Captain Pugwash is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now defunct UK newspaper the "Sunday Correspondent", that ascribes sexually suggestive names – such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger (meaning "have sex with") the Cabin Boy – to "Captain Pugwash"'s characters, and indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for oral sex. The origin of this myth is likely due to student rag mags from the 1970s. John Ryan successfully sued both the "Sunday Correspondent" and "The Guardian" newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. In May 2017, a live-action film adaptation was announced, directed
Astro Boy (2003 TV series) Chuang Yi. This version uses the Japanese names for all characters, including Astro Boy (called "Atom" in this story). Two video games based on the 2003 TV series were released by Sega. "" is a beat 'em up video game developed by Treasure Co. Ltd for the Game Boy Advance receiving release worldwide between 2003 and 2005. An action video game, simply titled "Astro Boy", was developed by Sonic Team and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004 in Japan and North America and in 2005 in Europe. The 2003 version of "Astro Boy" was extremely well reviewed by Zac