The cast of Magma

The cast of Magma

Both of the previous adaptations have hilariously bad English-dub localisations by today's standards. The manga needs an effective English translation as well. This is the first Tezuka Productions and Mushi Production show not to have the old 'Tezuka Star System' as a standard. It is also the first to have links with the alternative fantasy scene.

Jovians and Saturnians are distinct-looking but closely related humanoids who live in Jupiter, Saturn and most their large moons. Both are incredibly adept transformers and can even out-morph the old school Transformers characters by a wide margin!

The cast of characters

(Modern) Magma: Magma has direct predecessors; the shrunken live action Magma behind the scenes, the golden Robot Stuntman from the 1980 Astro Boy series, and Emily's Battle Bot stage father (who bore some similarities to Disney's Tarzan and had green eyes!) from the 2003 series as well. Unlike the forerunners, he has three main transforming purposes: turning into a luge, snowballing into a beast, and the classic example of morphing into a rocket or a UFO. 

(Modern) Goa: Goa has two indirect predecessors (both males), the human-sized versions of manga and live action Goa. Unlike her three cumbersome forerunning counterparts (who are all males), she is a female who has plans to irritate the solar system. When she does irritate the solar system however, she finds out that planet Earth is the worst fit for invasion! 

(Modern) Gaum: Unlike Magma and Maura, Gaum's predecessors are all direct ones. His manga predecessor tended to have antennae hidden within its hair, whereas its live action counterpart had them paired close to the in-built helmet. The OVA version was older in age, even though it retained the helmet-antennae pairing seen in the live action/anime hybrid version. Unlike all previous versions, he ain't the son of Magma at all.

Emily: Although a prototype of her portrayal first appeared in the Astro Boy 2003 episode 'Battle Bot', Emily is a supporting character and a creation of Shinji Seiya. 

Slate: Scheming driver of the 'big purple outer space float', which is the main headquarters for the Solar System subsidiary of Dr C Corp. 

Maura: Magma's daughter.

Lava: Magma's grandfather. 

Asher: A hairy old wizard in Magma's village who is inspired by the Earth Wizard in the manga and two previous adaptations. His inventive yet rather hectic nature would make him a target of the Solar System Pirates. 

Tephra: Basalt's son.

Bae: Youngest of Lava's children and mother to Magma.

Clio: Basalt's wife.

Basalt: Magma's sidekick, who is pretty much bigger, older and slightly more unattractive than the beautiful yellow buddy. However, he and Magma share some certain things in common. He can beat his chest for different purposes.

Obsidian: Grandson to Obsidian the first, the junior is one of the more cunning antagonists turned antiheroes. He is also called the Black Garon. 

Fina: Number One of the Fina-Lina pair from the moon Hyperion.

Lina: Number Two of the Fina-Lina pair from the moon Hyperion.

Elise Murakami: Taurus's mother who got killed by factory robots in Russia. 

Taurus Murakami: A cousin of Reno Hardaway from the Astro Boy 2003 series, Taurus is a largely original character aged 16 years old. He was definitely named after the Roman calendar animal Taurus. 

Andrew Murakami: Taurus's father.

Tattle Tooth: One of the Solar System Pirates, he is indeed inspired by Classic Goa in both manga and live action forms. Unlike the predecessor, he tends to have two main weapons which are a modernised 'caveman' club and a ninja star. 

Ludic: Ludic is younger than Tattle Tooth in age, but has two horns in his head. He is inspired by Skull from old school Power Rangers. 

Deron: The chubby sidekick of Ludic, Deron is a good natured goofball inspired by the old school Power Rangers character Bulk. He is also friends with Emily and Taurus.

Scuttle Weed: Scuttle Weed is a character inspired by the OVA Goa in terms of looks. Being the main antagonist in the series (not by power, but by episode numbers), Scuttle Weed likes to plan an ultimately disappointing invasion of another world in the solar system. He owns the 'little black outer space float' with his fellow pirates. 

Sandstone: Although a prototype of his portrayal appeared in the Astro Boy episode 'Battle Bot' as proto-Emily's 'foster father', Sandstone is one of the most important new characters for the spinoff series. In the Japanese version of his first appearance, the tone of his voice was simply too deep and manly to attract kids. It got replaced in the English version with a witty Massachusetts accent instead. In both versions of 'Battle Bot', he originally had blond hair, albeit much shorter than Magma's.

Fiamme: One of Maura's friends.

Tuff: Magma's rival from Hyperion. Along with his little brother Tuffite, he is one of the Solar System Pirates.

Lapilli: Lapilli comes from the Jovian moon Calisto.

Tuffite: Tuffite is from Hyperion. He is the younger brother of Tuff and Marea.

Stilo: Inspired by the OVA Classic Maura, Stilo intends to retain the red clothing, blond hair and helmet. She is from the Jovian moon Amalthea.

Marea: Inspired by the live action version of Classic Maura, Marea intends to retain the inspiration's metallic clothing and helmet, with the Afro replacing the darker brown live action bouffant instead. She is sister to Tuff and Tuffite.

Sienna: First appearing in the same episode as Sandstone and Emily, Sienna intends to retain her inspiration's bouffant manga hairdo (which is now red instead of light brown!), albeit her own clothing would replace that of the latter.

Coal: A seductive but elderly antagonist inspired by the OVA Goa. He comes from Hyperion.

Limestone: Wimpy and claustrophobic critter friend of Magma.

Windy: Huge and grisly Windy comes from Saturn.