Atom the Beginning is a recent manga by Tetsuro Kasahara ( Rideback ) that acts as a prequel to Osamu Tezuka's classic Astro Boy . The series launched in Shogakukan's Monthly Hero's magazine back in December 2014, and now this year's July issue , out …Read more »
These live-action adaptations just don’t stop coming, man. Today we’re reporting on not one but two live-action versions of classic anime, this one being the classic anime: Astro Boy , also known as Tetsuwan Atom . The film will be produced by Animal Logic Entertainment …Read more »
For most fans with a casual knowledge of anime history (myself included), there’s a pretty massive gap in the chronology between the black-and-white debut of Tetsuwan Atom ( Astro Boy ) in 1963 and, say, the superhero team shows of the early 70s like Gatchaman …Read more »
If you want to know your manga history, you've got to start with Osamu Tezuka. The "god of manga," Tezuka created not only Astro Boy, Blackjack and a host of other iconic characters, he also pioneered the very system by which manga and anime are …Read more »
It’s quite possible you wouldn’t be reading this website without Frederik L. Schodt. It’s hard to overstate the impact the writer, translator and interpreter has had on western anime and manga fandom. Writing about manga before anybody in the States was even eating sushi, Schodt …Read more »
Osamu Tezuka's Atomcat is inspired by Astro Boy , but you don’t have to have read Astro Boy to understand what’s going on in this manga. It opens showing us the “birth” of Astro Boy—and then we realize these pages are being read by our …Read more »
From left: UFO from Battle in Outer Space, Gamera, Godzillla, Ultraman, Yamato Hey, this is Patrick. And what would you know? Another year is actually coming to an end, which means that the inter-dimensional space-time anomaly known as “2010 is 1980” is about to conclude. …Read more »
If the latest rumblings from Universal Pictures are any indication, it seems there's a strong possibility we may eventually see Naoki Urasawa's bold riff on a classic Tezuka tale come to life. Universal Pictures, Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment ( Despicable Me ) and Tezuka Productions …Read more »
Things haven't been too hot for Tetsuwan Atom and his Imagi Studios theatrical effort, Astro Boy . David Bowers' film, which was produced with a budget of $65 million, pulled in $1.7 million during its fourth weekend, bringing it down to #13 on the box …Read more »
Happy Meals are named as such for good reason: they have toys inside! If that isn't cause enough for extreme happiness, I don't know what is, and McDonald's is making sure those looking forward to this Friday's US theatrical opening of Astro Boy will be …Read more »
It's been a long time coming, but now the original original Astro Boy adaptation is coming more or less intact to Japanese DVD. The show in question is a live-action drama that debuted four years prior to the legendary black & white anime, showcasing Mighty …Read more »
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