Fifty years after his creation, Astro Boy continues to lead the manga and anime charge, his adventures still as fresh and exciting as when first crafted by master storyteller/cartoonist/animator Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy is packed with action, laughs, and genuine emotion, interlacing fantastic situations with timeless themes and wry observances about technology, war, and the human condition. In this volume: wild animals mysteriously fight back against industrial development; intelligent lizard-creatures threaten to enslave mankind; a feud between two scientists is played out tragically through their robot families; and explosive Astro Boy balloons wreak havoc in Tokyo!