Astro Boy - Characters

Characters

  • Atom / Astro Boy / Astro
  • Professor Ochanomizu / Dr. Packidermus J. Elefun, head of the Ministry of Science
  • Astro's parents, created by Prof. Ochanomizu in order to make Astro more human-like
  • Uran / Astro Girl, Astro's younger sister
  • Cobalt / Jetto, Astro's younger brother (appears as older brother in the 1960s anime)
  • Chi-Tan / Ti-Tan, Astro's baby brother
  • Higeoyaji / Mustachio / Shunsaku Ban / Mr. Percival Pompous / Daddy Walrus / Albert Duncan, Astro's schoolteacher and/or neighbor in the original manga and color 1980 TV series; a private detective and surrogate uncle for Astro in the 1960s TV series
  • Shibugaki and Tamao / Dinny and Specs, two of Astro's friends
  • Chief Nakamura / Chief McLaw
  • Inspector Tawashi / Inspector Gumshoe
  • Tobio Tenma / Astor Boynton III/ Toby Boynton / Toby Tenma, the little boy Astro was modeled after, who dies in the first episode
  • Atlas was one of many villains that Astro encountered in his adventures

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