Astro boy story take place in a futuristic world whereby mankind and robots all lived together. Astro boy manga for the most parts consist of episodic stories, in which our protagonist fights evil robots and aliens. As the story progress, Astro realized that robots are discriminated and abused by humans. One of the recurrent themes of the manga is robot rights. Should robots have rights, should they be equal to humans, what should they be able to do and what aren’t they allowed to do. And throughout the manga we going to see how the relationship between human and robot progress. As for the art style itwas a bit cartoonish, highly inspired by western cartoon. Astro boy put in perspective Osamu Tezuka visual concept of the future in the 80s and 90s.
Astro boy was an enjoyable manga to read,
7/10.