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 ...

Funko is best known for its Pop! line of figures, but the pop culture collectible giant's catalog spans even further beyond. One of their newer collections is their Jumbo Chan figures, which take ...

Astro Boy has been around since 1951, a comic book superhero without any of the psychological baggage of today's superheroes. Astro Boy provides the simple escapism missing from today's overheated, DC ...

Two episodes of the iconic anime series Astro Boy that were thought to have been lost decades ago have been recovered and restored and are airing now in Japan. Missing episodes of Astro Boy are a sort ...

Manga legend Osamu Tezuka is famous for his work on Astro Boy, but the mangaka was responsible for numerous other works during his long career. Famously referred to as the "godfather of manga," Tezuka ...

Astro is a robotic boy created by Dr. Tenma to replace his late son. When Tenma destroys his laboratory and shuts down Astro, the Ministry of Science revives him and tries to give him a normal life as ...

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's ...

Astro Boy was early on the merchandise, with the iconic spiky-haired boy with rockets in his boots and cheerful smile appearing in manga, anime, films, t-shirts, collectibles, and more. Astro Boy ...