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Comic Mint, your best source for rare, kooky, and classic animation art, is pleased to offer Astroboy fans this sensational hand-painted promotional cel which was reproduced on the back cover of the 1980’s series release on DVD, as well as the 40th Anniversary Boxed DVD Set.

This super cool piece of artwork depicts Astroboy in full flight, soaring above Metro City in the year 2043. The cel is hand-painted and features air-brushed effects, the cel is placed against a print background.

Osamu Tezuka’s classic Astro Boy series was relaunched in 1980, and was a remake of the original black & white 1963 series (which was said to be the FIRST anime TV series), "Dr. Boynton" (Tenma Umataro in the original Japanese version) creates a robot to replace his son Toby who was killed in an auto accident.

Through circumstances that somewhat differ between the 1963 and 1980 versions, "Astro" (as he's usually called in the dub) ends up parting with his nominal "dad", and instead ends up in the care of "Dr. Pachydermus J. Elefun" (Hiroshi Ochanomizu in Japan; the English name is a poke at his nose.) Dr. Elefun, as the new Science Minister, becomes Astro's mentor, employer, and frequent repairman, putting Astro's "100,000 horsepower" to use resolving numerous robot-related crises.

Please note that the DVD images are provided for reference only, and is not sold with the artwork.