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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom''''' (アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム) in Japan, is a 2004 action game based upon the 2003 anime series ''[[wikipedia:Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|Astro Boy]]''. It was developed by [[Sonic Team]] and published by [[Sega]]. Sega had previously published another ''Astro Boy'' game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] a year earlier, ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''.
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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom''''' (アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム) in Japan, is a 2004 action game based upon the 2003 anime series ''[[wikipedia:Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|Astro Boy]]''. It was developed by [[United Game Artists]]{{ref|https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/go-to-synesthesia-jake-kazdal-s-journey-through-the-heart-of-i-rez-i-}} before the company was merged with [[Sonic Team (company)|Sonic Team]], and was published by [[Sega]]. Sega had previously published another ''Astro Boy'' game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] a year earlier, ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''.
  
 
A soundtrack album was released by [[Wavemaster]] in Japan on 7 April 2004, titled ''[[Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom: Game Soundtrack Score]]''.
 
A soundtrack album was released by [[Wavemaster]] in Japan on 7 April 2004, titled ''[[Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom: Game Soundtrack Score]]''.
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*'''Voice actors'''
 
*'''Voice actors'''
 
**'''Astro:''' Candi Milo
 
**'''Astro:''' Candi Milo
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**'''Dr. O'Shay / Blue Knight:''' Wally Wingert
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**'''Dr. O'Shay / Blue Knight:''' [[Wally Wingert]]
 
**'''Zoran / Denkou:''' Susan Blu
 
**'''Zoran / Denkou:''' Susan Blu
 
**'''Pluto:''' David Rasner
 
**'''Pluto:''' David Rasner
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*'''Producer:''' [[Mineko Okamura]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Mineko Okamura]]
 
*'''Director:''' [[Hideki Anbo]]
 
*'''Director:''' [[Hideki Anbo]]
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*'''Chief Game Designer:''' Hiroyuki Takanabe
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*'''Chief Game Designer:''' [[Hiroyuki Takanabe]]
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*'''Game Designers:''' [[Hirono Sato]], [[Takumi Yoshinaga]], Yoshiyuki Okitsu, Emiko Sunaga, Yu Omura
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*'''Game Designers:''' [[Hirono Sato]], [[Takumi Yoshinaga]], [[Yoshiyuki Okitsu]], [[Emiko Sunaga]], [[Yu Omura]]
 
*'''Game Design & Scripting:''' Yosuke Yoshizawa, Atsushi Ota, [[Nobuo Nakagawa]]
 
*'''Game Design & Scripting:''' Yosuke Yoshizawa, Atsushi Ota, [[Nobuo Nakagawa]]
 
*'''Chief Programmer:''' [[Hitoshi Nakanishi]]
 
*'''Chief Programmer:''' [[Hitoshi Nakanishi]]
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*'''Programmers:''' [[Mitsuru Takahashi]], Kyousei Yukimoto, [[Keiichi Noda]], [[Yoshio Inoue]], Satoru Takeshima, Kazuyuki Okada, Seiji Nakagawa, Takashi Sakamoto
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*'''Programmers:''' [[Mitsuru Takahashi (programmer)|Mitsuru Takahashi]], [[Kyosei Yukimoto|Kyousei Yukimoto]], [[Keiichi Noda]], [[Yoshio Inoue]], [[Satoru Takeshima]], [[Kazuyuki Okada]], Seiji Nakagawa, [[Takashi Sakamoto]]
 
*'''Sound Programmer:''' [[Koji Kaifu]]
 
*'''Sound Programmer:''' [[Koji Kaifu]]
 
*'''Technical Support:''' Gary McHale, [[Takeshi Hirai]]
 
*'''Technical Support:''' Gary McHale, [[Takeshi Hirai]]
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*'''Chief Artist:''' Noboru Hotta
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*'''Chief Artist:''' [[Noboru Hotta]]
 
*'''Character Animators:''' [[Motomu Hayashi]], [[Yusuke Kashiwagi]], [[Michihiro Sato]]
 
*'''Character Animators:''' [[Motomu Hayashi]], [[Yusuke Kashiwagi]], [[Michihiro Sato]]
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*'''Scene Designers:''' [[Ken Okazaki]], Hiromasa Yoshida, [[Motomu Hayashi]], Keita Watanabe
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*'''Scene Designers:''' [[Ken Okazaki]], [[Hiromasa Yoshida]], [[Motomu Hayashi]], Keita Watanabe
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*'''Character Modeling:''' [[Shinkichi Tanahashi]], Hitomi Nagao, Rei Miyauchi, Rieko Muramatsu
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*'''Character Modeling:''' [[Shinkichi Tanahashi]], [[Hitomi Nagao]], Rei Miyauchi, Rieko Muramatsu
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*'''Background Artists:''' Haruka Yoshida, Yuko Komuro, Hideaki Fujisawa, Masahiko Yagi, Yuji Yamaga
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*'''Background Artists:''' [[Haruka Yoshida]], [[Yuko Komuro]], [[Hideaki Fujisawa]], [[Masahiko Yagi]], [[Yuji Yamaga]]
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*'''Visual Effects:''' Jun Kobayashi
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*'''Visual Effects:''' [[Jun Kobayashi]]
 
