Looking for some manga on the go? How about Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy? I bet you were expecting me to say Bleach or Lucky Star, weren't you?

Well, thanks to the people at Tezuka Productions and the eminent Fred Schodt, we'll be getting a new app in the iPhone store enttiled "Weekly Astro Boy Magazine," which will feature chapters of Phoenix, Black Jack and Astro Boy. The first volume will be free, followed by $0.99 per chapter of the magazine.

So not only are we getting manga on the go, but essentially three Tezuka classics at once! Hot damn, this is exciting. While I'm not one of the many legion of iPhone users (although I am looking forward to the Motorola Droid!), I'd plop down my money in an instant on this.

They've gone ahead and launched a site for the app, but it's still just a teaser at the moment. I am expecting all you iPhone people to buy this. I will be severely disappointed when I check your phones and see it's not there.