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| - Originally entitled Tetsuwan Atom ("Mighty Atom" or literally "Iron Arm Atom"), it was created by Osamu Tezuka, the artist whose style defined the "look" of anime and manga for decades to follow. It began life as a manga in 1952, and has been brought to television as an anime three times, in 1963, 1980, and 2003. The first anime in particular is historically significant.
- Astro Boy known natively in Japanese as Tetsuwan Atom is a 1952 manga series written by Osamu Tezuka and was published by Kobunsha serialized in Shonen from April 1952 until March 1968. The manga was an instant financial success and still remains the ninth best-selling manga series of all time. The character Astro Boy or refereed to in Japanese speaking countries as 'Atom' was a big hit with the Japanese audience especially young boys throughput Japan. The manga would eventually spinoff into a media empire of Anime, Films, Video Games and Merchandise.
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| - Astro Boy known natively in Japanese as Tetsuwan Atom is a 1952 manga series written by Osamu Tezuka and was published by Kobunsha serialized in Shonen from April 1952 until March 1968. The manga was an instant financial success and still remains the ninth best-selling manga series of all time. The character Astro Boy or refereed to in Japanese speaking countries as 'Atom' was a big hit with the Japanese audience especially young boys throughput Japan. The manga would eventually spinoff into a media empire of Anime, Films, Video Games and Merchandise. Astro Boy's later television adaptation in 1963 would revolutionize Japanese animation and spread the influence of Anime to the west most prominently in the United States.
- Originally entitled Tetsuwan Atom ("Mighty Atom" or literally "Iron Arm Atom"), it was created by Osamu Tezuka, the artist whose style defined the "look" of anime and manga for decades to follow. It began life as a manga in 1952, and has been brought to television as an anime three times, in 1963, 1980, and 2003. The first anime in particular is historically significant. In the unimaginably distant future year of 2001, Dr. Tenma of the Institute of Science loses his son in a fatal traffic accident. Half-mad with grief, the scientist/roboticist creates "Tetsuwan Atom" -- a rocket-powered android in the boy's image, and programs him to be a "good little boy." After a series of tragedies and misadventures, including his abandonment by his "father," Atom is rescued and adopted by Dr. Ochanomizu, also of the Institute. A kindly, altruistic man, Ochanomizu's positive traits combine with his original programming to inspire Atom to take up crime fighting. This decision soon leads him into all manner of danger and excitement, as he battles mad scientists, evil aliens and giant robots. Tetsuwan Atom/Astro Boy is something of a cultural phenomenon in Japan; the character is virtually a folk hero. For example, on April 7, 2003 -- the date of Astro Boy's "birth" within the show -- the third TV series debuted and celebrations were held all over the world; the largest of course were in Japan, but even across America and Europe Japanese neighborhoods threw parties to commemorate the event. A commemorative plaque stands in the Tokyo district that the manga identifies as Atom's birthplace. The third TV series inspired a video game, Astro Boy Omega Factor, that is generally held to have avoided The Problem with Licensed Games; later a second game was released for the Play Station 2 that unfortunately did not avoid The Problem with Licensed Games. A CGI movie produced by Imagi Animation Studios was released in October 2009, also bringing to the table a mediocre movie-based game that spanned several consoles. In early 2011, an iPhone/iPod game called Astro Boy: Tap Tap Rush was released, first in Japan and then later in the US.
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