Astro Boy: The Complete Series [5 Discs]

"The pioneering anime series Astro Boy (which was the first manga to be made into an animated television program) gets a new lease on life in this DVD set, which collects episodes from the 2004 revival of the show, created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original incarnation. Astro Boy: The Complete Series features 50 stories from the new version of the show, which follows the adventures of an atomic-powered robot boy who was created by a scientist after the death of his son; the youthful robot has remarkable abilities that he attempts to use for the good of humankind. Astro Boy: The Complete Series includes 29 episodes from the series that were never aired in the United States."