Astro Boy (character)

Name = Astro Boy(Atom)

realname = Tobio Tenma

Series = Astro Boy(Tetsuwan Atomu)



Caption = Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka

First = Captain Atom (manga)|Captain Atom (April 1951)

Last = N.A

Creator = Osamu Tezuka

Voiced by = Mari Shimizu Makoto Tsumura (Astro Boy (2003 TV series)

Nickname = Astro

Alias = Atom

Age = N.A(Although some manga chapters state that he is in 6th grade in "The Man who Returned from Mars", He states that his time of creation was 18 years ago.)

Gender = Male

Species = Robot

Born = 7 April 2003

Death = N.A

Occupation = Hero

Title = N.A

Relatives = Doctor Tenma aka Boynton(Creator, "Father"), Hoshie Tenma("Mother"(manga only)) Professor Ochanomizu aka Elefun aka Peabody aka O'shay(Adoptive father 1), Uran aka Astro Girl aka Sarah aka Zoran(younger sister), Cobalt aka Jetto(Younger Brother(Older Brother in 1960's series, He is absent from most versions)), Atlas(Younger Brother), Papa(adoptive father 2), Mama(adoptive mother)

Overview
Astro Boy (Atom)is the eponymous protagonist of the series Astro Boy(Tetsuwan Atomu). A Robot by Creation, Astro (Atom) strives to be as human-like as possible by going to school, making friends, and obtaining a robotic family for himself. However, Astro is almost always pulled away from his happy emulation of human life by Ochanomizu (or of his own accord) to deal with dangers to Earth.

Background
Created by Doctor Tenma, Astro was meant to be a replacement for his deceased son: Tobio. However, because Astro was not able to grow and age like a normal human child, Doctor Tenma abandoned him to a Robot Circus led by the cruel Ham Egg(In the 1980's version, Astro joined the circus himself and the circus appears in the 2003 series in a different story). At the circus, Astro was found by Professor Ochanomizu and adopted. Professor Ochanomizu gave Astro a family with a robotic mother, father, sister (Uran), and brother (Cobalt). As head of the Ministry of Science, Professor Ochanomizu often calls on Astro to help resolve situations involving humans, robots, and on occasion, extraterrestrials.

Powers
Astro's most commonly used power is his flight ability. He achieves this by retracting his feet into his legs and blowing exhaust out. Another famous ability is his oft quoted 100,000(in some versions boosted to 1,000,000) horsepower. In later manga and the !980 and 2003 series he has lasers in his fingers. He also has useful tools such as a brain that can speak more than 100 languages and solve tough math problems in seconds, searchlights in his eyes, and in earlier versions, the power to look into a humans heart to decipher if their intentions are good or evil. In the 2003 anime he gains a powerful new weapon, a cannon in his arm. This was likely added to give Astro a big appeal to viewers of a new generation. The new Astro Boy movie coming also added machine guns in Astro's butt obviously far a joke for new fans.