Animoca Brands launches two mobile games based on Japanese cartoon Astro Boy

Animoca Brands is announcing two mobile games based on Astro Boy, a famous anime and manga cartoon series from Japan.

For Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands, a spin-off from mobile-game maker Animoca, brands have become a necessity. They draw in fans of the entertainment properties, and they also help games stand out from a million other apps in the ultra-competitive app stores.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.