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Highmore lends voice to 'Astro Boy'


February 29, 2008 Freddie Highmore will voice the title role in "Astro Boy," a computer-animated feature from Imagi Studios. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the "Astro Boy" franchise began as an original animated television series that aired in Japan during the 1960s. Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi's "Astro Boy" tells the story of a young robot created by a scientist to replace the son he lost.

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