Astro Boy is Coming to L.A.'s Anime Expo

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Astro Boy is Coming to L.A.'s Anime Expo

Source:Imagi Studios

June 26, 2008

Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment will be at Anime Expo® 2008 (Booth #913 and #915) introducing its upcoming CG-animated motion picture Astro Boy. A special edition Astro Boy T-shirt will also be distributed to anime fans on a limited basis at the show which will be held July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (Just mention ComingSoon.net sent you at the booths!).

Slated for worldwide theatrical release in 2009 from Summit Entertainment, Astro Boy will feature the voices of Nicolas Cage, Scarlett Johansson, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role. David Bowers is directing from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris, with Maryann Garger producing.

Astro Boy. was created by the "god of manga," Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s. The iconic character has since found wide popularity around the world as the hero of three acclaimed animated television series spanning over four decades, besides being one of the top licensed properties for merchandising. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist. Our hero embarks on a journey in search of adventure in a netherworld of robot gladiators before he returns to save Metro City. Astro Boy is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, following on the success of its 2007 box office hit, TMNT.

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Posted by: ooo on June 26, 2008 at 01:37:38

what???

Posted by: Drunken Monk on June 26, 2008 at 01:44:21

And this is how you know things have gotten out of hand...

Posted by: Drunken Monk on June 26, 2008 at 01:58:18

You sure you don't want to put up a "third" before you go...? They probably won't delete it (If they do at all) until tomorrow.

*For the record, I knew that guy was going to bring on someone doing this so you won't hear any objections from me...

Posted by: tho on June 26, 2008 at 04:14:45

hj

Posted by: Ram on June 26, 2008 at 22:12:38

astro boy...sweeeeeeet.
love him

Posted by: Ralph on June 26, 2008 at 23:48:41

I sure hope the animation and the story doesn't suck!

Posted by: Nnark on June 27, 2008 at 22:29:57

Oh, noo-o-o-o-o-o-o... mo chance of it sucking. Not with Nic Cage involved. No chance at all....*

*This is sarcastic

Posted by: Vex on June 28, 2008 at 06:34:51

It would be awesome during the end credits a narrator tells you to grab a pencil and paper.

Posted by: Cameron Riebe on July 8, 2008 at 03:13:04

tmnt was better than expected, but certainly not great. Hope they do better with astro. he deserves it!

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