Tha computer-animated 3-D film “Astro Boy” was released on October 23, 2009. The film was based on the late Osamu Tezuka’s original manga series of Astro Boy. The manga was a classic in Japanese manga history. The science fiction manga is about a robot named Astro Boy living in a futuristic world where robots co-exist with humans. Astro Boy was created by the head of Ministry of Science to replace his son Tobio, who passed away in a car accident tragedy. Astro boy was gifted to experience human emotions, as well as superior powers and skills. He fought crime, evil and injustice, especially the robot-hating humans, crazy robots and alien invaders. The manga was first published in 1952, and was first broadcast in Japan in 1963 as well as the first manga series to be adapted to animation. Below are the English version of Astro Boy manga translated by Frederik L. Schodt of Dark Horse Comics.






















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