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アトム ザ・ビギニング [Atom: The Beginning] #3
Atom: The beginning 03
Las cosas se complican para Umataro y Hiroshi: después de una inspección sorpresa con no muy buenos resultados, alguien intenta secuestrarlos. Por suerte, una joven con su propio robot los rescata. ¿pero eso significa que están a salvo? ¡Sigue disfrutando la precuela de Astroboy!
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2016
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May 25, 2024
Bueno, se van acumulando misterios y combinado con escenas de acción muy bien planteadas. Por ahora la serie es entretenida y se lee con agrado.
December 8, 2024
Après deux tomes pour planter le décor, voici celui qui lance l’intrigue et quel lancement !
Entre humour, action et réflexions philosophiques sur les robots, ce fut une lecture vivifiante où je me suis régalée de suivre les aventures de A106 et ses créateurs. Les auteurs font enfin vraiment démarrer l’intrigue avec une espèce de complot international visant ou utilisant les robots et cela s’annonce passionnant. Mystères et action sont au rendez-vous avec cette catastrophe qui a eu lieu il y a 5 ans mais aussi avec nos héros qui mettent le nez dedans et déclenchent bien sûr des réactions du camp adverse. Tout reste encore à découvrir mais j’ai hâte d’y plonger moi aussi.
Cette lecture fut donc pleine de vie, entre les scènes d’action où nos héros et leur robot sont en danger et ripostent et celles où ils discutent avec d’autres scientifiques de leur conception de ce qu’est ou devrait être un robot. Deux philosophies s’affrontent dans le fond, ceux qui voient en lui un objet utilitaire et ceux qui veulent y voir une nouvelle forme d’intelligence à leur niveau voire plus. Cela s’annonce passionnant et ça l’est déjà un peu !
J’ai beaucoup aimé la vivacité du trait et le dynamisme du découpage des auteurs. C’est rond, pop, rétro. Il y a à la fois un côté Tezuka, Astro oblige, et Gosho Aoyama, pour le côté Conan, et étrangement cela fonctionne très bien alors que les deux univers sont assez éloignés. L’humour est simple mais percutant. L’action à base de robots qui se combattent et de véhiculent transformés pour l’occasion est aussi très efficace avec ses allures de polar noir à l’ancienne où les noirs sont particulièrement accentué. Cela me rappelle un peu le vieux dessin animé Cybersix, pour les connaisseurs 😉
Très bonne lecture que celle-ci où l’intrigue décolle, se complexifie et ouvre de nouveaux horizons. Quand philosophie robotique et action se retrouvent, cela donne un mélange explosif plein de réflexions et de combats où on se plaît à voir A106 évoluer en direct sous nos yeux et ceux de ses créateurs. J’ai hâte de poursuivre l’aventure.
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Entre humour, action et réflexions philosophiques sur les robots, ce fut une lecture vivifiante où je me suis régalée de suivre les aventures de A106 et ses créateurs. Les auteurs font enfin vraiment démarrer l’intrigue avec une espèce de complot international visant ou utilisant les robots et cela s’annonce passionnant. Mystères et action sont au rendez-vous avec cette catastrophe qui a eu lieu il y a 5 ans mais aussi avec nos héros qui mettent le nez dedans et déclenchent bien sûr des réactions du camp adverse. Tout reste encore à découvrir mais j’ai hâte d’y plonger moi aussi.
Cette lecture fut donc pleine de vie, entre les scènes d’action où nos héros et leur robot sont en danger et ripostent et celles où ils discutent avec d’autres scientifiques de leur conception de ce qu’est ou devrait être un robot. Deux philosophies s’affrontent dans le fond, ceux qui voient en lui un objet utilitaire et ceux qui veulent y voir une nouvelle forme d’intelligence à leur niveau voire plus. Cela s’annonce passionnant et ça l’est déjà un peu !
