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Astro Boy (U.S. movie)

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Alternative title:
Atom
アトム (Japanese)
原子小金剛 (Chinese (Taiwan))
阿童木 (Chinese (PRC))
Genres: science fiction
Themes: robots
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In the distant year 2003, Japan is a techonological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot cival rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capeable of. (from manga)
Vintage: 2009-10-10
Premiere date:
2009-10-10 (Japan)
2009-10-23 (China)
2009-10-23 (North America)
2009-10-23 (Taiwan)
2009-12-18 (Italy)
2010-01-22 (Brazil)
Release dates: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Astro Boy [2009] (Dub.Blu-ray) 2010-03-16 (from $9.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Astro Boy [2009] (Dub.DVD) 2010-03-16 (from $7.38)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Aya Ueto as Atom

Atsushi Abe as Zane
Kenji Utsumi as Ham Egg
Kenta Miyake as Robotski
Kōichi Yamadera as Orrin
Kōji Yakusho as Dr. Tenma
Kousei Tomita as Hige-oyaji
Mika Kanai as Widget
Takaya Hashi as President Stone
Tomomichi Nishimura as Dr. Ochanomizu
Yasuyuki Kase as Chief Heckler

Nami Miyahara as Sludge
Rikako Aikawa as Freezer
Shinichirō Miki as Sparx
Yasuyuki Kase as Zog
Japanese companies
(none)
English staff
English cast
Director: David Bowers
Screenplay: Timothy Harris
Storyboard: Alex Hillkurtz
Music: John Ottman
Original creator: Osamu Tezuka
Animation Director: Jakob Hjort Jensen
Executive producer:
Francis Kao
Yoshihiro Shimizu
Producer: Maryann Garger

Animation Supervisor: Jakob Hjort Jensen
Cinematography: Pepe Valencia
Co-Producer: Mark Tarbox
Editing Assistant: Anthony Durazzo
Film Editing: Robert Anich Cole
Line Producer: Pilar Flynn
Production Executive: Maude Lewis
Production manager: Tony Matthews
Production Supervision: Charlie Schweitzer
Second Editor: Tiffany Hillkurtz
Visual Development Artist: Mark Lefitz
Visual Effects Supervision: Yan Chen
Freddie Highmore as Astro Boy

Bill Nighy as Dr. Elefun
Dee Bradley Baker as Trashcan
Donald Sutherland as General Stone
Eugene Levy as Orrin
Kristen Bell as Cora
Nathan Lane as Ham Egg
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Tenma

Alan Tudyk as
Mr. Squeegee
Scrapheap Head
Stinger Two
Bill Nighy as Robotsky
Bob Logan as Stinger One
Charlize Theron as Narrator
David Bowers as Mike the Fridge
David Feiss as Cowboy Robot
David Alan Grier as
Boxer Robot
Math Cowboy
Mr. Squirt
Elle Fanning as Grace
Madeleine Russell as Metro City Girl
Madeline Carroll as
Grace 
Widget
Matt Lucas as Sparx
Max Burkholder as Bill
Moises Arias as Zane
Newell Alexander as General Heckler
Nicholas Guest as French Waiter Robot
Nicole Fletcher as Kid (who says oh no)
Rif Hutton as Metro City Sergeant
Ryan Stiles as
Burning Robot
Mr. Moustachio
Sterling Beaumon as
Sam 
Sludge
Steve Alterman as Press Secretary
Tony Matthews as Cora's Dad

English companies
Animation Production: IMAGI
Broadcaster:
Family Channel (Canada)
Teletoon
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: François Asselin (Quebec)
Voice Direction: François Asselin (Quebec)
Antoine L'Écuyer as Astro (Quebec)
Camille Donda as Cora

Hubert Gagnon as Ham Egg (Quebec)
Jacques L'Heureux as Dr. Elefun (Quebec)
Mirianne Brûlé as Cora (Quebec)
Patrice Robitaille as Dr. Tenma (Quebec)
Pierre Brassard as General Stone (Quebec)
Stéphane Crête as Orrin (Quebec)

Anne Dorval as Narrator (Quebec)
Damien Muller as Sludge (Quebec)
Gilbert Lachance as Sparx (Quebec)
Jacques Lavallée as Mr. Moustachio (Quebec)
Romy Kraushaar-Hébert as Zane (Quebec)
French companies
ADR Production: Technicolor (Montreal)
Broadcaster:
Ici ARTV (Quebec)
Teletoon (Quebec)
Internet Streaming: TFOU Max (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Mercè Segarra (Catalan dub)
Miryam Guilimany (Spain dub)
Dubbing Director: Javier Ponton (LatinAmerican dub)
Translation: Montse Rocher (Catalan dub)
ADR Script: Iola Ledesma (Catalan dub)

