Radical Astro Boy/Tezuka music video!

I stumbled upon a neat music video full of Tezuka characters raving, and Astro Boy undergoing some sort of transformation at the hands of Black Jack! It's done in the style of the 2003 Astro Boy series. It's pretty cool. A bit old (2008), but pretty cool.

The song is from a group, or "supergroup," if you will, called Ravex.

"Spearheaded by Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine), and Taku Takahashi (m-flo), ravex is a special crossover project group formed in 2008 to celebrate music label avex's 20th anniversary and manga legend Osamu Tezuka's 80th anniversary. The electronic trio collaborate with various avex artists for their music, and Tezuka Productions contributes character artwork and animation to the project."

More Mighty Atom!

There's a preview for IDW's Astro Boy movie miniseries at USA Today of all places. Click.
It doesn't look that bad, actually. It might give an idea of what to expect from the movie, as well. And there's totally Rock and Pinoko lookalikes in his classroom! It would be neat if the movie had a bunch of Tezuka characters hanging out in the background like extras.

Go, Go, Go, Astro Boy!

'Astro Boy' Trailer
There's a new trailer for the Astro Boy movie, and it's looking pretty cool (the butt guns are there!). Imagi did a pretty awesome job with TMNT, and this looks even better. I love Astro Boy, so I have high hopes for this movie. Apparently, the footage they showed at Comic-Con was well received, but I wonder how this will actually do at the box office. Do kids care about Astro Boy? Is the nostalgia factor strong enough for the adults who do know him?

And guess who made it into the movie?:

The man himself, pulling a Stan Lee! Just like he'd insert himself in his own manga.

Also, over at Japanator, they have a look at some of the toys (by Hot Toys) for the movie, which are also looking very nice and will probably end up on my bookshelf.