Astro Boy takes place in Metro City, which has been levitated a few miles above the ground — and they levitated the mountain it was built next to as well.

Because we don’t really want to see Astro Boy struggling against vague, nebulous anti-robot prejudice, the movie gives us two clear-cut villains: the President of Metro City, who wants Astro Boy ...

But then Tenma loses heart and, after a run-in with Metro City’s warmongering president (Donald Sutherland), Robot Toby, a.k.a. Astro Boy, finds himself cast downward to Earth.

As you probably know, Astro Boy is making the jump to 3-D when the new movie hits theaters next month. And while Astro Boy's story might not have changed much, many of the faces around him have.

We learn quickly that Astro Boy takes place on a floating piece of land called Metro City, hovering just above the Earth’s surface. As in Wall-E, humans have trashed Earth until it’s ...

While “Astro Boy” is hardly the equal of any of those, ... Action centers around Toby (voiced by Freddie Highmore), a spiky-haired child prodigy who lives in futuristic Metro City, ...

When Dr. Tenma loses his son, Toby, in a tragic accident, he creates a robot doppelganger—Astro Boy—that eventually goes on to save the denizens of Metro City.

Astro Boy Updated Hands-On Impressions. We check out the US version of Astro Boy's PlayStation 2 adventure. ... For the uninformed, Astro Boy is the mechanical protector of Metro City.

Astro Boy Import Preview. ... Of course, you'll take control of Tetsuwan Atom, the jolly little robot boy who protects the citizens of Metro City from evil with his many fantastical powers.

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Tenma (Nicolas Cage). Powered by positive “blue” energy, Astro Boy ...

For a movie about robots, Astro Boy is surprisingly wooden. But that’s not to say it doesn’t have heart. Based on the work of Japanese comic book artist and animator Osamu Tezuka, this CGI ...