FeedAstro Boy Reboot Coming In October
Written by NetBear on March 24, 2009 – 1:49 pm -As a young pup one of my favorite cartoons was Astro Boy, Tetsuwan Atomu or “Mighty Atom” in the original Japanese series. During each episode I’d happily watch the plucky robot boy save the world from evil doers.
In those days the animation was flat and primitive, though still inspiring. Now there’s going to be a modern day reboot of Astro Boy from the animator of Flushed Away.
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Imagi Animation, the studio behind TMNT last year, is developing this animated film which is based on Osamu Tezuka’s manga series. Astro Boy will arrive in theaters everywhere on October 23rd this year.
Here’s another image from the film, Astro Boy’s nemesis, Peacekeeper, that absorbs other machines and turns their energy and powers against our hero.
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Not familiar with Astro Boy? Here’s the first episode from a recent reincarnation of the original animated series. The animation is still light years ahead of the version I used to watch.
Visit the Astro Boy Movie site for more.
By Jeffrey Hitchin on Mar 24, 2009 2:29:34 PM | Reply
If you want another take on the Astro Boy storyline, check out the first two volumes of “Pluto” by Naoki Urasawa which are available in English now from Viz. GREAT stuff.