Astro Boy

Name: Astro Boy
Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Released: 1980-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.8

About Astro Boy

In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.

Astro Boy is an action-adventure, animation, and comedy series made for Nippon TV. Mari Shimizu appears as Atom (voice), Hisashi Katsuta as Dr. Ochanomizu (voice), Ichiro Nagai as Detective Tawashi (voice), and Katsuji Mori as Atlas (voice).

It ran for one season of 52 episodes between October 1980 and December 1981. The story is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under astro boy, based on manga, superhero, and mecha. It streams on Philo in the United States. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 93 TMDB voters.

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