While growing up some syndicates renamed the Astro Boy to JetBoy or something other to that effect. I assume to avoid some kind of reairing on tv legals, but he was originally named Astro Boy!

I am so happy my childhood cartoon hero has been reclaimed and made into a graphically polished art form that animators of today have the ability to do.
The wonderful actors chosen to voice over even makes this more thrilling.

The plot is original too with the robot replacing the creators deceased son so any children out there that have ever felt discarded or unable to please their parents would find quite a bit of insight into the plot.

I urge everyone, even adults to watch the new Astro Boy movie when it comes out in 2009, and don’t mind the seemingly out of place, 50 year old woman sitting in the next row because that will likely be me, reliving my favorite childhood Sunday morning.