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Article: SEGA Propels ''Astro Boy'' to U.S. on Playstation 2 & GBA; Partners with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Tezuka Productions; Yuji Naka to Supervise PS2 Development at Sonic Team.
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- January 27, 2004
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Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004
SEGA(R) of America, Inc. today announced a partnership with Sony Pictures Consumer Products to bring Tezuka Productions' legendary Japanese comic Astro Boy(TM) to life on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Game Boy(R) Advance. Astro Boy, created by Osamu Tezuka in 1951, is one of the most recognized characters in Japanese animation and is poised to captivate television audiences as the star of a brand-new animated series on Kids' WB!
The console version of "Astro Boy(TM)," created exclusively for the PlayStation 2, is currently in development ...