Astro Boy Volume 18

Astro Boy Volume 18
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506724124

Each volume of Astro Boy is an all-ages treasure trove of action, comedy, and humanity...not to mention monsters, aliens, and giant robots!

Astro Boy

Astro Boy
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1569718997

Dark Horse proudly presents one of the crown jewels of manga - Astro Boy! Created by the late Osamu Tezuka, a revered animator and cartoonist (who created over 150,000 pages of comics in his career!) considered the Walt Disney of Japan, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and became a worldwide phenomenon, making Astro Boy the Mickey Mouse of anime - a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing Mickey Mouse, that is!

Astro Boy

Astro Boy
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2002
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN:

Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2

Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 161655861X

Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that's who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, "the Walt Disney of Japan," Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 is 680 pages of Tezuka's classic manga, value priced and ready to rock the 21st Century! Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller. "Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post-World War II Japanese animation." -The New York Times "Comics are a bridge between all cultures." -Osamu Tezuka "The Astro Boy stories always end with peace and human supremacy restored, but usually not before both sides, human and robot, have committed great wrongs." -ANIMERICA

Astro Boy Volume 3

Astro Boy Volume 3
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2002-05-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621155692

A timeless comics and animation classic, Osamu Tezuka' Astro Boy is still going strong nearly half a century after its creation, and Dark Horse brings Tekuza's original Astro Boy manga to America for the first time in an English-language edition. In the novel-length "The Greatest Robot on Earth," a wealthy sultan creates a giant robot to become the ruler of all other robots on Earth. But in order for that to happen, he must defeat the seven most powerful robots in the world, including Astro Boy, who must have his horsepower raised from 100,000 to 1,000,000 to face the challenge! And his sister, Uran, also flies in to lend a helping hand! Plus, in "Mad Machine," Professor Fuller invents a device that causes other machines to go berserk, and Astro Boy has to save the day! This volume contains the following stories: The Greatest Robot on Earth Mad Machine

Astro Boy Volume 17

Astro Boy Volume 17
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506724116

From the boundless imagination of Osamu Tezuka, arguably history's most important — and inarguably its most prolific — creator of graphic fiction, comes Astro Boy, the singular archetype for the exploding anime and manga industries. A timeless all-ages masterpiece of action, fun, and humanity — and plenty of robots! — Astro Boy packs more excitement and entertainment into each value-priced volume than most comics do in a year!

Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas

Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas
Author: Fred Ladd
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786452579

The first generation of American television programmers had few choices of Saturday morning children's offerings. That changed dramatically in 1963 when a Japanese animated television series called Tetsuan Atom was acquired for distribution by NBC. Fred Ladd adapted the show for American television and--rechristened Astro Boy--it was an overnight sensation. Astro Boy's popularity sparked a new industry importing animated television from Japan. Ladd went on to adapt numerous Japanese animated imports, and here provides an insider's view of the creation of an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon.

Astro Boy Volume 23

Astro Boy Volume 23
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506724175

The worldwide explosion of Japanese animation, toys, games, and comics can be traced to one focal inspiration, master storyteller Osamu Tezuka, and Astro Boy is Tezuka's most revered creation, a rousing all-ages masterpiece of action, fun, and humanity. This, the final volume in the definitive Astro Boy collection, features a cavalcade of Astro Boy short stories featuring everything Astro fans have come to expect: robots, ray guns, rockets, and a riot of a good time!

Astro Boy 1 & 2

Astro Boy 1 & 2
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2008-09-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621155684

Dark Horse proudly presents one of the crown jewels of manga—Astro Boy! Created by the late Osamu Tezuka, a revered animator and cartoonist (who created over 150,000 pages of comics in his career!) considered the Walt Disney of Japan, Astro Boy was the first manga series to be adapted to animation and became a worldwide phenomenon, making Astro Boy the Mickey Mouse of anime-a jet-powered, super-strong, evil-robot-bashing, alien-invasion-smashing Mickey Mouse, that is! Exciting, whimsical, and touching, Astro Boy hearkens back to the classic era of comics and animation, featuring stories that readers young and old will enjoy. * This special edition combines the first two volumes of the collected Astro Boy, in one value-priced collection!