Other than these Astro has no clothing, except for when he is dressed in his school uniform. Since Astro is a robot and does not function like a biological being, the height of his body, his weight, and the length of his hair never change.Īstro was created with what appears to be underwear and a green belt. His hair has two spikes one on the the left of his head pointing directly upwards and the other on the right side just above his ear pointing out to the side, and a widow's peak.
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He was given many of the similar distinguishing attributes, his large innocent eyes, jet-black spiky hair and light skin tone. The use of the eyes in this manner allowed the facial expressions to use less animation yet seem more real.Īlthough a robot Astro was intended to look indistinguishable from a human being as he was designed to resemble Tobio Tenma. This would become a very common design aspect in anime and manga characters that would follow. His eyes were designed to be fully reactive to light and feel dynamic.
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Symbolically, this suggests Astro's innocence, while the spikes on his head introduce an edge to his personality.Īstro Boy's most defining feature are his eyes, especially in the anime series due to the use of limited animation. His head uses a large circular shape, also being used by many popular American animated characters at that time. The most prominent feature of Astro's design that borrows from Disney is in the head. Astro bears a strong resemblance to Mickey Mouse - Disney's most popular character. Astro would continue this trend of characters designed after Disney characters, using a simplistic cartoon style.
Tezuka was a lifelong fan of Disney and he drew many of his early characters with the famous Disney characters' design in mind. who was having difficulties understanding him this encounter gave Tezuka the inspiration to make Atom a robot who fights for the innocent.Īstro Boy's Blueprints (As shown in the first issue of the Astro Boy manga.)
While working in the hospital, Tezuka was punched by a frustrated American G.I. Tezuka's editor would suggest that he create a manga series in which Atom was the star and had human emotions. Although Ambassador Atom itself was only a moderate success, Atom became incredibly popular with Tezuka and the publisher receiving many letters from young boys requesting the character. He only played a very small role in the story and often only appeared in the background. He has an extreme care for the preciousness of life, much like his real-world creator Osamu Tezuka himself.Īstro made his debut appearance in 1951's Ambassador Atom. A natural pacifist, he always attempts to solve situations intelligently with diplomacy. Astro fits the embodiment of a hero, having a strong sense of justice and is always willing to defend those who can't defend themselves. Hiroshi Ochanomizu (best known in English as Dr. Astro was forced into fighting other robots against his will in the robot circus, but was eventually rescued by Dr. After learning that Astro is robotic and therefore cannot function like a biological human boy, Tenma sold Astro to a robotic circus out of a fit of rage. Tenma created Astro in the image of his deceased son Tobio Tenma (called Toby in English before 2003). “I still believe that robots will all become friends one day and never fight each other again.” (Astro Boy at the end of " The Greatest Robot in the World") Astro Boy (アトム Atomu), known in Japan as 鉄腕アトム Mighty Atom or Iron Arm Atom or just Astro, is a fictional character created by Osamu Tezuka and the main protagonist of every series in the Astro Boy franchise.Īstro is a robot male with human emotions created by Umataro Tenma (known in English as Dr.