Get Ready for World War III
…because Japan is going to bring back its Imperial Army and declare war after this CG Astro Boy comes out. Really, I can’t blame them, since we’ve basically appropriated and shat on two of their favorite franchises with Dragonball and Astro Boy; frankly, I think we could burn an effigy of the Emperor and they’d be less pissed. While Astro might not be the horrendous pile of crap Dragonball was, the Japanese are also far less forgiving of any adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s work. Do you remember that recent Astro Boy cartoon that aired in 2004? The one that was awesome and incredibly faithful to the original manga? Well, Japan hated that thing. When they see the horrible character redesigns and Astro acting like an idiot of the U.S.-made movie, like in this new trailer, that’s when they’re going to dust off their Zeros. (Via /Film)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.