ASTRO BOY REVIEW: Onward and Upward

http://YourGeekNews.com for more! After having our hopes for a good Japanese cartoon adaptation dashed by the Wachowskis Speed Racer, our hopes were high for Imagi Studios to bring us some good old-fashioned CGI manga true to the original. And bring it they did. In the form of a very well made kids movie that brought us both back to the early 80s. And treated us like we had the same brainpower we had in the 80s. A childrens movie 100%, Astro Boy fires on all cylinders for kids, and gives parents a good excuse to watch a cartoon inspired by their own childhood. So if you don't have any, go borrow some kids from someone you know, and youll look right at home in the theatre!

~Matt + Nat

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Astro
• Boy
• Astroboy
• Tezuka
• Manga
• Japan
• Japanese
• Imagi
• Hong Kong
• Chinese
• Freddy Highmore
• Kristin Bell

[abigailg93]

This movie wasn't Tezuka-ish enough. They should have at least watched the 1960's anime before they reviewed this movie, then they would understand what I mean by "Tezuka-ish", The movie wasn't horrible, but it could've been much better,

[rickkmurray]

the ending..is my only complaint...I enjoyed this movie ;)

[shojingod]

needed more emotional edge like the original anime. Robot design was poor. What happened to that beautiful Japanese mecha anime. They need to make it more like 2:00 hours to 2:15 hours given it a greater edge in the lost of a child. Astro's feelings being not real while the entire story folds with more action. Astro fights with the pain of not being human no more giving him a little darker edge.

[MrTEZUKAFOREVER]

@soraheart yeah it was a 1960s episode ust look up the artificial sun

[JazzyZenBrotha]

I saw this movie and loved it. I wish it was received better at the box office. Anyway, I enjoyed it.

[Yowzahh]

This movie was frickin AWESOME!!!!!

[thefatman69dude]

gotta be honest this movie sucked

[MrTEZUKAFOREVER]

the tentical monster was really the artificial sun from the astro boy anime