It’s not often that we cover Animated movies over here, but with the UK release of Astro-Boy, how can we not!?

E1 Entertainment are releasing the DVD/BL on May 31st and with its die hard audience and now Hollywood connections (dubbed by; Sam Jackson, Kirsten Bell, Nicholas Cage and Freddy Highmore). Special Features include;

Two all new animated sequences (‘Astro vs. The Junkyard Pirates’ and The RFF in ‘The New Recruit’); Inside The Recording Studio; Designing A Hero; Building Metro City; Getting The Astro Boy Look; Image Gallery; Creating A Global Icon; Dolby 5.1 audio; optional English subtitles for the hard of hearing.

And to celebrate the release of Astro Boy, we’ve been provided with some behind the scenes footage from the movie so you can check them out here; Clip One, Clip Two and Clip Three.