From the TV series of "Astro Boy," three episodes were selected for theater re-edition, "Robot Rocket" (46th episode), "Earth Defense Troops" (56th episode) and "The Last Day of Earth" (71st episode). Of these three, "Earth Defense Troops" was the only one originally derived from Tezuka Osamu's story "Number 7." Its settings were diverted to the "Astro Boy" series. In this film, the whole scene of "Earth Defense Troops" and a part of "The Last Day of Earth" were reproduced in color for this theater version.

(Source: Official site)

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Studios

• Fuji TV
• Mushi Production

Staff

• Yoshitake Suzuki — Script
• Rintarou — Script, Unit Director
• Takaharu Bessho — Production Assistance
• Nobuhiro Okasako — Key Animation
• Osamu Dezaki — In-Between Animation
• Mitsuo Kaminashi — In-Between Animation
• Hideo Nishimaki — In-Between Animation
• Osamu Tezuka — Original Creator, Script Composition
• Masashi Furukawa — Editing
• Eiichi Yamamoto — Script, Unit Director
• Tatsuo Takai — Music
• Shigeru Yamamoto — Key Animation
• Kiyomi Numamoto — In-Between Animation
• Eiji Tanaka — Key Animation
• Kouzou Masanobu — In-Between Animation
• Kanji Akahori — Key Animation
• Matsuo Oono — Sound Director
• Hideaki Kitano — Key Animation
• Atsushi Takagi — Unit Director