The main voice cast for Astro Boy was just announced. Featured voices for the movie include Academy Award®-winning actor Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore as Astro Boy. Astro Boy is slated for theatrical release in 2009. Astro Boy was originally created by Osamu Tezuka, who is often referred to as the “god of manga”.

Here’s a brief synopsis about Astro Boy

Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi Studios’ Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the man who had rejected him.

Here’s an English version of Episode 1 of Astro Boy. You can see 50 episodes of Astro Boy online for free.