News Archive

	JACCC 2009 Film Series Posted Jun 22 2009, 7:30 PM
This Friday June 26th at 7:30pm, the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center will be having a free outdoor screening of Astroboy, Gigantor and Voltron. They'll also be giving away door prizes all night long and will have live DJs mixing up live soundtracks to the Voltron episodes. The JACCC is located at 244 S. San Pedro St., in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles. More info on the forums.

	Official Movie trailer and Website Posted Nov 23 2008, 7:30 PM
Visit astroboy-themovie.com for more details.

	IMAGI Studios to Show Astro Boy at Anime Expo 2008 Posted Jun 28 2008, 6:30 PM
Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment will be at Anime Expo® 2008 (Booth #913 and #915) introducing its upcoming CG-animated motion picture ASTRO BOY. A special edition ASTRO BOY t-shirt will also be distributed to anime fans on a limited basis at the show, which will be held July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The full press release (PDF) is available at the IMAGI Studios website.

	Astroboy Mural Created from Recycled Train Tickets Posted Jun 17 2008, 11:58 AM
A 10 by 7 foot mural, consisting of 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets, is currently on display to mark Tokyo's newly opened Fukutoshin subway line. The work, created entirely by volunteers, shows characters from the series along with the new Fukutoshin train and is on temporary display at Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store. More pictures at Pink Tentacle.

	Official Astroboy Movie Announced! Posted Sep 19 2007, 04:58 PM
It's official, an Astroboy movie is in production! After years of rumors and speculation, Astro will finally be coming to us on the big screen. The movie, announced earlier this month, is being produced by Imagi studios, the same studio who brought us TMNT earlier in the year. The movie, like TMNT, is expected to be a full CGI animation, though we will have to wait until 2009 for its release.

	Forums Restored Posted Mar 10 2006, 09:37 PM
The forums are back to normal, though all news posts were lost. Expect an upgrade over the weekend.

	Madman to Release Original 1980s Series on DVD! Posted Sep 7 2004, 09:59 PM
Madman Entertainment have announced that they will be releasing the original 1980s colour seires of Astroboy on DVD this summer! The Deluxe Tin Box Set will feature 51 episodes spanning over 10 discs, plus and extras DVD containing original artwork, character profiles, biographies and more! But that's not all. Madman want to hear from you some ideas on what you would like to see as extras in this awesome DVD pack. We've set up a special topic on our forums specifically for this purpose, so head on over and get posting!

	AstroBoy Ranked 5 and 12 by ANIMAX Posted Aug 5 2004, 08:48 AM
Animax have released a list of their Top 100 Robot Anime of all time, with Atroboy making the list twice. Animax Top 100 Robot Anime 1) Mobile Suit Gundam 2) Neon Genesis Evangelion 3) Doraemon 4) Brain Powered 5) Tetsuwan Atom (1963) 6) Mazinger Z 7) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED 8) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 9) Overman King Gainer 10) Dr. Slump Arale-Chan (1981) 11) New Mobile Report Gundam W 12) Astroboy Tetsuwan Atom (2003) 13) King Of Braves GaoGaiGar 14) Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack 15) Martian Successor Nadesico 16) Kiteretsu Daihyakka 17) Mobile Fighter G Gundam 18) Vision Of Escaflowne 19) Mobile Police Patlabor 20) Armored Trooper VOTOMS 21) Turn A Gundam 22) Hurricane! Iron Leaguer 23) Mobile Suit V Gundam 24) Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex 25) Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket 26) Super Dimensional Fortress Macross 27) Giant Robo 28) Cyborg 009 (2001) 29) Cyborg 009 (1968) 30) Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team 31) After War Gundam X 32) Medarot 33) Time Bokan series Yatterman 34) Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory 35) Gunbuster: Aim For The Top! 36) Rahxephon 37) Gunparade March ~Arata Naru Kougun Uta~ 38) Aura Battler Dunbine 39) Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters In Space 40) Zoids New Century/Zero 41) Angelic Layer 42) Yuusha Raideen (1975) 43) Spirit Hero Wataru 44) Getta Robo 45) Tetsujin 28 (1963) 46) Gear Fighter Dendoh 47) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 48) Yatterman 49) Round Vernian Vifam 50) Metal Armor Dragonar 51) The Big O 52) Robot Hunter Casshan 53) Macross 7 54) Cutey Honey 55) Heavy Metal L-Gaim 56) Legendary Giant God Ideon 57) Chou Denji Robo Combattler V 58) Rokushin Gattai God Mars 59) Tetsujin 28 (2004) 60) Time Bokan 61) Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh 62) Choujuushin Gravion 63) Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig 64) Muteki Choujin Zambot 3 65) Vandread The Second Stage 66) Change!! Shin Getter Robo 67) Blue Comet SPT Layzner 68) Great Mazinger 69) Tatakai! Chou Robot Seimeitai Transformers 70) Vandread 71) Mobile Suit Gundam I 72) Medarot Tamashii 73) Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz Of Zeon 74) Combat Mecha Xabungle 75) Macross Plus 76) Gad Guard 77) Densetsu No Yuusha Da Garn 78) NG Knight Lamune & 40 79) Mobile Suit Gundam F91 80) Yuusha Tokkyuu Might Gaine 81) Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers Of Sorrow 82) Lord of Lords Ryu Knight 83) Beast Wars: Chou Seimeitai Transformers 84) Yuusha Exkaiser 85) Android Kikaider: The Animation 86) Gasaraki 87) Mobile Suit SD Gundam 88) Muteki Koujin Daitarn 3 89) Chouja Raideen (1996) 90) Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker 91) Candidate For Goddess 92) Cyborg Kuro-Chan 93) Machine Robo: Revenge Of Chronos 94) Choujuu Kishin Dancougar 95) Madou Oh Granzort 96) VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire 97) Kenran Butou Sai: The Mars Daybreak 98) UFO Robo Grendizer 99) Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue 100) Fang Of The Sun Dougram

	Astroboy Inducted into Robot Hall of Fame Posted Jun 21 2004, 02:59 PM
Astroboy is to be one of five robots who will be inducted into Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be held on October 11, 2004, at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. Along with Astroboy, C3PO and Robby the Robot will be honored for their fictional characters and their real world inspiration. The robots were selected by a jury that includes leaders in technology-related fields. Full Story

	Samurai Jack Animator to Direct Astroboy Movie Posted Jun 10 2004, 12:15 PM
Sony Pictures Entertainment has struck a deal with animator Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory) to write and direct its long-in-development film version of the classic Japanese animated series Astroboy. Source: Sci Fi Wire

	Astroboy Currency Debuts in Tokyo Posted Apr 15 2004, 05:20 PM
Tokyo's Takadanobaba district began using Astro Boy currency eariler this month. The new currency features images of Astroboy, in dominations of 10, 100 and 200 "horsepower", with one horsepower being the equivalent of one Japanese Yen. Jump to ABC News for the whole story.

	New Television Series Posted Apr 6 2003, 12:00 AM
To celebrate Astroboy's birthday, which falls on the 7th of April, AstroBoy.jp have released a preview of the new Astroboy TV series which is set to hit our television screens in the next few months. The movie comes dubbed in either Japanese or English and a variety of mirrors have been posted to help ensure everyone has a chance to see the preview.

	AstroBoy Online Launched! Posted Apr 6 2003, 12:00 AM
Welcome to the grand opening of AstroBoy Online! Formerly known as "AstroBoy's Homepage!" the site now has a new home and a new look! We also have a great new forum, so please feel free to drop by and say hello. As time goes by, we'll be adding even more content and features, so make sure you check back often. Enjoy your stay at AstroBoy Online!