However, no lineup of retro Japanese animated characters would be complete without the heroic young robot Astro Boy. Collider ...

Astro Boy is the story of an atomic-powered robot who becomes a reluctant superhero: fighting for justice and peace for humans and robots alike in the futuristic Metro City where evil forces have ...

A boy is chased by a robot through some ruins. There, he finds an Earth ruled by a computer called "Gaia," who has lost patience with humans who repeatedly cause war and environmental destruction.

Astro Boy has been around since 1951, a comic book superhero without any of the psychological baggage of today's superheroes. Astro Boy provides the simple escapism missing from today's overheated ...