Astro Boy (film)

In the 22nd century, Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state of Metro City, which floats above the polluted surface on Earth. His father, Dr. Tenma, works at the Ministry of Science, alongside Dr. Elefun. They create the Peacekeeper, an advanced defensive robot fueled by using two powerful energy spheres with opposite properties, respectively in colors blue and red from a star fragment discovered by Elefun. The two scientists brief the President of Metro City, Stone, who is running for re-election. Against the scientists' warnings, Stone loads the negative red core into the Peacekeeper. This immediately causes it to become hostile, accidentally killing Toby while attempting to violently leave the research facility before Elefun disables the Peacekeeper.

A distraught Tenma revives Toby as a robot programmed with all his memories, along with built-in defenses, flight, and the ability to talk to silent robots. Powered by the positive blue core, the robot activates and believes himself to be Toby. Though the robot has Toby's memories and a similar personality, Tenma realizes nothing could replace the original Toby and so disowns him. Stone has his forces pursue Toby in an effort to retrieve the blue core, leading to him falling off Metro City's edge when Stone's flagship blasts him with missiles. Meanwhile, Tenma escapes arrest by agreeing to disable Toby and give up the blue core.

Toby awakens in an enormous junkyard populated by robots dumped from Metro City. He meets a group of orphaned children—Zane, Sludge, Widget, and Cora—accompanied by a dog-like robot named Trashcan, and the Robot Revolutionary Front (RRF) members Sparx, Robotsky, and Mike the Fridge, who plan to free robots from mankind's control, but are very inept and bound by the Laws of Robotics. While attempting to recruit him for their cause, they renamed Toby "Astro". Hamegg, the former head of the Ministry of Science and caretaker of the orphans, takes Astro in. The next day, Astro comes across an old, offline construction robot named Zog, whom he reactivates through sharing some of the blue core's energy. After restoring Zog, Astro has a heart-to-heart with Cora, discovering that Cora is from Metro City, having run away from home, but is regretful of her decision out of love for her parents. Hamegg scans Astro, discovering he is a robot, and knocks out Astro with his electric blaster to use him in the fighting ring for his tournament, the Robot Games, before publicly acknowledging Astro's true self.

Astro reluctantly defeats Hamegg's fighters until Zog gets deployed. The two robots refuse to fight and Hamegg attempts to disable them. Zog, who predates the Laws of Robotics, almost kills Hamegg before Astro saves him. Moments later, Stone's forces arrive to take Astro back to Metro City, and he willingly surrenders himself. Astro reunites with Tenma and Elefun, and the former disables him. Realizing that he loves Astro as much as Toby, Tenma steals back the core, and stalls Stone long enough to reactivate and free Astro. Outraged, Stone powers up the Peacekeeper with the red core, commanded to destroy Astro and return with the blue core. The Peacekeeper absorbs Stone and many other objects, growing to a gargantuan size; this prompts Astro to return to Metro City to battle the Peacekeeper. In the ensuing fight, Metro City's power station gets destroyed and causes it to fall. Astro uses his superhuman strength to help Metro City land safely.

The Peacekeeper tries absorbing Astro to get his blue core using the red core, but are separated due to the cores' repulsive reactions. Tenma tells Astro that the cores will violently destroy each other on contact, thus, killing them both. The Peacekeeper captures Astro's friends from the junkyard, who were searching for him, and he shares a farewell with his father before flying into the Peacekeeper's core, sacrificing himself to destroy it. Stone survives and is arrested. As Elefun and the children find a destroyed Astro, Zog revives him with a surge of blue core energy. Reunited with his friends and father, Astro is hailed as a hero, while Cora is finally reunited with her parents. When a monstrous cycloptic extraterrestrial attacks Metro City, Astro leaps into action.

