Astro Boy (character)
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Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
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| First appearance | Captain Atom (April 1, 1951) |
| Created by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Voiced by (English) |
Billie Lou Watt (1963 TV Series) Patricia Kugler Whitely (1980 TV Series) Steven Bednarski (Canadian broadcast of 1980 TV Series) Candi Milo (2003 TV Series) Freddie Highmore (2009 Film) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Mari Shimizu (1963 and 1980 TV Series) Makoto Tsumura (2003 TV Series) Aya Ueto (2009 Film) |
| Portrayed by | Masato Segawa (1959 Live Action Series) |
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| Nickname(s) | Astro |
| Aliases | Atom |
| Species | Robot |
| Relatives | Doctor Tenma (Creator/Father), Professor Ochanomizu (Foster Father), Shunsaku Ban (Caregiver), Ethanol (Robot Father), Rin (Robot Mother), Uran (Sister), Cobalt (Brother), Chi-tan (Baby brother), Tobio Tenma (Replacement of, Prototype concept, Deceased) |
Astro Boy (アトム Atomu?, lit. "Atom") is a title character and the protagonist of the Astro Boy franchise. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the character was introduced in the 1951 Captain Atom manga. Astro Boy has appeared in animated television shows (notably the 1963, 1980, 2003 series) and feature film adaptations of its eponymous manga, as well as a live-action TV series, other works by Tezuka, and video games.
On 7 April 2003, the City of Niiza registered the character as an actual resident. He was also inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004.
Atom (known as Astro Boy or just Astro in English) originally appeared as a supporting character in the comic Atom Taishi (Ambassador Atom, sometimes referred to as Captain Atom), which appeared in Shonen, a monthly magazine for boys, in April 1951. Tezuka then created a comic series in which Astro was the main character.
Osamu Tezuka created Astro to be, in the words of Frederik L. Schodt (creator of the English-language version of the Astro Boy manga), a "21st-century reverse-Pinocchio, a nearly perfect robot who strove to become more human and emotive and to serve as an interface between man and machine." As Tezuka's art style advanced, Astro "became more modern and 'cute'" to appeal to the audience of boys in elementary school.
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