Tezuka’s Astro Boy manga inspired Japan’s first full-fledged half-hour television anime series in 1963, followed by a color television series in 1980 and a remake in 2003.
The two companies jointly acquired the rights to Astro Boy from Tezuka Productions.
Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy is getting a reboot 3DCG series directed by Thomas Astruc (creator of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) and produced by Monaco-based Shibuya Productions and Mediawan’s Method Animation.
In 1963, the late Fred Ladd re-edited and re-dubbed the Tetsuwan Atom anime, based on Tezuka’s manga, into Astro Boy.