*'''Interface Design:''' [[Taro Hino]]
 
*'''Interface Design:''' [[Taro Hino]]
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*'''Movie Editing:''' Ryutaro Sugiyama
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*'''Movie Editing:''' [[Ryutaro Sugiyama]]
 
*'''Facial Animation:''' [[Mayumi Moro]], [[Yoshiro Shimizu]]
 
*'''Facial Animation:''' [[Mayumi Moro]], [[Yoshiro Shimizu]]
 
*'''Sound Director:''' [[Teruhiko Nakagawa]] ([[Wave Master]])
 
*'''Sound Director:''' [[Teruhiko Nakagawa]] ([[Wave Master]])
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*'''Official Website Design:''' [[Daisuke Mori]], Takeshi Ichimura
 
*'''Official Website Design:''' [[Daisuke Mori]], Takeshi Ichimura
 
*'''Sonic "Test" Team:''' Kazuyuki Kawamura, Koichi Toyoshima, Kotoga Nakajima
 
*'''Sonic "Test" Team:''' Kazuyuki Kawamura, Koichi Toyoshima, Kotoga Nakajima
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*'''Special thanks to:''' TEZUKA PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD., Yoshihiro Shimizu, Minoru Kubota, Makoto Nakajima, Shinji Seya, Izuru Naitou, Hirotaka Ishiwata, Takuma Matsuda, Yumiko Sugimura, Yumiko Imaizumi, Masafumi Yasukawa, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., [[Kazuo Koizumi]] ([[Wave Master]]), Toshihide Ozeki, All staff members and their families, the spirit of [[UGA]]
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*'''Special thanks to:''' TEZUKA PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD., Yoshihiro Shimizu, Minoru Kubota, Makoto Nakajima, Shinji Seya, Izuru Naitou, Hirotaka Ishiwata, Takuma Matsuda, Yumiko Sugimura, Yumiko Imaizumi, Masafumi Yasukawa, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., [[Kazuo Koizumi]] ([[Wave Master]]), [[Toshihide Ozeki]], All staff members and their families, the spirit of [[UGA]]
 
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*'''Director of Product Development:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
 
*'''Director of Product Development:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
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*'''Director of Professional Music Service:''' David Quan
 
*'''Director of Professional Music Service:''' David Quan
 
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{{creditsheader|Sega Corporation Staff}}
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*'''International Business & Product Development:''' [[Tatsuyuki Miyazaki]], [[Shinobu Shindo]], Yukiko Kato
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*'''International Business & Product Development:''' [[Tatsuyuki Miyazaki]], [[Shinobu Shindo]], [[Yukiko Kato]]
 
*'''Licensing:''' Nobuhiko Ishihara, [[Takeshi Hiratsuka]]
 
*'''Licensing:''' Nobuhiko Ishihara, [[Takeshi Hiratsuka]]
 
*'''Software Manual:''' [[Hisakazu Nakagawa]], [[Satoru Ishigami]], [[Tetsuya Honda]]
 
*'''Software Manual:''' [[Hisakazu Nakagawa]], [[Satoru Ishigami]], [[Tetsuya Honda]]
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:'''©[[Sonic Team]]/[[Sega]], 2004 ©2003 Tezuka /SPEJ. ASTRO BOY & ©2004 Tezuka Prods.'''
 
:'''©[[Sonic Team]]/[[Sega]], 2004 ©2003 Tezuka /SPEJ. ASTRO BOY & ©2004 Tezuka Prods.'''
 
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*'''Modeler, Texture Artist:''' [[Jake Kazdal]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20060505220432/http://jakekazdal.com/Jake%20Kazdal%20_%20Resume.html}}
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*'''Composer, Arranger:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230623072641/https://vgmdb.net/album/2696}}
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Astro Boy
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Tezuka Productions, Sony Pictures
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sony PlayStation 2
JP 		¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)[2] SLPM-65551
CERO: Free
Sony PlayStation 2
US 		$39.9939.99[1] SLUS-20867
ESRB: Everyone
Sony PlayStation 2
EU
(Promo)
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
DE 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-GE
USK: 0
Sony PlayStation 2
ES 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-SP
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
FR 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-FR
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
UK 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-UK
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
IT 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-IT
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
AU 		SLES-52486
INL-P52486-AU
OFLC: M15
Sony PlayStation 2
KR 		₩49,00049,000[3] SLKA-25159
KMRB: All
Sony PlayStation 2
AS 		SLAJ-25037

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Astro Boy, known as Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom (アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム) in Japan, is a 2004 action game based upon the 2003 anime series Astro Boy. It was developed by United Game Artists[4] before the company was merged with Sonic Team, and was published by Sega. Sega had previously published another Astro Boy game for the Game Boy Advance a year earlier, Astro Boy: Omega Factor.

