Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom

Side stories with Astro Boy as the main character.

In the future, robotics will greatly help humans get rid of the most tedious tasks. But as the technology evolves and more robots are themselves aware of their condition, it does not take long until they rebel against their creators. A war breaks out. But in the midst of this conflict, there Tobio, a young boy who is fed up with the situation--and then one day he discovers that he himself is a robot...

In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of. Note: Chapter count only includes chapters from the original 1952 to 1968 serial