Astro Boy
Also known as: Astroboy
Foreign title: Atom (Japan)
- Studio
- Imagi Animation Studios, Imagi Crystal, Tezuka Production Company Ltd., Endgame Entertainment
- Distributor
- Summit Entertainment, Summit Distribution, International Film Distribution Consultants, Golden Harvest Company, Kadokawa Entertainment, Kadokawa Pictures
Synopsis
The story of a powerful robot boy created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance in the human world, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators. Ultimately, he discovers true friendship as he uses his incredible powers to help others and save Metro City from destruction. He reconciles with the man who had rejected him.
Characters
Astro Boy, Dr. Tenma, Cora, "Our Friends" Narrator, Zog, Dr. Elefun, General Stone, Orrin, Zane, Ham Egg, Sparx, Widget, Grace, Sludge, Sam, Cora's Dad
Credits
Directing
- Director
- David Bowers
Producing
- Producer
- Maryann Garger
- Executive Producers
- Francis Kao, Cecil Kramer, Ken Tsumura, Paul Wang
- Line Producer
- Pilar Flynn
Writing
- Writer
- David Bowes, Timothy Harris
- Comic Series
- Osamu Tezuka
Voices
- Voice
- Freddie Highmore (Astro Boy), Nicolas Cage (Dr. Tenma), Kristen Bell (Cora), Charlize Theron ("Our Friends" Narrator), Samuel L. Jackson (Zog), Bill Nighy (Dr. Elefun), Donald Sutherland (General Stone), Eugene Levy (Orrin), Moises Arias (Zane), Nathan Lane (Ham Egg), Matt Lucas (Sparx), Madeline Carroll (Widget, Grace), Sterling Beaumon (Sludge), Victor Bonavida (Sam), Tony Matthews (Cora's Dad)
Music
- Music
- John Ottman
- Additional Music
- Kristopher Gee
- Music Scoring Mixer
- Casey Stone
Animation
- Head of Animation
- Tim Cheung
- Supervising Animator
- Jakob Hjort Jensen
- Animator
- Jakob Hjort Jensen (Animation Director)
- Layout Artists
- Stuart Allan, Dominic Bisignano, Pablo Calvillo, Marianne Hayden, Andreas Hikel, Matt Lee, Hock Wong, Adam Holmes (uncredited)
- Production Coordinator (Story)
- Michael Zavala
- Technical Director
- Peter John Vaughan
Art Department
- Art Direction
- Jake Rowell
- Storyboard Artist
- Alex Hillkurtz Alex Hill, Will Finn
- Visual Development Artist
- Mark Lefitz
- Costume Design
- Jane Poole
- Matte Painter
- Patrick Paul Mullane
- Story Consultant
- Michael Lachance
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Yan Chen
- Visual Effects
- Robert Burden
Camera
- Cinematography
- Pepe Valencia
Editing
- Editor
- Robert Anich Cole
- Assistant Editor
- Anthony Durazzo
- Second Editor
- Tiffany Hillkurtz (Tiffany L. Kurtz)
- Additional Editor
- John Venzon
- Production Supervisor
- Ray Hansel Morales
- Digital Intermediate Editor
- Brian Beard
- Color Timer
- Dale E. Grahn
Sound
- Sound Designer
- Tim Walston
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Richard L. Anderson
- Sound Effects Editors
- Mike Chock, George Simpson
- Sound Mixers
- James Bolt, Nerses Gezalyan
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Elliot Tyson
- Sound Assistant
- Ronnie Morgan
- Supervising Dialogue and ADR Editor
- Thomas Jones
- Original Dialogue Mixers
- Tim Atkins, Roy Latham, Michael Miller, Carlos Sotolongo, Larry Winer
- Supervising Foley Editor
- Paul Aulicino
- Foley Artists
- Catherine Harper, Christopher Moriana
- Recordist
- Ryan Cole
- Audio Playback Technician
- Michael Kalifa
- Soundtrack
- Varèse Sarabande
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Todd Homme
- Music Editor
- Amanda Goodpaster
- Orchestrators
- Rick Giovinazzo, Larry Groupé, Kevin Kliesch, Jason Livesay, Frank Macchia, Jeffrey Schindler, John Ashton Thomas
- Conductor
- Jeffrey Schindler
- Music Engineer
- Casey Stone
- Orchestra Contractor
- Isobel Griffiths
- Choir
- Metro Voices
- Music Librarian
- Dakota Music Services
Casting
- Casting
- Linda Lamontagne
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Tony Matthews
- Production Supervisors
- Greg Emerson, Romney T. Marino, Charlie Sweitzer
- Production Coordinators
- Carly Berezin, Bianca Margiotta, Stephen Martin Paull
- Production Executives
- Maude Lewis, Mark Tarbox
- Staff Accountant
- Jono Hirsch
Crew
- Digital Imaging Supervisor (iO FILM)
- Christopher Dusendschon
- Assistant CG Supervisor
- Waikit Wan
- Executive Assistant (Executive Producer)
- Christina Miller
Companies and other credits
- Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra (uncredited)
- Music Recorded At: Abbey Road Studios
- Music Mixed At: Abbey Road Studios
Production notes
CG animation.
Budgeted at an estimated $40 million.
Created by the "god of manga," Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s, "Astro Boy" found great acclaim and success around the world as an animated television series first aired in Japan in 1963. In the United States, it quickly became a top syndicated show.
This is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, and Astro Boy's first appearance in CG animation.
Budgeted at an estimated $40 million.
Created by the "god of manga," Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s, "Astro Boy" found great acclaim and success around the world as an animated television series first aired in Japan in 1963. In the United States, it quickly became a top syndicated show.
This is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, and Astro Boy's first appearance in CG animation.
Awards
Nominee, Annie Award, Storyboarding in a Feature Production, Sharon Bridgeman, 2010.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in a Feature Production, Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers, 2010
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in a Feature Production, Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers, 2010
Pictures
Reviews
Astro Boy 2009
I was a bit more than skeptical that this would be very entertaining,
Was i wrong! the chacters are fun,funny,witty,and so believable! i laughed all the way thru it,and felt the heart strings pull when there was a more "serious" aspect of the scene,
All in All i do suggest anyone who likes japanese anime,comics..to watch and as i will "Buy" this movie!