Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey ...
There is much fan inspired Astro Boy art and commercial products which develop or change his iconic image. I've seen a cute baby faced Astro, a scary fur suit Atom, graffiti Astro and a lovely knitted toy. ...
Happy Birthday Astro Boy / Tetsuwan Atom. Happy Birthday Tetsuwan Atom On April 7th 1951, Dr Tenma created a robot in the image of his deceased son, Tobio. The robot was named Tetsuwan Atom and would later be known to more as Astro Boy. ...
Astro Boy (cover image, Manga by Paul Gravett). As well as countless other titles including the world famous Astro Boy, Tezuka produced three notable medical manga: Black Jack, Ode to Kirihito, and Tezuka's Ancestor, Dr. Ryoan. ...
Image: Osamu Tezuka So far in this blog series on graphic medicine I've been looking at medical comics in the west. Now I look east to the work of the "Father of manga" (Japanese comics) Osamu Tezuka. A talented writer, artist and ...
I've had a stack of the books for a long time but I'm only just now getting into them. It took reading "the Greatest Robot on Earth" story to really pull me into the Astro world. It's also the story that inspired the image above. ...
Dr. Tenma (Nicolas Cage), a revered scientist on the floating paradise known as Metro City, has recently created a technologically advanced robot in the image of his late son Toby in an effort to assuage his overwhelming grief. ...
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