Teaser Trailer for the “Astro Boy Reboot” TV series by Mediawan/Method Animation, Shibuya Productions, and Tezuka Productions. The trailer was created sometime in 2024 and was shown at the 2024 Annecy Festival.
Teaser Trailer for the “Astro Boy Reboot” TV series by Mediawan/Method Animation, Shibuya Productions, and Tezuka Productions. The trailer was created sometime in 2024 and was shown at the 2024 Annecy Festival.
A new Astro Boy TV series has been in development for over 14 years now. A new Astro Boy TV series usually gets created every 20 years (as evident in the 1960s and 1980s anime). This time, Tezuka Productions decide to co-produce the “Astro Boy Reboot” with France due to the countries’ love of Osamu Tezuka’s works.
The series was first announced in 2014 as a 2D series. [The first teaser trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z240pys_D4A) was uploaded in 2015. For a few years, concept art and information has been shared in a few conferences and conventions. PatMac did a good video where he covered the original version [that begins at the 29:50 mark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYqszz8rMQQ) of the video.
On July 2, 2025, TFOU (TF1’s French children’s program block) revealed that the Astro Boy Reboot decided to redesign Atom/Astro Boy. On February 6, 2026, it was announced that the [Astro Boy Reboot would arrive sometime in Q3 2027](https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=astro+boy+reboot) with Nicholas Hess as the show’s new director and written by Louis- David Delahaye.
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A new Astro Boy TV series has been in development for over 14 years now. A new Astro Boy TV series usually gets created every 20 years (as evident in the 1960s and 1980s anime). This time, Tezuka Productions decide to co-produce the “Astro Boy Reboot” with France due to the countries’ love of Osamu Tezuka’s works.
The series was first announced in 2014 as a 2D series. [The first teaser trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z240pys_D4A) was uploaded in 2015. For a few years, concept art and information has been shared in a few conferences and conventions. PatMac did a good video where he covered the original version [that begins at the 29:50 mark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYqszz8rMQQ) of the video.
News on the Astro Boy Reboot wouldn’t resurface until [Spring 2022](https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/miraculous-astroboy-method-shibuya-mediawan-1235296063/) when the series was suddenly shifted to CGI. Thomas Astruc (creator of Miraculous Ladybug) was originally going to be the show’s director but [dropped out due to “Creative Differences”.](https://xcancel.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1980739065935983056#m)
During the 2024 Annecy Festival, Mediawan and Tezuka Productions shared a first look at Astro’s CGI design with [TF1 and ZDF contributing to the show’s development.](https://comicbook.com/anime/news/astro-boy-reboot-first-look/)
On July 2, 2025, TFOU (TF1’s French children’s program block) revealed that the Astro Boy Reboot decided to redesign Atom/Astro Boy. On February 6, 2026, it was announced that the [Astro Boy Reboot would arrive sometime in Q3 2027](https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=astro+boy+reboot) with Nicholas Hess as the show’s new director and written by Louis- David Delahaye.