History Manga / AtomTheBeginning

* [[spoiler:AlternateTimeline]]: [[spoiler:What the truth of the story winds up being many volumes into the story: after the time travel arc in the original Astro Boy, there was a PointOfDivergence as the original Ochanomizu ceased his efforts in robotics to search for Astro/Tobio, causing the evolution of robotics technology to slow to crawl compared to the original timeline. Because of this shift in history, people would wind up being born much later in the timeline than they originally were, including ''this'' version of Hiroshi & Umatarou (as well as Umatarou's future wife and Tobio's mother, Hoshie), as well as the advent of advanced robotics (including sentience & personality) happening in a much earlier state of robotics than it should have been]].

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Monthly HERO'S'' magazine on December 1, 2014 but moved to the digital ''Comiplex'' service with the rest of ''HERO'S'' manga in 2020. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the spring 2017 anime broadcasting season by Creator/Signal.MD (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Monthly HERO'S'' magazine on December 1, 2014 but moved to the digital ''Comiplex'' service with the rest of ''HERO'S'' manga in 2020. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the spring 2017 anime broadcasting season by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]] (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Monthly HERO'S'' magazine on December 1, 2014 but moved to the digital ''Comiplex'' service with the rest of ''HERO'S'' manga in 2020. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]] (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

However, two young postgrad students at the Nerima University advanced robotics department plan to reach yet unheard of achievements in robotics. The result of their research is the "Bewußtsein System" - a new take on the concept of AI, where rather than developing an artificial "intelligence", but rather an artificial "awareness". They believe that this will allow robots to form actual feelings and thoughts on their own accord without further human input. In short, the system would give robots "hearts". To this end, they created the A10 series of robots in order to test the system, with the newest one in the series being the android A106, often simply called "Six". But the two young researchers don't exactly see eye to eye on ''what'' they're trying to accomplish with the Bewußtsein System.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Not too far in the future]], but [[{{Prequel}} just before]] a certain robot was made, Japan was nearly decimated in a gigantic catastrophe of unknown origin. However, five years later, the country is well on its way to recovery - thanks to huge leaps in robotics technology. Indeed, robots are now a part of everyday life and the populace has been caught in a literal robo-craze. But despite the advancements, robots are not humanity's partners, nor even servants - by the end, they're just heartless tools.

* [[spoiler:AlternateTimeline]]: [[spoiler:What the truth of the story winds up being many volumes into the story: after the time travel arc in the original Astro Boy, there was a PointofDivergence as the original Ochanomizu ceased his efforts in robotics to search for Astro/Tobio, causing the evolution of robotics technology to slow to crawl compared to the original timeline. Because of this shift in history, people would wind up being born much later in the timeline than they originally were, including ''this'' version of Hiroshi & Umatarou (as well as Umatarou's future wife and Tobio's mother, Hoshie), as well as the advent of advanced robotics (including sentience & personality) happening in a much earlier state of robotics than it should have been]].

* AfterTheEnd: An unexplained disaster laid waste to Japan's cities, leaving a metaphorical dead forest of concrete and steel that still stands even five years later. However, [[CosyCatastrophe it didn't take long for mankind to pick up afterwards]].

* WhamEpisode: The end of volume 7. [[spoiler: Ochanomizu is revealed to be a DecompositeCharacter, with the older "Granpa Ochanomizu" being the father of modern robotics, and possibly the one in Astroboy and Hiroshi Ochanomizu being the creator of 106. Furthermore, the Scara Time Travel arc is shown to have been already happened, with both Ochanomizu's obsession for robotics stemming from the brief period Prime!Astroboy spent with the elder one]].

* [[WhamEpisode]]. The end of volume 7. [[spoiler: Ochanomizu is revealed to be a DecompositeCharacter, with the older "Granpa Ochanomizu" being the father of modern robotics, and possibly the one in Astroboy and Hiroshi Ochanomizu being the creator of 106. Furthermore, the Scara Time Travel arc is shown to have been already happened, with both Ochanomizu's obsession for robotics stemming from the brief period Prime!Astroboy spent with the elder one]].

