(W) Osamu Tezuka; Tetsuro Kasahara; Masami Yuuki ATOM: The Beginning is an aesthetically striking series that blazes its own trail and also speaks to fans of the iconic Astro Boy and God of Manga Osamu Tezuka. Its a story chock-full of both heart and humor for fans of action-packed science fiction, robots, and manga.ATOM: The Beginning is an original manga based on the God of Manga Osamu Tezukas world-famous series Astro Boy. It works both as a prequel to the original series, telling the stories of the developers of the artificial intelligence that would eventually give birth to the iconic Atom, and as a stand-alone sci-fi manga about the turbulent lives of two robotic engineering students and their latest revolutionary project: the unassuming yet insanely strong A106, or Six. 9781787739574