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I stumbled on this in pursuit of production data for this series, which Tezuka himself introduces in a special episode. According to

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-494573/we-need-your-help-tezuka-translators-needed/

Crunchyroll hopes that if this series is successfully subbed, other Tezuka anime will follow:

If this is a success, then there are other classic Tezuka series like Princess Knight or Ash-ita* no Joe or Dororo that we might be able to bring to everyone as well!

*No dash in original, but forum automatically censored it; hence, I used a dash.


Also see:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-05/crunchyroll-mushi-hold-subtitle-translation-contest

If I knew Japanese I would totally get involved.