Astro Boy
(DVD) 

Based on the original manga by Tezuka Osamu.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Special features: Inside the recording booth; Designing a hero; Building Metro City; Astro Boy image gallery: creating a global icon; Getting the Astro Boy look; Astro vs. the Junkyard Pirates (animated short); The RRF in: the new recruit (animated short).

Music by John Ottman ; editor, Robert Anich ; production designer, Samuel Michlap ; art director, Jake Rowell ; director of photography, Pepe Valencia ; head of animation, Tim Cheung.

Voices: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Charlize Theron, Nicolas Cage, David Alan Grier, Ryan Stiles.

Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.

Lone Star Library.

DVD format, NTSC region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual layer.

English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.