Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Tenma, the man who created Astro, did so after his son Tobio was killed in a car accident. As the story goes, Tenma was cool ...

There are fairly few characters and stories in the annals of Japanese anime that are as recognizable and beloved as Osamu Tezuka’s Mighty Atom, know in the West as Astro Boy. When released in 1963, ...

Astro Boy is powering up for a new run about 40 years after he first zoomed across the States. In 1963, the black-and-white cartoon was the first Japanese import to reach U.S. audiences. It was based ...

Click to viewSome new Astro Boy concept art has leaked out. Looks like the monsters our tiny robot hero will have to face are freaktasticly big go-go rocket boots. The new pics also include the first ...