Summary
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!
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Time to watch it all
5 h
12 episodes, about 25 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
First aired
2017
April 15, 2017
Ended 2017
Genres
Sci-Fi & FantasyAnimationDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchThought-Provoking10 people
Takuma TerashimaHiroshi Ochanomizu (voice)12 episodes
Yuichi NakamuraUmataro Tenma (voice)12 episodes
Yuki InoueA10-6 (voice)12 episodes
Mikako KomatsuMotoko Tsutsumi (voice)12 episodes
Yoshino NanjoMaria (voice)12 episodes
Ayane SakuraRan Ochanomizu (voice)12 episodes
Kengo KawanishiShunsaku Ban (voice)12 episodes
Mitsuki SaigaDr. Lolo (voice)12 episodes
Nobuo TobitaKensaku Ban (voice)12 episodes
Takahiro SakuraiMoriya Tsutsumi (voice)12 episodes
Directing · 8
- Fumio Maezono Director, Storyboard Artist
- Hiromichi Matano Director, Storyboard Artist
- Tomohiro Matsukawa Director, Storyboard
- Naoki Matsuura Director
- Satoshi Kuwabara Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kaito Asakura Director, Storyboard Artist
Writing · 3
- Atsuhiro Tomioka Writer
- Shigeru Morita Writer
- Bun-O Fujisawa Writer
Production · 11
- Fuminori Yamazaki Producer
- Kazuaki Takahashi Producer
- Shin'ichi Nakatsuka Producer
- Isao Yoshikuni Producer
- Masato Ishiwata Producer
- Naohiko Furuichi Producer
Camera · 1
- Teppei Sato Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yuki Honda Editor
Sound · 1
- Noriyuki Asakura Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Tatsuo Sato Storyboard Artist, Director, Storyboard
- Hiroshi Kato Art Direction
- Masayoshi Nishida Storyboard Artist
- Satoshi Nishimura Storyboard Artist
Other crew · 92
- Junichi Fujisaku Series Composition, Writer
- Osamu Tezuka Original Concept, Characters
- Takehiro Ishimoto Mechanical Designer, Key Animation
- Takahiro Yoshimatsu Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director
- Bahi JD Opening/Ending Animation, Key Animation
- Yoshino Nanjo Theme Song Performance
Tropes
Atom: The Beginning episodes
1 season · 12 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Birth of the Mighty Atom, 6.5
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