Astro boy streamed for free

Crunchy Roll just confirmed that they will be streaming Tezuka’s Black Jack TV series, for free. “BLACK JACK was directed by Makoto Tezuka (Osamu Tezuka’s son) and is considered one of the top three most famous manga titles by the world famous manga-ka and anime producer that won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for the … Continued

The homepage for the second part of the anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha manga has released a ten-minute trailer with English subtitles which was shown at last month’s Cannes Film Festival. This is the second film in the trilogy and it features the voices of the seiyuu Ikue Ohtani as Tatta, a boy who … Continued

Ed Chavez, the marketing director of the North American manga publisher Vertical, reports that the Weekly Astro Boy Magazine application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices will be available in Europe in English and French in the summer of 2010. The application with weekly installments of titles from manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka … Continued

The Daily Sports newspaper reports on Thursday that ravex, a new musical unit attached to the Avex label, will ship a special 18-minute Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom/Mighty Atom) anime short with its debut album, trax, at the end of April. Tezuka Production is collaborating on this anime based on the robot boy created by the … Continued

Retro Anime Interview  Anime has become a global phenomenon over the last decade thanks in part to the internet and the way it has made things increasingly available but many fans consuming the latest titles on Crunchyroll are only watching the latest series airing in Japan and remain unaware of the long history of the … Continued