Astro Boy is the first Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became familiar worldwide as "ANIME".Astro Boy is a science fiction series set in a futuristic world wherein androids co-exist with humans. Its focus is on the adventures of the titular "Astro Boy" (sometimes called simply "Astro"), a powerful robot created by the head of the Ministry of Science, Doctor Tenma, to replace his son Tobio, who died in a car accident.Dr. Tenma voiced by Nicolas Cage.Astro Boy is a 2009 computer-animated 3-D film.Freddie Highmore provides the voice of Astro Boy in the movie.