Format: TV
Episodes: 52
Episode length: 23 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Jun 6, 1965
Until: Jun 27, 1966
Season: Summer 1965
Source: Manga
Average score: 66%
Mean score: 72%
Popularity: 604
Favorites: 17
Producers: Mushi Production
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Romaji: Wonder 3
English: The Amazing 3
Native: ワンダースリー
Synonyms: W3 Wondering Three

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The Amazing 3

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The Amazing 3 is an Osamu Tezuka manga and a black and white anime series. It involved the adventures of three agents from outer space who were sent to Earth to determine whether the planet, a potential threat to the universe, should be destroyed. The instrument of destruction is a device resembling a large black ball with two antennae that is variously called an anti-proton bomb, a solar bomb, and a neutron bomb. Although the three agents (Captain Bokko, Nokko, and Pukko) are originally humanoid in appearance, upon arrival on Earth they take on the appearances of a rabbit (Bokko), a horse (Nokko), and a duck (Pukko) that they had captured as examples of Earth life forms. While on Earth they travel in a tire-shaped vehicle capable of enormous speeds called the Big Wheel, which can travel on both land and water (and, with modifications, through the air).

The series tackles a number of issues which were surprisingly progressive for an animated cartoon of that period; particularly ecological concerns and poverty.