2003-04-13 04:00:00 PDT Tokyo-- Back in 1951, Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese cartoonist, dreamed up Astro Boy, a lovable robot with laser fingertips, searchlight eyes, machine guns in his black shorts, and ...

With Japan's long history of comic books (aka Manga), they featured their own versions of dark heroes, hot blooded heroes and cynical heroes. The question, is there a hero that could be considered ...

‘Kaiji’ pushes ‘Astro Boy’ out of Japan The big boys continue to rule the Japanese boxoffice, with “Kaiji,” a Nippon Television Network and Toho collaboration, spending a second weekend at No. 1, ...

Imagi Entertainment's "Astro Boy" bombed in Japan, but Chinese viewers seem to have taken a liking to the Japanese cartoon character. By Gavin J Blair, The Associated Press TOKYO — Imagi Entertainment ...

Astro Boy, the robot Mickey Mouse of Japan with a machine gun in his ass and laser on his fingertip, has received his first major graphic overhaul in years. And they made him fat! The formerly svelte, ...

Securityholders in the Astro Japan Property Trust have approved the sale of the trust and its $1.1 billion portfolio to private equity giant Blackstone for $430m. Private equity giant Blackstone has ...