Atom: The Beginning

Synopsis

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!

Cast

Takuma Terashima

Hiroshi Ochanomizu (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Umataro Tenma (voice)

Yuki Inoue

A10-6 (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

Motoko Tsutsumi (voice)

Yoshino Nanjo

Maria (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Ran Ochanomizu (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Shunsaku Ban (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga

Dr. Lolo (voice)

Nobuo Tobita

Kensaku Ban (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Moriya Tsutsumi (voice)

Crew

Art

• Hiroshi Kato Art Direction
• Asuna Imahashi Prop Designer
• Hiroumi Yoshida Prop Designer
• mebachi Prop Designer

Camera

• Teppei Sato Director of Photography

Crew

• Masahiro Murakami Special Effects

Directing

• Katsuyuki Motohiro Series Director

Editing

• Yuki Honda Editor

Production

• Naohiko Furuichi Producer
• Isao Yoshikuni Producer
• Fuminori Yamazaki Producer
• Mariko Satou Producer
• Kazuaki Takahashi Producer
• Masato Ishiwata Producer
• Shin'ichi Nakatsuka Producer
• Nobuko Irie Producer

Sound

• Yoshikazu Iwanami Sound Director
• Yoshino Nanjo Theme Song Performance
• Soraru Theme Song Performance
• Noriyuki Asakura Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Shinobu Tsuneki Mechanical Designer
• Takehiro Ishimoto Mechanical Designer
• Takahiro Yoshimatsu Character Designer
• Shinichi Miyazaki Mechanical Designer
• Bahi JD Opening/Ending Animation
• Keisuke Mori Opening/Ending Animation
• Itsuki Tsuchigami Opening/Ending Animation
• Hakuyu Go Opening/Ending Animation
• Takaaki Kanno CGI Director
• Miho Tanaka Color Designer

Writing

• Osamu Tezuka Original Concept
• Tetsuro Kasahara Comic Book
• Osamu Tezuka Characters
• Masami Yuki Original Story
• Junichi Fujisaku Series Composition

Seasons & episodes