Astro Boy
Title:
Astro Boy
Author:
Garger, Maryann, producer.
Uniform Title:
Astro Boy (Motion picture)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the original comic strip series by Osamu Tezuka.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Two animated sequnces: "Astro vs. the Junkyard Pirates", "The RRF In: The New Recruit"; "Inside the recording booth"; "Astro Boy Image Gallery" : creating a global icon; "Designing a hero"; "Building Metro City"; "Getting the Astro Boy Look".
Abstract:
Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
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