Osama Tezuka, father of anime, created Astro boy. The first anime ever in existence. The story begins with a ordinary boy named Toby who was killed during a car accident. His father (Dr. Boynton) was devastated and decided being the Robot Scientist that he is, to create a robot just like Toby. But this robot is special, he has super human powers, set in the future of
2000, yes that's right, 2000 Astro boy encounters many struggles-- hell whocares! This is set in the future! 2000!! Astro Boy is a classic, he's got my vote.