Astro Boy (character)
Astro Boy is a male robot anime and manga character who features in Astro Boy.
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Biography
Atom (Japanese: アトム, Hepburn: Atomu) was an artificial android that was the creation of Dr. Tenma. His creation stemmed from the death of the young Tobio Tenma's death on his 9th birthday where he collided with a speeding vehicle and died. The death devastated the boy's father Dr. Umataro Tenma who came to see a replacement for his lost son. Thus, he used his position as the minister of science to create a powerful android with artificial emotions in the place of his child. Thus, Astro Boy was created but soon afterwards Dr. Tenma came to feel disappointed at the actions of the android. As such, he decided to deactivate the robot and took him to Plant 7 of the ministry of science where inefficient robots were broken down to be used as spare pars for new models. This saw Astro Boy getting upset where he lashed out at his 'father' for his seeming 'hatred' of robots. This resulted in Dr. Tenma being rejected twice by both of his 'sons' and he deactivated Astro Boy as he began to fear that androids with emotions could take over the human race. This resulted in him destroying the previous prototypes of Astro Boy and leaving his creation abandoned.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Astro was created in the image of Tobio Tenma therefore he inherited his basic personality traits. As Tobio died a child, Astro came to inherit his same childlike innocence and naivety.
Powers and abilities
His robotic brain allowed him to speak 100 languages and solve tough math problems in seconds.
Astro's hearing was shown to had been amplified by 1000 times.
He could transform his feet into jets that he can use to fly at high speeds and even use to attack enemies.
For offense, he could turn his arms into cannons that fire giant laser.
It as said that he possessed a 100,000 horsepower engine making him among the most powerful robots. Some incarnations of him came to be upgraded to 1,000,000 horsepower.
The Blue Core Electro Heart was the main source of his power with this being being nuclear powered.
Notes
- Astro Boy was created by Osamu Tezuka where he featured in the setting of Astro Boy.
- In the words of Frederik L. Schodt, Tezuka had created Astro to be a, "21st-century reverse-Pinocchio, a nearly perfect robot who strove to become more human and emotive and to serve as an interface between man and machine."
- In Empire magazine, the character was ranked forty third in its 50 Greatest Comic Characters list and was the only Manga character on it.
- The character was noted to had been the inspiration in the creation of Mega Man.
- On 7 April 2003, the City of Niiza registered the character as an actual resident
In other media
Television
- In Astro Boy, Astro Boy appeared in the setting of the 2003 anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actress Makoto Tsumura whilst English actress Candi Milo voiced him in the dub whilst Mona Marshall voiced the character in the pilot episode.
Films
- In Astro Boy, Astro Boy appeared in the 2009 film where he was voiced by Japanese actor Aya Ueto and by English actor Freddie Highmore in the English dub.
Appearances
- Captain Atom: (1951)
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