Title:
Astro Boy
Uniform Title:
Astro Boy (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Summit Entertainment, [2010]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the original comic strip series by Osamu Tezuka.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Two animated sequences: Astro vs. the Junkyard Pirates, The RRF In: The New Recruit ; "Drawing a hero" featurette; "The real Metro City" featurette; "Inside the recording booth" featurette; Astro-boy image gallery; "Getting the Astro Boy look" featurette.
Summary:
Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND, DUAL LAYER.
Language Note:
ENGLISH OR DUBBED SPANISH DIALOGUE, SPANISH SUBTITLES; ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
