deleted at an unknown time.[2]
Cast
| Character | Original Name | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
| Bonni | Bokko | Fuyumi Shiraishi | Bobbie Byers |
| Ronnie | Nokko | Yasuo Kojima | Neil Patrick |
| Zero | Pukko | Shinsuke Chikaishi | Paul Brown |
| Kenny Carter | Shinichi Hoshi | Kazuko Sawada | Kurt Nagel |
| Randy Carter | Koichi Hoshi | Yoshio Kaneuchi | Kurt Nagel |
| Narrator | Jerry Berke |
Missing Episodes
30 Of the 52 Episodes are know to be found.
| # | Title | Availability |
| 1 | "Three Beings from Outer Space" | Lost |
| 2 | "Evacuation in 24 Hours" | Lost |
| 3 | "The Mystery of Shangri-La" | Lost |
| 4 | "The Camphor Tree Story" | Found |
| 5 | "Floating Fortress" | Found |
| 6 | "Zoo On A Skyscrapper" | Found |
| 7 | Lost | |
| 8 | "Circus Mystery" | Found |
| 9 | "Sun Don't Set" | Found |
| 10 | "Mummy Factory" | Found |
| 11 | "Dule In North Valley" | Found |
| 12 | "Mole Plan" | Found |
| 13 | "Black Extract" | Lost |
| 14 | "Fort of the Wild Dogs" | Lost |
| 15 | "Sacrifices Will Not Be Tolerated" | Lost |
| 16 | "My Name is X" | Lost |
| 17 | "Black Extract" | Found |
| 18 | "Explode the Barn" | Found |
| 19 | "The Phoenix Story" | Found |
| 20 | "The Mad Target" | Lost |
| 21 | "Adventure in the Volcano" | Lost |
| 22 | "The Dangerous Stage" | Lost |
| 23 | "Duel in the Storm" | Lost |
| 24 | "The Mysterious Inventor" | Lost |
| 25 | "The Deadly Auto Race" | Lost |
| 26 | "The Transocean Tunnel" | Lost |
| 27 | "Invitation of the Diamonds" | Lost |
| 28 | "Valley of the Thunderbolt" | Lost |
| 29 | "A Day Blotted Out" | Lost |
| 30 | "The Penguin Campaign" | Lost |
| 31 | "Something Very Strange" | Lost |
| 32 | "The Kiddie Battle" | Found |
| 33 | "Four Witches" | Found |
| 34 | "The Snow Fairy" | Found |
| 35 | "The One-Eyed Gray Wolf" | Found |
| 36 | "The Pledge in the Jungle" | Lost |
| 37 | "The Mystery of the Amazon" | Found |
| 38 | "The Horrifying Skiing Competition" | Found |
| 39 | "The Hero in the Desert" | Found |
| 40 | "The Secret of the Grand Piano" | Found |
| 41 | "Jump out, Pukko!" | Found |
| 42 | "The Wonder 3 Go West" | Found |
| 43 | "Mice from the Universe" | Found |
| 44 | "The Moving Buddha" | Found |
| 45 | "The Satellite Swag" | Found |
| 46 | "The Alligator Incident" | Lost |
| 47 | "The Mexican Bandits" | |
| 48 | "Adventures on a Balloon" | Lost |
| 49 | "The Smog Missile" | |
| 50 | "Beat Them with the Strange Machine" | |
| 51 | "The Underground Whale" | |
| 52 | "Goodbye, Wonder 3" |
Notes
12 episodes on original film negatives were found in the KCOP vault and were sold on eBay for $24,000 a few years ago. [3]
YouTube user Peter Vasiliou uploaded 2 and 1/2 episodes in English (not the best quality) he says he will try uploading more when he has time.
In early 2019, a Youtube channel called "Rare TezukaVids" uploaded 16 episodes of the English Dub in cleaner quality. The video were uploaded between March 31, 2019 and November 14, 2019.
14 June 20' LMW User Insulting Iguana Found & Uploaded 25 episodes of the series onto Youtuber HERE.
Gallery
See Also
Extended Link
- Youtube Channel "Rare TezukaVids" which contains more footage of the English Dub from various episodes. Retrieved 24 Dec '19