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• Freddie Highmore as Toby Tenma/Astro Boy, Astro is a robot of Toby, Dr. Tenma's teenager son.
• Kristen Bell as Cora,{{cite news|last=Topel|first=Fred|title=Astro Boy's Kristen Bell ready to win more fanboy hearts as an anime urchin|url=http://blastr.com/2009/07/astro-boys-kristen-bell-o.php|access-date=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Blastr|date=July 1, 2009|archive-date=August 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808024011/http://blastr.com/2009/07/astro-boys-kristen-bell-o.php|url-status=live}} a teenager girl who lives on the Earth's surface and befriends Astro.
• Nicolas Cage as Dr. Bill Tenma, Toby's father, Astro's creator, and the head of the Ministry of Science of Metro City.
• Samuel L. Jackson as Zog, a 100-year-old construction robot brought back to life by Astro Boy's blue core energy.
• Matt Lucas as Sparx, the incompetent leader of the Robot Revolutionary Front.
• Eugene Levy as Orrin, Tenma's cowardly robot household servant.
• Bill Nighy as Dr. Elefun, Dr. Tenma's best friend & associate; and as Robotsky, the muscle of the Robot Revolutionary Front.
• Donald Sutherland as President Stone, a ruthless, corrupt, and ambitious President of Metro City who is running for re-election; and as The Peacekeeper, a ruthless military robot powered by the red core built to wage a war on the surface.
• Nathan Lane as Hamegg, a surface-dweller who repairs machines and then uses them in his fighting tournament.
• Charlize Theron as the "Our Friends" narrator, the voice used for an educational video seen at the film's beginning.
• David Bowers as Mike the Fridge, a talking refrigerator and third member of the Robot Revolutionary Front.
• Moisés Arias as Zane, a surface-dwelling child.
• Alan Tudyk as Mr. Squeegee, a cleaning robot that Astro encounters.
• David Alan Grier as Mr. Squirt, a cleaning robot that Astro encounters.
• Madeline Carroll as Widget, Sludge's twin.
• Sterling Beaumon as Sludge, Widget's twin.
• Dee Bradley Baker as Trashcan, a dog-like robot that eats the rubbish.
• Elle Fanning as Grace, a girl from Hamegg's house who kicks President Stone's leg.
• Ryan Stiles as Mr. Mustachio, Toby's teacher.
• Newell Alexander as General Heckler, President Stone's second in-command.
• Victor Bonavida as Sam, a teenage boy from Hamegg's house.
• Tony Matthews as Cora's dad.
• Bob Logan as Stinger One, President Stone's former pilot soldier dispatched to arrest Astro.
• Ryan Ochoa as Rick, another teenage boy from Hamegg's house.

In 1997, Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased the film rights to Astro Boy from Tezuka Productions, intending to produce a live-action feature film. Todd Alcott was set to write the screenplay, but the film halted in 2000 when Steven Spielberg began A.I. (2001), another film with a robot boy who replaces a dead child. In December 2001, Sony hired Eric Leighton to direct an all-CGI film, with Angry Films and Jim Henson Productions producing it for a 2004 release.{{cite news|last=Brodesser|first=Claude|title=Sony finds Rx for its f/x|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/sony-finds-rx-for-its-f-x-1117856983/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=December 9, 2011|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020157/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117856983|url-status=live}} A screenplay draft was written, but the film did not go into production, and Leighton left in early 2003 to pursue other film projects. In June 2004, animator and Dexter's Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky was hired to direct a live-action/animatronics/CGI feature film.{{cite news|last=Brodesser|first=Claude|title='Astroboy' takes off|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/astroboy-takes-off-1117905916/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=June 2, 2004|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020134/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117905916|url-status=live}} After writing the script, the film didn't go into the production, and Tartakovsky left next year to direct 3-D-animated feature films at a new studio, Orphanage Animation Studios.{{cite news|last=Fritz|first=Ben|title=Fine-tooning moves|url=https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/fine-tooning-moves-1117930520/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=October 10, 2005|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020222/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117930520|url-status=live}} Few months later it was revealed, that he was set to direct The Dark Crystal (1982) sequel, The Power of the Dark Crystal, another co-production with Jim Henson Productions.{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Michael|title=Henson taps 'Dark' lord|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/henson-taps-dark-lord-1117937178/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=January 31, 2006|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020252/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117937178|url-status=live}} In September 2006, it was announced that Hong Kong-based animation firm Imagi Animation Studios would produce a CGI animated Astro Boy film,{{cite web|title=Imagi to give new life to mighty Atom via "Astro Boy" CG animation feature film |url=http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/PressreleaseAstroBoy20060912E.pdf |work=Imagi |date=September 12, 2006 |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726000016/http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/PressreleaseAstroBoy20060912E.pdf |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |df=mdy }} with Colin Brady directing it.{{cite news|last=Billington|first=Alex|title=Exclusive: AstroBoy Concept Art and Director Interview|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/exclusive-astroboy-concept-art-and-director-interview/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=FirstShowing.net|date=November 12, 2007|archive-date=August 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817005034/http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/exclusive-astroboy-concept-art-and-director-interview/|url-status=live}} A year later, the studio made a three-picture distribution deal with Warner Bros. and The Weinstein Company, which also included TMNT (2007) and Gatchaman.{{cite web|title=Imagi Animation Studios enters into global distribution agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and the Weinstein Company |url=http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/20070927EV3.pdf.pdf |work=Imagi |access-date=August 31, 2011 |date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132714/http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/20070927EV3.pdf.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |df=mdy }} In 2008, Summit Entertainment took over the film's distribution rights.{{cite web|title=Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios announce partnership on Astro Boy |url=http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/press_20080617E.pdf |work=Imagi |access-date=August 31, 2011 |date=June 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132922/http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/archives/pdf/press_release/press_20080617E.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |df=mdy }} The same year, Brady was replaced with David Bowers, who previously directed Flushed Away (2006), the last project under the relationship between DreamWorks Animation, the creators of the Shrek and Madagascar franchises and Aardman, the creators of the Wallace & Gromit franchise and Chicken Run.{{cite news|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=David Bowers takes on 'Astro Boy'|url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/asia/david-bowers-takes-on-astro-boy-1117979593/|access-date=August 31, 2011|newspaper=Variety|date=January 24, 2008|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020322/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979593|url-status=live}}

