"Astro Boy" and Anime Come to the Americas: An Insider's View of the Birth of a Pop Culture Phenomenon

by Fred Ladd (Author), HarveyDeneroff (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $17.61

  In 1963 a Japanese animated television series called Tetsuan Atom was acquired for distribution by a division of NBC and rechristened it Astro Boy for American Television. Astro Boy's popularity sparked an industry in importing animated television to America from Japan. This book provides a view of what has blossomed into a media phenomenon.