A robot boy punches aliens near Saturn in 41 minutes of pure anime chaos.
The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy humans. The battle between Atom and Igza unfolds in the far reaches of space.
Visual Effects
2005 digital-meets-cel animation creates dreamy Saturn backdrops.
Acting
Unsho Ishizuka's booming voice makes Igza genuinely menacing.
Practical Effects
Tezuka's iconic character designs survive the CG transition mostly intact.
Director
Yoshio Takeuchi
Makoto Tsumura
Astro Boy/Atom (voice)
Miki Maruyama
Uran (voice)
Hisashi Katsuta
Dr. Ochanomizu (voice)
Ami Koshimizu
Ena (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Dr. Tadeue (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Igza (voice)
Motoko Kumai
Tamao (voice)
Susumu Chiba
Shibugaki (voice)
Toshihiko Nakajima
Captain (voice)
Eiji Miyashita
Operator (voice)
Keiichi Sonobe
Arifi (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of Tezuka Productions' 2005 Astro Boy revival push, attempting to modernize the franchise for post-Pokémon kids while keeping 1963 nostalgia intact.
The Galileo II spacecraft name nods to Tezuka's lifelong love of classical music and space exploration—he originally wanted to be an entomologist before manga took over.
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You're doing God's work preserving this. Man, I wish this existed somewhere accessible. As a child of the late 90s and early 2000s, the 2003 adaptation of Astro Boy is my Astro Boy, and frankly I still think it has the best art style of all Astro Boy media by a wide margin.
@ThrillingDuck 13
oh man this is a oretty epic find
@luea2178 6
Astro boy and kamilka zoran ❤️🗡️🩷🩷😊
@kamilapastrnakova8899 1
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