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Atom: The Beginning

Atom: The Beginning

20175.41 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!

Created by Osamu Tezuka
Written by Osamu Tezuka, Tetsuro Kasahara, Masami Yuki
Produced by Naohiko Furuichi, Isao Yoshikuni, Fuminori Yamazaki
NetworksNHK G

Top Cast

Takuma Terashima

Takuma Terashima

Hiroshi Ochanomizu (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Umataro Tenma (voice)

Yuki Inoue

Yuki Inoue

A10-6 (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

Mikako Komatsu

Motoko Tsutsumi (voice)

Yoshino Nanjo

Yoshino Nanjo

Maria (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Ayane Sakura

Ran Ochanomizu (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Kengo Kawanishi

Shunsaku Ban (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga

Mitsuki Saiga

Dr. Lolo (voice)

Nobuo Tobita

Nobuo Tobita

Kensaku Ban (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Moriya Tsutsumi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

androidprequelmecharobotanimeosamu tezukaastro boy

About Atom: The Beginning

Atom: The Beginning is a sci-fi & fantasy, animation, drama series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of android, prequel, mecha, robot, anime, osamu tezuka. Created by Osamu Tezuka, it stars Takuma Terashima, Yuichi Nakamura, Yuki Inoue. Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!

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