J’ai beaucoup aimé la vivacité du trait et le dynamisme du découpage des auteurs. C’est rond, pop, rétro. Il y a à la fois un côté Tezuka, Astro oblige, et Gosho Aoyama, pour le côté Conan, et étrangement cela fonctionne très bien alors que les deux univers sont assez éloignés. L’humour est simple mais percutant. L’action à base de robots qui se combattent et de véhiculent transformés pour l’occasion est aussi très efficace avec ses allures de polar noir à l’ancienne où les noirs sont particulièrement accentué. Cela me rappelle un peu le vieux dessin animé Cybersix, pour les connaisseurs 😉
Très bonne lecture que celle-ci où l’intrigue décolle, se complexifie et ouvre de nouveaux horizons. Quand philosophie robotique et action se retrouvent, cela donne un mélange explosif plein de réflexions et de combats où on se plaît à voir A106 évoluer en direct sous nos yeux et ceux de ses créateurs. J’ai hâte de poursuivre l’aventure.
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March 23, 2023
This fast-paced prequel to Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy is a fun read. By now we are immersed in the story, so it's not a good place to start, continuing directly from volume 2 and ending with a cliffhanger for volume 4. There are a lot of wordless panels full of robot action. When the action slows down, there are some interesting discussions about the nature of AI that are very relevant in today's world. Will robots like Six be helpful or a menace to humans?
March 23, 2023
We get introduced to two things, the North robot, and the mystery of what caused a disaster years ago.
May 22, 2023
4⭐️ ok, ame pero luego no entiendo muy bien cuando se pasan varias hojas hablando de cómo funcionan los robots pero 6 anda potente 👻
June 2, 2024
Misteries pile up, amazing action, and thrilling foreshadowing...
July 11, 2025
id say this is the first volume where things reeeeally get good
December 12, 2025
I am so fascinated by all the technology in this. There are so many fascinating ideas inspired by real things.
Atom: the Beginning Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I started this manga series because the first volume’s cover has a robot with a kitten. I knew nothing about this going in, and I’m so glad that cover caught my eye. This was so good!
This series is technically a prequel series to the 50s manga called Astro Boy, which became well known for being the first anime ever. I’ve never watched or read Astro Boy, but it turns out that’s not necessary to understand this series. I might try reading Astro Boy at some point, because I’m curious how anime got started, but I also don’t want to accidentally spoil anything from this series since this is a prequel.
In this story, we follow a bunch of college kids who are part of their college’s robotics program. They’re all part of different research teams, trying to create unique and interesting robotic projects in order to get more funding from the school. We’re following the team with the least amount of funding as they try to work around budget constraints to create robots that will earn them more funding in the future.
What sets our team apart from the rest is that they want to create a robot that doesn’t just perform tasks and follow programming. They want to make a robot that will have a consciousness and heart. Everyone else thinks they’re crazy, but they go ahead with the project anyways, because they’re so passionate about it that they don’t care about anyone else’s opinions.
The robot they end up creating is the one from the first volume cover, although they have a few other smaller projects as well, such as the kitten robot. They name their robot Six, because he’s their sixth attempt at a robot with a heart. I fell in love with Six from the very first moment I saw him on the page. He’s so kind, and just wants to help people and make friends with everyone.
As the story goes on, we learn that most people who build robots want to create robots that can fight. This seems to be the priority for most engineers, which really makes Six stand out as something different. I’m not sure how this connects to Astro Boy’s plot, and if we’re going to meet any of its original characters or villains, so I can’t speak on that. There are a few notes at the end of each volume which talk about how certain robots we meet are taken directly from Astro Boy, so that helps a bit. But I don’t really know what any of it means for the story.
What continued to be the most compelling part of this story as I kept reading is the commentary on AI. Most of the people seen as villainous or at least a little morally gray don’t seem to care how their robots function in terms of AI, as long as they get the job done. This unfortunately results in a lot of hurt where it probably wasn’t necessary.
Six is the first to point this out in every situation, and he does his best to try and help the other robots learn from their mistakes. He has an interesting way of communicating with other robots via unspoken signals, which he uses to try and help robots learn to have a heart and be kind like him. With all the talk about ethical/unethical uses of AI here in the real world, I really felt this so hard. AI is such a wonderful tool, but unfortunately it’s the kind of technology where people can also choose to do awful things with it, such as stealing art, with little effort.
I recently learned that this manga is actually a reverse adaptation of an anime with the same name that’s been airing. I don’t know how far into the story the anime is, and how caught up the manga is to the show, so I’ve been avoiding it until I can figure that out without accidentally spoiling myself. I’m dodging spoilers left and right with this one, because I have to avoid this anime as well as Astro Boy…and apparently there’s another connected anime/manga called Pluto which might also spoil me on the story. When this series is complete, I’ll go watch/read everything else I’m missing out on, because I’m really loving these characters and this world.
