How many times have they rebooted Astro Boy? There was the 1981 series, the 2003 series, the 2009 film...
And yet Tezuka's original show still remains the best known version, and the others I mentioned are pretty much forgotten.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."As far as I'm concerned, the best adaptation is Astro Boy Omega Factor.
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And yet Tezuka's original show still remains the best known version, and the others I mentioned are pretty much forgotten.
People still remember Pluto but it was never going to be as popular as the original astro boy despite its excellence.
Astro Boy: Reboot, the French adaptation of the manga character that's been in Development Hell, is finally back
! Under the new helming director Thomas Astruc (Miraculous Ladybug), the series will be Shifted to CGI with assistance from Method Animation.
52 episodes, 26 minutes each, is the confirmed production order.
A few months ago, I was lessening to podcast where Samuel Sattin was interviewed. If my memories correct, he mentioned that Tezuka Productions had been deeply considering on reintroducing Tezuka's characters to a new audience for years now. They even launched two official Youtube channels in both Japanese and English a while back.
Interesting that new concept art of the Astro Boy reboot started showing up around the same period Unico: Awakening (which re-imagines Unico) was announced near the end of Spring 2022.
Edited by brb1006 on Oct 7th 2022 at 4:28:30 AM

If having a new Dragon Ball series wasn't hyping me up enough, I just came across this tonight and found nobody talking about this reboot!
I know the new design is gonna throw me off, but I'm all for another round of Mighty Atom! Your thoughts and expectations?
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