What is Anime?

Anime is short for animation and is generally considered
a term used to refer to Japanese Animation.

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Featured Anime: Astro Boy

Astro Boy is a television series that premiered in 1963. 
It originated as a manga in 1952 written by Osamu Tezuka.  A manga is an illustrated graphic novel from Japan.  Astro Boy is set in the year 2000 and features a robot that looks like a young boy.  The storylines often feature plots where he is fighting against human hating robots or aliens.  The manga is very popular and has sold over 100 million copies.  On April 7, 2003, the city of Niiza, Saitama registered the Astro Boy character as a resident to coincide with his birthdate in the manga

Evolution of Astro Boy:
1952 Manga version:


1963 animated version


1967 Newspaper version


1972 Manga


1980 manga


1988 Mighty Atom video game



1994 Mighty Atom video game


English language version Astro Boy


Astro Boy edu-manga


Pluto (Reinvention as murder mystery)


2003 game


2004 game


2004 manga


2009 movie


2009


Reboot