Recording engineer: Marc Arambudo (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Translation Supervisor: Iola Ledesma (Catalan dub)
Roser Vilches as Astro Boy (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Victor Mares as Tobi / Astroboy

Alberto Mieza as Orrin (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Antonio Farré as President Stone
Erika Araujo as Cora
Guillermo Romano as Dr. Elefun
Isabel Valls as Cora (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Javier Ponton as Dr. Tenma
Jordi Boixaderas as Robotsky (Catalan dub)
Jordi Brau as Dr. Tenma (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as President Stone (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Paco Galvez as Hamegg
Pep Antón Muñoz as Ham Egg (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Ricardo Solans as Dr. Elefun (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Ana Pallejà as Narrator (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Angel del Río as Cora's Father (Spain dub)
David Jenner as Mike (Catalan dub)
Eduard Itchart as Mr. Squirt (Catalan dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Sludge (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Humberto Amor as Mike
Isidro Olace as Mostacho
Jaime Aymerich as Zane
Javier Ponton as Sparks
Jordi Vila as Mr. Moustachio (Catalan dub)
José Javier Serrano as Mr. Squirt (Spain dub)
Marcela Bordes as Sludge
Rafael Sieglr as Orrin
Rebeca Rambal as Narration
Ulises Cuadra as
Mr. Squirt
Robotski
Xavier Fernández as Sparx (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Domenech Farell (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
BitMe (2019, Latin America)
Clan TVE (Spain)
Discovery Kids (Latin America)
Fox Family (Latin America)
GOLDEN (Latin America)
Movistar Comedia (Spain)
Tiin (Latin America)
Distributor:
Alfa Films (Argentina)
Corazón Films (Mexico)
DeAPlaneta (Spain)
Quality Films (Mexico; DVD/BD)
Transeuropa (Argentina; DVD)
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
SDI Los Ángeles (LatinAmerican dub)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Filmin (Spain)
HBO Max (Latin America)
Netflix (Spain)
Qubit.tv (dubbed)
RTVE Play (Spain)
Wuaki.tv (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Francesco Vairano

Dialogues: Francesco Vairano
Dubbing Assistant: Tiziana Graziani
Dubbing Engineer: Vincenzo Mandara
Mixing: Gianni Pallotto
Giorgio Lopez as Dr. Elefun
Pasquale Anselmo as Dr. Tenma
Silvio Muccino as Astro Boy

Alex Polidori as Zane
Arturo Valli as Sludge
Camilla Marcucci as Widget
Chiara Colizzi as Narrator
Danilo De Gerolamo as Mr. Squirt
Francesco Vairano as Hamegg
Furio Corsetti as Sparx
Gabriele Corsi as Robotski
Mino Caprio as Orrin
Pietro Biondi as President Stone
Roberto Stocchi as Mr. Squeeze
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1
Dubbing: TECHNICOLOR SPA
Internet Streaming: Mediaset Infinity
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Jörg Heybrock
ADR Script: Thomas Maria Lehmann
Hannes Maurer as Astro Boy

Frank Ciazynski as General Heckler
Frank Röth as Dr.Tenma
Gerald Paradies as Präsident Stone
Julia Stoepel as Cora
Jürgen Kluckert as Dr.Elefun
Michael Pan as Ham Egg
Soraya Richter as Widget
Stefan Gossler as Orrin

Amadeus Strobl as Zane
Axel Lutter as Robotsky
Frank Ciazynski as Mr. Moustachio
Rainer Fritzsche as Sparx
Stefan Gossler as Mr. Squirt
Uli Krohm as Mike,der Kühlschrank
Yara Blümel as Erzählerin
German companies
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dubbing Director: Miriam Aleksandrowicz

Dialogues: Tomasz Robaczewski
Organization Of Production: Agnieszka Kudelska
Polish companies
Dubbing: Studio Sonica
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Director: Ursula Bezerra
Broadcaster: Rede Globo (Brazil)
Distributor:
LK-TEL (Brazil; DVD)
Paris Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Internet Streaming:
Discovery+ (Brazil)
HBO Max (Brazil)
Mercado Play (Brazil)
Pluto TV (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
Rodrigo Faro as Astro Boy

Antônio Moreno as Presidente Stone
Carlos Campanile as Ham Egg
Leonardo Camilo as Dr. Tenma
Luiz Carlos de Moraes as Dr. Elefun
Tatá Guarnieri as Orrin

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