New Astro Boy Artwork and Character Designs on Imagi
IMAGI Animation Studio Creative Director; Felix ip gives Astro Boy-fans a heads-up about new A.B.-images added to the studio website - which includes a few character-designs and delish conceptual artwork from the upcoming animated movie [TAGGED]. CLICK THRU FOR PICS ... and check out the official movie website for a peek at the teaser-trailer [blogged].
[FYI: Some images have been reformatted to fit blog-layout :p]
"Astro Boy is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios... and directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away).
Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
The animated movie stars the voices of Freddie Highmore (as Astro Boy), Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy and Donald Sutherland." ASTRO BOY premieres October 2009. [wiki]
[FYI: Some images have been reformatted to fit blog-layout :p]
"Astro Boy is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios... and directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away).
Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
The animated movie stars the voices of Freddie Highmore (as Astro Boy), Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy and Donald Sutherland." ASTRO BOY premieres October 2009. [wiki]
