Astro Boy S1/E1: The Birth of Astro Boy
Directed by:Gisaburo Sugii
Daisaku Sakamoto
Eiichi Yamamoto
Osamu Dazki
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Minoru Okazaki
Fusahito Nagaki
Producers:Osamu Tezuka
Animated by:Yûsaku Sakamoto
Gizaburô Sugii
Motoaki Ishii
Shigeru Yamamoto
Yoshifumi Seyama
Eimei Kitano
Shigeru Aoki
Nobuhiro Okasako
Eiji Tanaka
Kanji Akahori
Music by:Tatsuo Takei
Studio:Mushi Productions
Release date:01/01/1963
Running time:27 min
Color process:B&W
Synopsis
Grief-stricken by the death of his son, Tobio, Dr. Tenma vows to create a new, robotic son in his image. The experiment is a success, but Dr. Tenma doesn’t find the happiness he expected. He grows angry at the robot, that he cannot grow or act like a normal young boy, and eventually sells him to a robot circus. But Astro Boy’s adventures are just beginning.