A soundtrack album was released by Wavemaster in Japan on 7 April 2004, titled Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom: Game Soundtrack Score.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Astro Boy Astro Boy
English (US) Astro Boy Astro Boy
Japanese アストロボーイ・鉄腕アトム Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom

Production credits

©2003 Sony Pictures Entertainmet (Japan) Inc.
  • Voice Over Recording Studio: Salamai Studios
  • Voice Over Direction: Michael Hack
  • Sound Engineer: Devon Bowman
  • Talent Agency: Innovation Productions and CED Talent
  • Official Website Design: Daisuke Mori, Takeshi Ichimura
  • Sonic "Test" Team: Kazuyuki Kawamura, Koichi Toyoshima, Kotoga Nakajima
  • Special thanks to: TEZUKA PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD., Yoshihiro Shimizu, Minoru Kubota, Makoto Nakajima, Shinji Seya, Izuru Naitou, Hirotaka Ishiwata, Takuma Matsuda, Yumiko Sugimura, Yumiko Imaizumi, Masafumi Yasukawa, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Kazuo Koizumi (Wave Master), Toshihide Ozeki, All staff members and their families, the spirit of UGA
Sega of America STAFF
Sony Pictures Consumer Products
  • Executive Director of Sales: Mark Caplan
  • Vice President of Product Development: Laetitia May
  • Manager of Product Development: Eric Thomsen
  • Astro Boy TV Show Producer: Grace Benn
  • Director of Professional Music Service: David Quan
Sega Corporation Staff
©Sonic Team/Sega, 2004 ©2003 Tezuka /SPEJ. ASTRO BOY & ©2004 Tezuka Prods.
Source:
In-game credits [5]


Source:
Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: Astro Boy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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UK print advert
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UK print advert (ASDA)
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AstroBoy PR.pdf

PDF
Press release
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Print advert in Play (US) #32: "August 2004" (2004-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

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Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
43
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
70
[9]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
55
[10]
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL
30
[11]
Sony PlayStation 2
 50
Based on
4 reviews

Astro Boy

PlayStation 2, US
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Cover
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Disc
AstroBoy PS2 US manual.pdf
Manual
PlayStation 2, EU
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Cover
PlayStation 2, JP
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, AU
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Cover
PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)
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Cover
PlayStation 2, UK
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Cover
PlayStation 2, FR
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Cover
PlayStation 2, DE
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Cover
PlayStation 2, ES
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Cover
PlayStation 2, IT
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Cover
PlayStation 2, Asia
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Cover
PlayStation 2, KR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 0f2bfce1
MD5 a260a43376c9fbee84c57c4fb89bf4e5
SHA-1 1f727c86aa57bfe855ba4598e61339db763c52ba
4,666,359,808 DVD-ROM (EU) SLES-52486 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
✔
CRC32 fe91a331
MD5 5c4b3273bbe2ce4c707cc37595a01a77
SHA-1 e7c8ffb6904c7be8c30481ce886942e30fb9ba12
4,698,243,072 DVD-ROM (JP) SLPM-65551 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 a7a2f025
MD5 9679d609a1efdb20946f70aa103a97ac
SHA-1 8fe7ee156448676cc58e7fcd38170144811e81c9
4,658,561,024 DVD-ROM (KR) SLKA-25159 (V1.03)
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 c088c483
MD5 f2fbd133198deabb2a869b090b47b7dc
SHA-1 025d2582e1f71abaccf33de8d6c6a284cda75fae
4,658,921,472 DVD-ROM (US) SLUS-20867 (V1.00)

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Press release: 2004-08-17: SEGA RELEASES TEZUKA'S ASTRO BOY ON PLAYSTATION 2, GAME BOY ADVANCE
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65551.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-05-14 11:07)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/380 (archive.today)
  4. ↑ https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/go-to-synesthesia-jake-kazdal-s-journey-through-the-heart-of-i-rez-i-
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7w694sDPc0
  6. ↑ http://jakekazdal.com/Jake%20Kazdal%20_%20Resume.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-05-05 22:04)
  7. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/2696 (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-23 07:26)
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2004" (US; 2004-08-24), page 112
  9. ↑ GamePro, "October 2004" (US; 2004-08-24), page 85
  10. ↑ Game Informer, "September 2004" (US; 2004-0x-xx), page 110
  11. ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "February 2005" (UK; 2005-xx-xx), page 107


Astro Boy

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 Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Astro Boy and Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2004)
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