Astro Boy (film)/Trivia

1963 TV series

 * The Other Darrin:
 * Kazue Tagami voiced Astro in episodes 97-106 while Mari Shimizu was on maternity leave.
 * Uran was first voiced by Yoko Mizugaki, then by Reiko Mutou, then by Kazuko Yoshikawa.
 * Higeoyaji was first voiced by Masaaki Yajima, then by Ayao Wada.
 * Tawashi was first voiced by Shingo Kanemoto, then by Kouichi Chiba.

1980 TV series

 * Hey It's That Voice: Mari Shimizu reprised her role as Astro. Hisashi Katsuta also reprised his role of Ochanomizu.
 * Osamu Tezuka wrote the lyrics for the first ending theme "Mirai ni Mukatte - New Tetsuwan Atom."

2003 TV series

 * Hey It's That Voice:
 * The English dub has Greg Cipes as Atlas, Candi Milo as Astro, and Lara Jill Miller as various episode-specific characters.
 * Hisashi Katsuta, who voiced Ochanomizu in the previous two anime adaptations, voices him once again in this series.
 * Names to Know In Anime : The main writer for this series was Chiaki Konaka. Seriously. In fact, he was invited right after (and presumably due to) having worked on Digimon Tamers.

2009 film

 * Hey It's That Voice:
 * The movie has Samuel L Jackson as Zog, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Squeegee, Nicolas Cage as Dr. Tenma, Eugene Levy as Orrin, Donald Sutherland as President Stone, and Nathan Lane as Hamegg.
 * Megumi Hayashibara voiced Cora in the Japanese dialogue version.