World Expo to Show 3D Anime Short With Astro Boy, Black Jack

The Pasona company announced on Thursday that it will show a new 3D CG anime short titled “Neo Atom Tanjō” (The Birth of Neo Astro Boy), based on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy and Black Jack manga and anime, at its Pasona Natureverse booth at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Satoshi Kuwabara (Black Jack 21, Black Jack Final episode 1 director, Astro Boy: Shinsen-gumi) is directing the short, and Mayumi Morita (Black Jack Final, 2004 Black Jack anime) penned the script.

The doctor Black Jack saves him, reborn to a new identity as Neo Astro Boy.