He discovers the "Superbook" which can send him through time to visit the biblical eras.

The android boy fashioned after Tobio Tenma (Astor Boynton III in the B/W American translation) by his father, the head of the Institute of Science in the year 2000. Aside from possessing the strength of 100,000 horsepower (later 1,000,000) and the kind personality of a child, he has what are called his "seven amazing powers": jet-powered flight, multilingualism, analytical skills, headlight eyes, super-sensitive hearing, hidden weapons in his back and the ability to tell if a person's good or evil. In addition he has a built-in geiger counter and shortwave communication system.

The main character of the story.  He believes that it is possible for there to be peace between animals and humans alike if given a chance to understand each other. 

The main leader of the children. A game of hide and seek seems to be going well for Justin and his friends, when suddenly all three are caught up in a terrible thunder storm. Justin notices a seemingly ordinary house for them to all take shelter in, little do they know that this house is anything but &quot;ordinary.&quot;

Horus was saved from a village being destroyed by his grandfather when he was a baby, who fled the burning village in a boat. Horus has since lived in a run down boat-made-house on the river shoreline. Horus has lived a very hard life, since the area is full of dangerous animals such as wolves. It is his savagery, from living such a hard life, that allows him to kill the Pike that a group of grown men could not, and it is his own desperate loneliness through which he can identify with Hilda, and try to help her overcome her own suffering.

_For the English dub, his name was changed to Hols._

A young boy from a mountain village. He has the habit of saying &#039;Yoisho!&#039;.

Astro's cybernetic sister in the manga and anime series Astro Boy, as well as its many adaptions. She is a superhuman android with a naive, tomboyish personality.

She is the third robot addition to Astro's family, the first two being his parents. Uran is an extremely mischievous little girl who constantly lands her older brother in trouble. While lacking Astro's weaponry and propulsion systems, she is extremely powerful.

Like Astro, she is fully capable of experiencing human emotions (although she is somewhat immature), by being naughty or disobedient, even annoying.   

__2003 Series:__

Uran reappears in the 2003 series with the name Zoran, with a slightly altered look, including a more appropiate dress in order to appeal to more western audiences. She still retains her tomboyish personality and cheekiness, however is shown to be more adventurous (which instead often puts her in trouble). She is given the ability to communicate with animals and befriends a bird which she names Houdini, however is often jealous of her brother's powers (such as the ability to fly, as well as his popularity).

Jack is conned into trading his family's prize cow for a handful of beans, he plants them and discovers they produce a magical vine that rises through the clouds.

Killed both King and Queen of the Cloud Kingdom and casted a spell on Princess Margaret to make her marry her son, Tulip, so she can become the new Queen.

Billie Lou Watt

Characters