Tetsuwan Atom (2003)
AB, Astro, Astro Boy, Astro Boy (2003), الفتى أسترو, เจ้าหนูอะตอม, アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム
Astro is an AI-powered robot with superhuman abilities created by Dr. Tenma to replace his deceased son Tovio. Despite possessing unmatched artificial intelligence, Dr. Tenma shuts down Astro after creating him and destroys his laboratory. Later, the Ministry of Science revives Astro and tries to integrate him into society as a sixth-grade student tasked with preventing harm from renegade robots and bigoted humans. However, Astro faces discrimination due to being a robot, prompting him to uncover the truth about Dr. Tenma's motives for creating him.
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom was produced to celebrate Atom's birthday—on April 7, 2003—as well as the 40th anniversary of the original series. While it keeps Osamu Tezuka's art style, the remake features modernized animation and various new Western characters. The anime aired on Fuji TV in Japan; overseas, it was broadcasted on Animax and on local televisions such as Kids WB in North America and YTV in Canada. The series won the 2004 Tokyo Anime Award in the Television Category.In Japan, 13 DVD volumes were released between October 3, 2003 and October 1, 2004. In addition, four limited-edition DVD boxes were made available from December 5, 2003 to October 8, 2004. The boxes included: three discs, three postcards, an action figure, and a 16-page booklet. The first box exclusively contained three additional trading cards. In North America, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a complete series DVD collection in 2005 and five single discs in 2009; Mill Creek Entertainment produced a complete series collection in 2015. Four episodes of the anime were included in the Pop Culture Bento Box DVD set released by Mill Creek Entertainment in 2019.The series was adapted into two video games produced by Sega titled Astro Boy: Omega Factor and Astro Boy. The former became available on August 17, 2004 for the Game Boy Advance while the latter was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004 in Japan and North America and in 2005 in Europe. Additionally, a clip named ROBOT - Yume no Astro Boy e, which presents actual robot technology with the digital animation of Atom, was screened at different science museums in Japan starting on April 15, 2004.
Atlas
ProtagonistAtlas is a robot who appears in all of the Astro Boy series. He is a robot with the ability to defy the rules of robotics present in the Astro Boy universe and has the ability to hurt humans. While hi...
Umatarou Tenma
ProtagonistDr. Tenma, also known as "Pegasus" or "Heaven-horse," was an esteemed roboticist and served as Japan's Minister of Science. After his son Tobio passed away in a car accident at the age of nine, he cho...
Acetylene Lamp
ProtagonistAcetylene Lamp is well-known for the iconic running gag candle that sits on top of his head in the dent. This character was inspired by an image of one of Tezuka's childhood friends who shared similar...
Dr. Ochanomizu
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Atom
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Pluto
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Tawashi
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Uran
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Ham Egg
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Hige Oyaji
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Shibugaki
Shibugaki is the schoolyard bully who often targets smaller children or Tamao. Initially, he dismissed Astro as "a pile of micro-chips" and refused to interact with him. However, over time, Kenichi co...
Skunk Kusai
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Tamao
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Rock Holmes
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Nanairo Inko
An individual with skills in both theft and impersonation, this person goes by the title of a "layman" in acting but is actually quite skilled. They tend to target affluent individuals within their au...
Kenichi
Plays soccer and has somewhat of a short temper, but is still one of Atoms closest friends....
