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, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.

Astro Boy (2009)
  • Rating: (11,105 votes)
  • Taglines:Have a blast. » Built for Adventure »
  • Runtime:94 minutes
  • Director: David Bowers
  • Countries:Hong Kong, USA, Japan
  • Actors:
    'Our Friends' Narrator (voice)
    Charlize Theron
    Astro / Toby (voice)
    Freddie Highmore
    Mr. Moustachio / Burning Robot (voice)
    Ryan Stiles
    Orrin (voice)
    Eugene Levy
    Dr. Bill Tenma (voice)
    Nicolas Cage
    President Stone (voice)
    Donald Sutherland
    Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
    Bill Nighy
    Mr. Squirt / Math Cowboy / Boxer Robot (voice)
    David Alan Grier
    Mr. Squeegee / Scrapheap Head / Stinger Two (voice)
    Alan Tudyk
    General Heckler (voice)
    Newell Alexander
  • Genres:Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
  • Producers:
    Pilar Flynn
    line producer  
    Maryann Garger
    producer  
    Francis Kao
    executive producer  
    Cecil Kramer
    executive producer  
    Ken Tsumura
    executive producer  
    Paul Wang
    executive producer  
  • Plots: 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, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. Written by Anonymous
Astro Boy
  • User's comment:Amazingly BETTER than expected by berrorg

    I just came from an advance screening of Astroboy where I dutifully took my kids at 10 am to watch "this" thinking that if I was lucky I would be able to doze off for a few minutes during the movie. Boy, I couldn't! The story was captivating from the beginning. Yes, it was very directed at kids, you know, the far off humour and such, but when I saw Toby, the genius' "kid", I felt that the movie was after all NOT just a Pinocchio rip-off where an old man made a robot-boy because he was bored or lonely... the reasons behind the creation of Astroboy were tragic and even mature. Of course, if you are a manga aficionado, you may be thinking "duh! that's how's supposed to be", but I am NOT. I barely watched a show now and then when I was a kid (I'm 36 years old... too young for Astroboy), so I wasn't really aware of the story. So I thought, well, this development has to be a fluke inherited from the original story, from then on it should go downhill... but it did NOT. The story is full of tragedy, though decisions that if you think them through you can even understand (like a father understanding that memories cannot truly replace his son), and redemption that may be obvious to superheroes experts, but are very well exposed to a new generation of kids that will witness a clear fight between good and evil (positive and negative forces) adorned with an excellent and adequate portion of comedy. Not just a kid's movie, but a movie that I will surely watch again when my kids "force" me to buy it and to watch it with them dozens of times. Go, Astro!


  • Quotes: Astro Boy: I was made ready Dr. Tenma: We have to go. Astro Boy: This is it. This is what I was created for. This is my destiny.
  • Also known as: Astro Boy (Brazil), Astro Boy (Greece - DVD title), Astro Boy (Portugal - imdb display title), Astro Boy (Turkey - Turkish title), Astroboy (Argentina), Astroboy (International - alternative spelling, English title), Astroboy (Peru), Astroboy (Venezuela), Астробой (Russia), Astro (Canada - French title), Atom (Japan),

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