Ninja June 18th, 2008
A 3.2 x 2.1 meter (10 x 7 ft) work of Astro Boy pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets is on temporary display at the Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store (2nd floor) to mark the opening of Tokyo’s new Fukutoshin subway line. Created by volunteers from Takashimaya and other Shinjuku-area businesses, the work depicts Astro Boy, Uran, Professor Ochanomizu and Higeoyaji (Mr. Mustachio) in Shinjuku along with the new Fukutoshin train.
Via Pink Tentacle
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Ninja June 18th, 2008
Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, and Eugene Levy are joining the cast of the CG anime movie Astro Boy.
Coming from Imagi Animation Studios in 2009, Astro Boy is based on the iconic character created by the father of anime, Osamu Tezuka. David Bowers (Flushed Away) directs this new full CG-animated motion picture.
Originating as a manga in 1952, the Astro Boy animated television series was first aired in 1963 in Japan and subsequently found great acclaim and success around the world. In the US, it quickly became a top syndicated children’s show.
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 expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experience betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
Via Animated News
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Tags: Astro Boy, Bill Nighy, David Bowers, Donald Sutherland, Eugene Levy, Freddie Highmore, Imagi Animation Studios, Nathan Lane, Nicolas Cage, Osamu Tezuka