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Like what Imagi did with TMNT in 2007, the film was CGI animated on Maya and rendered on Pixar's RenderMan at Imagi's Los Angeles facility and its main studio in Hong Kong. Some changes to Astro's design had to be made in order to appeal to a western audience and making the leap to CGI. The more challenging was his kawaii portrayal, part of which were his large eyes and curly eyelashes, features that the filmmakers thought made him too feminine. Imagi had several discussions on how round and curvy Astro's body proportions should be and in the end they were made slimmer.

The by-product of these changes was Astro's Caucasian look.{{cite news|last=Loh |first=Sherwin |title=Astro Boy's makeover |url=http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/4/movies/2871865&sec=movies |access-date=September 1, 2011 |newspaper=The Star |date=January 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215214127/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2009%2F1%2F4%2Fmovies%2F2871865&sec=movies |archive-date=December 15, 2011 |df=mdy }} In early development Astro's design was young, resembling his iconic design of a 9-year-old boy. The design team changed that and made him look like a 13-year-old to appeal to a larger audience. They also gave him a white shirt, and a blue jacket since they thought it would be strange to have a normal boy running around without one.{{cite news|last=Neuman|first=Clayton|title=Astro Boy Director David Bowers on the Challenge of Animating Spiky Hair|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/features/2009/10/david-bowers-interview/|access-date=September 1, 2011|newspaper=FilmCritic.com|date=October 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531174305/http://www.filmcritic.com/features/2009/10/david-bowers-interview/|archive-date=May 31, 2010|df=mdy}} They also replaced his heart-shaped energy core with a glowing blue one.{{cite news|last=Guiting|first=Lizerne|title=Astro Boy Studio Visit: Get Ready for the Butt Guns!|url=http://www.fandango.com/behind-the-scenes_astroboystudiovisit:getreadyforthebuttguns_254|access-date=September 1, 2011|newspaper=Fandango|date=July 21, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019205737/http://www.fandango.com/behind-the-scenes_astroboystudiovisit:getreadyforthebuttguns_254|url-status=live}}

The score to Astro Boy was composed by John Ottman, who recorded his score with a 95-piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios.{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Goldwasser|url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/207/|title=John Ottman scores Astro Boy|publisher=ScoringSessions.com|date=October 13, 2009|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019125513/http://scoringsessions.com/news/207|url-status=live}} A soundtrack album was released on October 20, 2009, by Varèse Sarabande Records.

Songs in Astro Boy not composed by John Ottman are as follows:

Breezy Day, composed by Roger-Roger.

Alright, written by Daniel Goffey, Gaz Coombes, and Michael Quinn and performed by Supergrass.

Marching Down the Field, composed by Harry Edwards.

