Astro Boy
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Astro Boy is a science-fiction animated series featuring characters created by Japanese comic book legend Osamu Tezuka.
The series premiered on [adult swim] in July 2007.
Story
The series takes place in the distant future where robots co-exist with humans. When the head of the Ministry of Science Dr. Boynton's son dies in a car accident, his grief drives him to create a powerful robot boy in his likeness. He is pleased with the robot boy at first, but upon realizing that he could not grow like a normal child and could not replace his son, he heartlessly sells him to a circus. Some time later the robot boy is discovered by Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun, the new head of the Ministry of Science, who takes pity on him and becomes his new legal guardian.
In every episode Astro Boy uses his superior skills and superhuman powers to stand up for justice and fight evil robots, alien invaders and anyone who threatens to stand in the way of peace between robots and humans.
History
The Astro Boy series that has aired on [adult swim] is the series which originally aired on NBC from 1963 to 1966.
External links
Categories: Action | 2007 | Retro series
