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Based on the upcoming feature film adaptation from Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment, due in theaters on October 23, this novel follows the story of a young robot created in the image of the young son his creator has lost. full-color photos.
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Set in futuristic Mexico City, this is the story of a heroic little robot with big powers and an even bigger heart. Filled with danger, thrills and laughter, it's Astro Boy's most exciting and action-packed adventure yet!
He's back! Astro Boy makes his amazing return to comics, paving the way for his exciting feature film debut later this year! It's an all-new Astro Boy adventure, with Astro exploring a strange subterranean kingdom in search of his lost father, encountering weird creatures large and small. But are they friend or foe?
A tribute to Japan's "god of manga" by his longtime American friend and translator.
The first generation of American television programmers had few choices of Saturday morning children's offerings. That changed dramatically in 1963 when a Japanese animated television series called Tetsuan Atom was acquired for distribution by NBC. Fred Ladd adapted the show for American television and--rechristened Astro Boy--it was an overnight sensation. Astro Boy's popularity sparked a new industry importing animated television from Japan. Ladd went on to adapt numerous Japanese animated imports, and here provides an insider's view of the creation of an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon.
WHO IS ASTRO BOY? WHAT ARE HIS POWERS? WHERE DID HE COME FROM? FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT METRO CITY'S NEWEST SUPERHERO IN THE PAGES OF I WAS MADE READY!
ROBOTS ARE EVERYWHERE IN METRO CITY. THEY DO ALL THE DIRTY JOBS THAT HUMANS DON'T WANT TO DO. BUT ASTRO BOY LEARNS THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST SERVANTS . . . THEY ARE ALSO OUR FRIENDS.
Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that's who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, "the Walt Disney of Japan," Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 is 680 pages of Tezuka's classic manga, value priced and ready to rock the 21st Century! Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller. "Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post-World War II Japanese animation." -The New York Times "Comics are a bridge between all cultures." -Osamu Tezuka "The Astro Boy stories always end with peace and human supremacy restored, but usually not before both sides, human and robot, have committed great wrongs." -ANIMERICA
A collection of comic strips featuring the adventures of Astro Boy.