It looks like history has been recovered in the name of anime! For decades now, the fandom has been on the hunt for a set of missing Astro Boy episodes. Some years ago, several of these episodes were ...

Perhaps the most curious thing about Astro Boy is just how long it's taken to find its way to the big screen. A popular Japanese manga series on its debut in the '50s, it spawned the first ever anime ...

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Dr. Tenma, Director General of the Science Ministry, loses his son Tobio in an accident. He decides to create the robot Astro Boy, who looks just like Tobio, using the best of the Science Ministry's ...