Summit Entertainment partnered with McDonald's to produce marketing tie-ins for Astro Boy.{{cite news|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=Imagi hitches rocket to 'Astro Boy'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/imagi-hitches-rocket-astro-boy-89896|access-date=December 30, 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=MRC Media & Info|date=October 10, 2009|location=Busan}}{{cite news|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Grab a Burger and Fries, Some Astro Boy Toys|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/grab-a-burger-and-fries-some-astro-boy-toys/|access-date=December 30, 2020|work=Otaku USA Magazine|publisher=Sovereign Media|date=October 19, 2009}} Beginning in May 2009 and continuing through September 2009, IDW Publishing published a "prequel" and comic book adaptation of the film as both mini-series and in graphic novel format to coincide with the North American release of the film in October 2009. A model of a motionless Astro Boy waiting to be powered up was set up at Peak Tower, Hong Kong, outside Madame Tussauds Hong Kong in September 2009. A panel of the film was held at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23, 2009.{{cite news|title=SDCC 09: Astro Boy Takes on Comic-Con|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/100/1006003p1.html|access-date=April 18, 2012|newspaper=IGN|date=July 23, 2009|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726224316/http://movies.ign.com/articles/100/1006003p1.html|url-status=live}}

Prior to the film's release, Francis Kao stepped down as Imagi's chairman and CEO due in part to his disapproval of the marketing budget allotted for the film, adding that "I knew the movie would be bad and decided to leave the moment I saw the poster. It was just Astro Boy flying in the sky. It didn't tell a story; it had no feeling."{{cite news|author=Bloomberg News|title=Family business' shift a Chinese parable|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/dec/13/family-business-shift-a-chinese-parable/|access-date=July 3, 2024|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=December 13, 2015}}

The film was a box office bomb in the U.S., opening at No. 6, grossing $6.7 million,{{cite web|title=Weekend Box Office Results for October 23-25, 2009|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=43&p=.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=May 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514131820/http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=43&p=.htm|url-status=live}} losing out to the similarly retro Where the Wild Things Are (2009). It remained in the Top 10 for three weeks. When it closed in January 2010, it had a total gross of $20 million.{{cite web|title=Astro Boy (2009) - Daily Box Office Results|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=astroboy.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=November 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118082731/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=astroboy.htm|url-status=live}} Due to these factors, Overall, the studio took a loss as the film would only produce a worldwide gross of $44.6 million against a $65 million budget.

The film was also flop in Japan, appearing at the bottom of the opening week's Top 10 rankings and earning only $328,457. Conversely, the film was very successful in China, breaking a box-office record for a CGI animated film. This follows the same pattern as Dragonball Evolution (2009) and Speed Racer (2008), other American-produced films based on Japanese sources that were not big hits in the land of their origin but were very successful in China.{{cite news|last=J. Blair|first=Gavin|title='Astro Boy' bombs in Japan, takes off in China|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/astro-boy-bombs-japan-takes-90562|access-date=April 18, 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 27, 2009|archive-date=June 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611002245/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/astro-boy-bombs-japan-takes-90562|url-status=live}}

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average score of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "While it isn't terribly original, and it seems to have a political agenda that may rankle some viewers, Astro Boy boasts enough visual thrills to please its target demographic."{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|title=Astro Boy|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}{{cbignore}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{Cite Metacritic|title=Astro Boy|id=astro-boy|type=movie|access-date=December 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B and wrote that it had a "little too much lost-boys-and-girls mopiness", but "Astro Boy is a marvelously designed piece of cartoon kinetics..."{{cite news|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|title=Astro Boy (2009)|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20314437,00.htm|access-date=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 23, 2009|archive-date=May 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528050650/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20314437,00.htm|url-status=dead}} Glenn Whipp of the Los Angeles Times gave the mixed review claiming "The kids won't get it but will enjoy the big, climactic robot rumpuses, which owe a heavy debt to Brad Bird's The Iron Giant (1999)".{{cite news|last=Whipp|first=Glenn|title='Astroboy'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-23-et-astroboy23-story.html|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 23, 2009|archive-date=January 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120063452/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/23/entertainment/et-astroboy23|url-status=live}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times gave it a mixed review, criticizing the film's confused tonal mixture of darkness and "commercially motivated" optimism.{{cite news|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|author-link=Manohla Dargis|title=There You Go, Rocket High Through the Sky, Trying to Accept Your Robot Self|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/movies/23astro.html|access-date=December 30, 2020|work=The New York Times|date=October 22, 2009}}

Conversely, Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, stating that "The movie contains less of its interesting story and more action and battle scenes than I would have preferred. [...] Still, {{'}}Astro Boy{{'}} is better than most of its recent competitors, such as {{'}}Monsters vs. Aliens{{'}} and {{'}}Kung Fu Panda.'"{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Proof at last that A.I. can fly|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/astro-boy-2009|website=RogerEbert.com LLC|access-date=December 30, 2020|date=October 21, 2009}} Richard Corliss, writing for Time, also gave the movie a positive review, writing that "Any purely reasoned critique of Astro Boy would note that it does not advance the art of animation, and that some of its humor stabs miss their mark. But Bowers knows how to infuse emotion without just ladling it out in Act III; it is at the core of the story, as Astro Toby teaches his father the verities of love, heroism and family feeling."{{cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|title=Astro Boy: Sweet Sci-Fi for Your Inner Child|url=https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1931816,00.html|access-date=July 3, 2024|magazine=Time|publisher=Time USA, LLC|date=October 23, 2009}}

