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Sep 18, 2009 12:00 PM
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Astro Boy fights power-suited thugs (whose helmets reflect their emotional and physical state), Battlebot Samurai, and robot gladiators in a three-minute clip and six new stills. Watch Astro Boy play tug-of-war with energy-lassos in the gleaming, futuristic Metro City.
The CG animated Astro Boy, coming Oct. 23, continues to impress, and this new glimpse of Metro City's space-age buildings and clean lines makes it feel like a universe you'll want to visit more than once. I love the attention to detail and energy in these images, too — check out the squirming robot that Kristen Bell's Cora is holding down.
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