Astro Boy

Astro Boy (2009) — watch online on iFILM this animated sci-fi adventure from Imagi Animation, directed by David Bowers and based on Osamu Tezuka's iconic manga. A stellar voice cast brings the beloved robot hero to life in full CGI for the first time.

Metro City floats above the clouds while the surface below is a dumping ground for broken machines. After his son dies in a lab accident, genius scientist Dr. Tenma (Nicolas Cage) builds a robotic replacement — young Astro, powered by a rare blue-core energy. The boy is too human to be a machine and too mechanical to belong with people. Stranded on the surface, Astro falls in with a crew of outcast robots and starts learning who he actually is — and whether that's worth fighting for.

Freddie Highmore voices the lead, with Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, and Samuel L. Jackson rounding out the cast. A family adventure that handles loneliness and identity without talking down to younger viewers. Watch Astro Boy online on iFILM.