Astro Boy

**Astro Boy**, also known as **Adam Nazenkopp**, **Atom**, **Iron Arm Atom**, **Mighty Atom** and **Toby**, is the titular main protagonist from the *Astro Boy* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Astro Boy is an android boy fashioned after Tobio Tenma by his father, the head of the Institute of Science in the year 2000. Aside from possessing the strength of 100,000 horsepower and the kind personality of a child, he has what are called his "seven amazing powers": jet-powered flight, multilingualism, analytical skills, headlight eyes, super-sensitive hearing, hidden weapons in his back and the ability to tell if a person's good or evil. In addition he has a built-in geiger counter and shortwave communication system.

Due to Tobio being a child when he died, Astro has inherited his same childlike innocence including his childlike naivety, Astro by nature has a strong sense of justice and for deciding what is right and wrong. Mostly a pacifist, Astro will not stray from using force if he has no choice, although he always tries to solve situations diplomatically. Astro is incredibly protective of family and friends and will often risk his own life to protect them from harm.

Astro's most complicated relationship is with his own creator Umataro Tenma. Although, he was treated with love and care by Tenma in the beginning, the grief left over after the death of his son Tobio took control causing Tenma to accept that a robot could not be an adequate replacement for his flesh and blood human child.

## **Appearance**

### **Anime**

* Astro Boy
* Astro Boy (1980)
* Astro Boy (2003)
* Astro Boy: Doomsday
* Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Friendship Between Robots And Humans
* Astro Boy: The Glorious Earth
* Astro Boy: The Secret of Atom's Birth
* Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight
* Go! Go! Astro Boy
* Orb Panic Adventure!
* Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century
* Ravex in Tezuka World
* Undersea Super Train: Marine Express
* Yawaraka Atom

### **Manga**

* Astro Boy
* Astro Boy (2003)
* Astro Cat

### **Video Games**

* Astro Boy
* Astro Boy Dash
* Astro Boy Flight
* Astro Boy Piano
* Astro Boy Siege: Alien Attack
* Astro Boy Zap
* Astro Boy: Edge of Time
* Astro Boy: Omega Factor
* Astro Boy: The Video Game
* Black Jack: Phoenix Compilation
* Columns GB: Tezuka Osamu Characters
* Crystal Crisis
* Dragon Poker
* Eshigami no Kizuna
* Great Battle!-! Tezuka All Stars
* Mighty Atom
* Tale of the Galactic Yakuza
* Tezuka World: Astro Crunch

## **Trivia**

* Akin to Mickey Mouse, no matter which direction Astro faces, the spikes atop his head are always in the same place.
* Astro Boy's color spin-off that came out in the 1980s was originally meant to come out during 1977, but changes in plans resulted in that series changing into an anime called *Jetter Mars.*
* Astro appears as a Star System character in many manga Tezuka series.
* Astro is the mascot for a series of children's traffic safety videos.
* Astro's character has also shown up in video game crossovers alongside Tezuka's other works, including the 2012 Android and iOS mobile game *Great Battle! Tezuka All Stars*. Astro Boy also appears as a playable character in the crossover puzzle game *Crystal Crisis*, released by Nicalis in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

## **External Links**

* Astro Boy (character) at Astro Boy Wiki