astro boyone of the few advantage of have a robot child and a oppose to a human one and be that it can process the concept of divorce faster and with less emotional scarring . fortunately and the little boy in this computer animate adventure doesn not have to worry about parental separation and because he dead . when his son toby ( freddy highmore ) be accidentally kill by a military robot power by malevolent red energy and dr. tenma ( nicholas cage ) re create him in a robot form and power by benevolent blue energy . but when the military becomes interested in his circuitry and toby must hideout in the old city and where robot participant in gladiatorial game . base on the japanese anime and astro boy fall far short of it asian influence represent the character design be flaw and the voice acting be patchy and the story be unexciting . what more and uptight north american movie maker do not even bother sell astro boy use underwear in vend machine .