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ASTROBOY The Movie!

September 29th, 2007 | Category: Hot Headlines

According to firstshowing, Imagi Animation Studios, the force behind the CGI movie TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles earlier this year, will make the feature film version of the Japanese cult cartoon series: Astroboy! It aims for release sometime in 2009. Warner Bros. and Weinstein Company have agreed to distribute the film. It’s going to be directed by some dude by the name Colin Brady, no relation to Wayne Brady :), but Colin has experiences working with CGI stuff and visual effects (Hulk, E.T., Lemony Snicket).
Growing up in Asia, I remember watching it on TV as a kid, they showed Japanimation cartoon re-runs like crazy. A scientist created Astroboy to replace his young son that died. Astroboy struggles to find acceptance in human world and uses his powers to save Metro City from alien destruction. Kids back then would read the comic books too, but I was more of a fan of Doraemon, they should make that into a movie!

Astroboy the movie