There’s a funny article in the Malaysia Star Online about the upcoming new CG Astro Boy flick. The new design for Astro is “Americanized” in ways you wouldn’t expect, and the estate of Tezuka Osamu weren’t happy:

WHEN they saw the initial designs for Astro Boy in the upcoming computer animated flick, the one thing that the Japanese owners did not fancy was the size of his rear end.

But this did not gel with the estate of Astro Boy’s creator, Tezuka Osamu, who wanted to keep some of the more recognisable aspects of the character.

Tim Cheung, Imagi’s vice president of animation, added: “By request, we needed to have a fuller rear and we added a control where we could control the size of his bum.”

I can envision that review meeting now. A bunch of Japanese people in a meeting, looking at preview screeners, and saying “His butt’s too small!”

I, like many, have some serious concerns about whether this project will completely suck. But we won’t know until it’s out. In the meantime, you can read more of the fairly interesting article on the new Astro Boy’s body proportions at:

Astro Boy’s makeover at Malaysia Star

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