Thursday, March 5, 2009

New Astro Boy Looks Vaguely Familiar (UPDATE)

Tezuka Productions is gearing up to produce an all new eighteen minute Astro Boy special titled "Another Story." The program details Astro's life after the events of the manga wherein he is rescued by the "Ravax" team and miraculously revived by "Space Jack." Fully repaired, Astro is upgraded into a new super robot: "Ratom."

I have nothing but respect for Astro Boy (and Tezuka himself), but this new design -- well, it kind of looks like something we're all too familiar with. It's neat looking, don't get me wrong, but the design looks heavily Rockman inspired.

What say you?

UPDATE: Trailer

News Credit: Anime News Network

16 comments:

  1. Well that guy holding the "thunder shape sword" certainly reminds me of enzan.

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  2. Ummmm wow, I honestly thought it was a cheap Rockman knockoff when I first saw the image, since it was the first thing to load on the page, but then I was relieved to find out itss just Astroboy.

    Though this does have a VERY errie resemblance to the EXE and Ryuusei's style of anime. I wonder who is animating it?

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  3. I dont like this look.

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  4. It does look like a knockoff... Astro boy may have been first, but I think it's become even more generic than Rockman. (Which is hard to believe anything could be. O_o)

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  5. He has blue on him now.

    That's the only thing I see.

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  6. If it's true, that's pretty ironic. Seeing how Astro Boy was Inafune's big inspiration source and all.

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  7. Least hes wearing clothes now.

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  8. Bottom right. Link.

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  9. Looks sort of like a cross of EXE/Star Force in terms of art style.

    I feel ashamed I've never seen the anime of Astro Boy, and I know how respected he is. I guess I should look for this one whenever it gets released or try to search the old anime (Either the original or remake).

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  10. Holy crap that thing is ugly. It's worse than it was before!

    Am I the only one who thinks that thing is horrible looking?

    It's... ribald.

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  11. Wasn't rockman based on Astro Boy originally? I guess its kind of fitting that they turned around and did the same thing.

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  12. That looks nothing like the EXE/SSR anime style. XD

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  13. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=53528817

    Other link for the video =)(i find it on google)

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  14. What are they doing to Astro Boy???

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  15. More like Pokemon than Rockman- it just looks TACKY. A big R on his chest? Garish two-tone gauntlets?
    Dr. Tenma would be clawing his eyes out.

    I love Astro/Atom, but I hate to see him thrown into what looks like a silly vanity project on the part of some band; if you want to make another Interstella 555, at least make original characters, please? ;p

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  16. Oh god, Astro Boy joined Team Rocket...

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