Astro Boy, known in Japan as Mighty Atom, is a Japanese superhero first introduced in a 1952 manga of the same name. The manga ran until 1968 and was adapted into several television series, films, comics, and video games.
In 1999, Jim Henson Pictures optioned the property for a film, but it was never made.[1]
References
- In the Farscape episode "...Different Destinations," when Stark tells John Crichton that the jacket he's wearing was a gift from Zhaan, Crichton tells him, "And you look great. You look like Astro Boy."
- Following this remark, "Astro" becomes one of Crichton's recurring nicknames for Stark.
Connections
- Japanese
- Akira Kamiya voiced Zeus in episode 49 of the 1980 series
- Akira Murayama voiced various announcers in the 1980 series
- Chikao Ōtsuka voiced characters in the 1963 and 1980 series
- English
- Moises Arias voiced Zane in the 2009 film
- Dee Bradley Baker voiced Trashcan in the 2009 film
- Kristen Bell voiced Cora in the 2009 film
- David Alan Grier voiced Mr. Squirt in the 2009 film
- Freddie Highmore voiced Astro Boy in the 2009 film
- Samuel L. Jackson voiced Zog in the 2009 film
- Nathan Lane voiced Hamegg in the 2009 film
- Mona Marshall voiced Astro in the pilot episode of the 2003 series
- Bill Nighy voiced Dr. Elefun in the 2009 film
- Tony Pope voiced Dr. O'Shay in the pilot episode of the 2003 series
- Chantal Strand voiced Pikko in Little Astro Boy (2014 series)
- Charlize Theron voiced the "Our Friends" narrator in the 2009 film