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Monthly HERO'S'' magazine on December 1, 2014 but moved to the digital ''Comiplex'' service with the rest of ''HERO'S'' manga in 2020. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]] (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Website/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Several characters that appear during the Mecha City parade in episode 1 do so much earlier than in the manga. This includes Six's opponents from the Robot Gladiators games, Dr. Lolo, Ran, and both Bans.

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''Monthly HERO'S'' magazine on December 1, 2014 but moved to the digital ''[=ComiPre=]'' service with the rest of ''HERO'S'' manga in 2020. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]] (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Website/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Monthly Hero's magazine on December 1, 2014. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]] (''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie''). It is available for streaming via [[Website/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Motoko's growing infatuation with Ochanomizu stems from this. She was able to wrap men around her finger in the past, but the kindhearted, big-nosed student remains elusive to her (with is either because he [[ObliviousToLove can't take a hint]] or outside circumstances).

''Atom: The Beginning'' is an ScienceFiction {{Manga}} series, and a prequel to [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' series, written by Makoto Tezuka and illustrated by Tetsuro Kasahara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Monthly Hero's magazine on December 1, 2014. It received an AnimatedAdaptation that premiered as part of the Spring2017Anime broadcasting season. It is available for streaming via [[Website/{{Amazon}} Amazon's]] Anime Strike service.

* CreatorCameo: After the Rain, who performs the anime's opening theme, appear as minor characters in episode 4.

* PunnyName: Two puns in one: the cat's name is F14, like the [[CoolPlane Grumman F-14]] '''[[CoolPlane Tomcat]]''' [[CoolPlane fighter aircraft]]. Hiroshi noticed the pun first and nicknamed him "Tom" because of it, but Ran however named him that way because [[MeaningfulName that's the date she and Hiroshi adopted him]] (February 14th).

However, two young postgrad students at the Nerima University advanced robotics department plan to reach yet unheard of achievements in robotics. The result of their research is the "Bewußtsein System" - a new take on the concept of AI, where rather than developing an artificial "intelligence", but rather an artificial "awareness". They believe that this will allows robots to form actual feelings and thoughts on their own accord without further human input. In short, the system would give robots "hearts". To this end, they created the A10 series of robots in order to test the system, with the newest one in the series being the android A106, often simply called "Six". But the two young researchers don't exactly see eye to eye on ''what'' they're trying to accomplish with the Bewußtsein System.

* CrestorCameo: After the Rain, who performs the anime's opening theme, appear as minor characters in episode 4.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: It turns out that Dr. Lolo is Motoya.]]

* MyEyesAreLeaking: The anime's opening song, "Indecipherable", talks about a being slowly gaining the capacity for emotions and describing a large amount of incomprehensible data flowing out of them. It makes it clearer near the end of the chorus, where the "[[TitleDrop indecipherable]] flows out of their cheeks.

* PunnyName: Two puns in one: the cat's name is F14, like the [[CoolPlane Grumman F-14]] '''[[CoolPlane Tomcat]]''' [[CoolPlane fighter aircraft]]. Hiroshi noticed the pun first and nicknamed him "Tom" because of it, but Ran however named him that way because [[MeaningfulName that's the date she and Hiroshi adopted him]] (February 14th).
* WhyAmILeaking: The anime's opening song, "Indecipherable", talks about a being slowly gaining the capacity for emotions and describing a large amount of incomprehensible data flowing out of them. It makes it clearer near the end of the chorus, where the "[[TitleDrop indecipherable]] flows out of their cheeks.

* PunnyName: Two puns in one: the cat's name is F14, like the [[CoolPlane Grumman F-14]] '''[[CoolPlane Tomcat]]''' [[CoolPlane fighter aircraft]]. Hiroshi noticed the pun first and nicknamed him "Tom" because of it, but Ran however named him that way because [[MeaningfulName that's the date she and Hiroshi adopted him]] (February 14th).

* EarlyBirdCameo: Several character that appear during the Mecha City parade in episode 1 do so much earlier than in the manga. This includes Six's opponents from the Robot Gladiators games, Dr. Lolo, Ran, and both Bans.

* GagNose: Indeed, even in his younger years, Ochanomizu's nose is pretty dang huge, though not as much as in his golden years. Tenma, too, does exhibit an above-average schnoz, though not nearly as much as his lab partner.