Astro Boy was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on March 16, 2010, by Summit Entertainment. Both releases include two new CGI animated sequences, a featurette with the voice cast, three other featurettes about drawing Astro Boy, making a CGI animated movie and getting the Astro Boy look, and an image gallery.{{cite news|title=Summit Entertainment to Release "Astro Boy" on DVD and Blu-Ray March 16, 2010|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-02-19/summit-entertainment-to-release-astro-boy-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-march-16-2010|access-date=April 18, 2012|work=Anime News Network|date=February 19, 2010|archive-date=June 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623020513/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-02-19/summit-entertainment-to-release-astro-boy-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-march-16-2010|url-status=live}}

In Japan, a limited edition Astro Boy premium box set was released on April 2, 2010 by Kadokawa. It featured the same content from the American release with the exception of it spanning two DVD discs (one containing the film, the other containing special features with two that are exclusive to Japan) and has both English and Japanese dub (along with English and Japanese subtitles.) The box set also comes with a DVD (containing a single story on Astro's first flight and an image gallery), Dr. Tenma's Project Notes (featuring 80 pages of CGI models, character art and set designs from the film), a Micro SD (featuring the motion manga Atomu Tanjo (Birth of Astro Boy) originally written by Osamu Tezuka), a postcard of 1980 Astro Boy flying, a small bookmark (a reel from the film inside a plastic cover), and Astro's blueprints from the film.{{cite web|title=Astro Boy (2009) Premium Box (DVD) (First Press Limited Edition) (Japan Version)|url=http://www.yesasia.com/global/astro-boy-2009-premium-box-dvd-first-press-limited-edition-japan-version/1021965801-0-0-0-en/info.html|publisher=YesAsia.com|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-date=July 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711175704/http://www.yesasia.com/global/astro-boy-2009-premium-box-dvd-first-press-limited-edition-japan-version/1021965801-0-0-0-en/info.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Atom/Astro boy Premium DVD box available in English!|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/grapes/-/archives/100112Atom_movie|access-date=April 18, 2012|publisher=CD Japan|date=January 12, 2010|archive-date=June 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621071734/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/grapes/-/archives/100112Atom_movie|url-status=live}}

At the 37th Annie Awards, Astro Boy received nominations for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production (Sharon Bridgeman) and Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production (Harris and Bowers).{{Cite web |last=Kapko |first=Matt |date=December 1, 2009 |title=37th Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced |url=https://www.awn.com/news/37th-annual-annie-award-nominations-announced |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418012414/https://www.awn.com/news/37th-annual-annie-award-nominations-announced |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Animation World Network }}{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=February 6, 2010 |title=Up wins best feature at Annie Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wins-best-feature-annie-awards-20362/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916121551/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wins-best-feature-annie-awards-20362/ |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter }} Linda Lamontagne was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animation Feature at the 2010 Artios Awards.{{Cite web |last=Lehman |first=Daniel |date=June 19, 2019 |title=CDs Honored at Artios Awards |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/cds-honored-artios-awards-56686/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317223005/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/cds-honored-artios-awards-56686/ |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |website=Backstage}}

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A video game based on the film was released on October 20, 2009, by D3 Publisher to coincide with the film's theatrical release.{{cite news|title=Imagi Studios & D3Publisher Ink Exclusive Worldwide Videogame Publishing Agreement for Astro Boy|url=http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=115|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=D3Publisher|date=November 5, 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406211216/http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=115|archive-date=April 6, 2012|df=mdy}} The Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP versions were developed by High Voltage Software, and the Nintendo DS version by Art Co., Ltd.{{cite news|title=D3Publisher to Bring Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios' ASTRO BOY to Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 System, and PSP® System This Fall|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090507005361/en|access-date=April 20, 2012|newspaper=Business Wire|date=May 7, 2009|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606032241/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090507005361/en|url-status=live}} Like the film, the game received mixed reviews.{{Cite web |title=Astro Boy: The Video Game critic reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/astro-boy-the-video-game/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}}

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