If you’re a fan of Astro Boy or Pluto I definitely recommend giving this one a try, and then come back here and tell me if I can start either of those without spoiling myself for this series. If you know nothing about either of those, I recommend giving this series a try if it sounds interesting, because I’m having a blast with it despite not knowing anything about the original source material.
Random aside to myself: Does that one kid look a lot like Joey from Yu-gi-oh, or am I just going crazy? Update: I checked and yeah, they look like they could be twins. Wow. Maybe Joey’s design was based on his design? Which character design came first? The timeline is too confusing. help
Have a nice day/night everyone!
Atom: the Beginning Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I started this manga series because the first volume’s cover has a robot with a kitten. I knew nothing about this going in, and I’m so glad that cover caught my eye. This was so good!
This series is technically a prequel series to the 50s manga called Astro Boy, which became well known for being the first anime ever. I’ve never watched or read Astro Boy, but it turns out that’s not necessary to understand this series. I might try reading Astro Boy at some point, because I’m curious how anime got started, but I also don’t want to accidentally spoil anything from this series since this is a prequel.
In this story, we follow a bunch of college kids who are part of their college’s robotics program. They’re all part of different research teams, trying to create unique and interesting robotic projects in order to get more funding from the school. We’re following the team with the least amount of funding as they try to work around budget constraints to create robots that will earn them more funding in the future.
What sets our team apart from the rest is that they want to create a robot that doesn’t just perform tasks and follow programming. They want to make a robot that will have a consciousness and heart. Everyone else thinks they’re crazy, but they go ahead with the project anyways, because they’re so passionate about it that they don’t care about anyone else’s opinions.
The robot they end up creating is the one from the first volume cover, although they have a few other smaller projects as well, such as the kitten robot. They name their robot Six, because he’s their sixth attempt at a robot with a heart. I fell in love with Six from the very first moment I saw him on the page. He’s so kind, and just wants to help people and make friends with everyone.
As the story goes on, we learn that most people who build robots want to create robots that can fight. This seems to be the priority for most engineers, which really makes Six stand out as something different. I’m not sure how this connects to Astro Boy’s plot, and if we’re going to meet any of its original characters or villains, so I can’t speak on that. There are a few notes at the end of each volume which talk about how certain robots we meet are taken directly from Astro Boy, so that helps a bit. But I don’t really know what any of it means for the story.
What continued to be the most compelling part of this story as I kept reading is the commentary on AI. Most of the people seen as villainous or at least a little morally gray don’t seem to care how their robots function in terms of AI, as long as they get the job done. This unfortunately results in a lot of hurt where it probably wasn’t necessary.
Six is the first to point this out in every situation, and he does his best to try and help the other robots learn from their mistakes. He has an interesting way of communicating with other robots via unspoken signals, which he uses to try and help robots learn to have a heart and be kind like him. With all the talk about ethical/unethical uses of AI here in the real world, I really felt this so hard. AI is such a wonderful tool, but unfortunately it’s the kind of technology where people can also choose to do awful things with it, such as stealing art, with little effort.
I recently learned that this manga is actually a reverse adaptation of an anime with the same name that’s been airing. I don’t know how far into the story the anime is, and how caught up the manga is to the show, so I’ve been avoiding it until I can figure that out without accidentally spoiling myself. I’m dodging spoilers left and right with this one, because I have to avoid this anime as well as Astro Boy…and apparently there’s another connected anime/manga called Pluto which might also spoil me on the story. When this series is complete, I’ll go watch/read everything else I’m missing out on, because I’m really loving these characters and this world.
If you’re a fan of Astro Boy or Pluto I definitely recommend giving this one a try, and then come back here and tell me if I can start either of those without spoiling myself for this series. If you know nothing about either of those, I recommend giving this series a try if it sounds interesting, because I’m having a blast with it despite not knowing anything about the original source material.
Random aside to myself: Does that one kid look a lot like Joey from Yu-gi-oh, or am I just going crazy? Update: I checked and yeah, they look like they could be twins. Wow. Maybe Joey’s design was based on his design? Which character design came first? The timeline is too confusing. help
Have a nice day/night everyone!
July 19, 2019
The story is rather engaging, I'm impressed by the artwork, will look forward to the sequels!
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