Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that’s who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, “the Walt Disney of Japan,” Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings.

* Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller.

“Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post–World War II Japanese animation.”—New York Times