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アトム ザ・ビギニング [Atom: The Beginning] #2
Atom: The Beginning, vol. 2
El torneo de robots llega a su clímax cuando Six se enfrenta a Mars, el robot inteligente de la Doctora Lolo. ¿Acaso podrán estos dos seres artificiales entenderse mutuamente? ¿Qué misterios oculta la tecnología de Mars? ¿Dónde acaba la ingeniería... y empieza el alma?
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2015
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July 18, 2019
ATOM - The Beginning series is a prequel to the Astro Boy series by the God of Manga himself, Osamu Tezuka.
Well, I found the artwork by Masami Yuki really endearing and he (or she) does capture the essence of Tezuka's style and artwork while modernizing the story and the style. The character design is nice and the story itself is easy to follow, I'm totally looking forward to the rest of the series!
Well, I found the artwork by Masami Yuki really endearing and he (or she) does capture the essence of Tezuka's style and artwork while modernizing the story and the style. The character design is nice and the story itself is easy to follow, I'm totally looking forward to the rest of the series!
May 8, 2024
La serie continúa a buen nivel. El dibujo toma bien la inspiración de Tezuka pero sin caer en el plagio y los guiones tratan bien el tema de que es lo que nos hace humanos que pesó tanto en la serie original.
March 6, 2025
Every book ends just when it’s getting so good 😭😭
March 20, 2023
Builds out more background, introducing another inventor and his robot North. I think this is more meaningful for fans of the original than for me (have only seen the recent movie and a few, scattered episodes of the original anime show).
To me, we spend too much time on A106's awakening and not enough on developing Tenma and Ochanomisu.
To me, we spend too much time on A106's awakening and not enough on developing Tenma and Ochanomisu.
October 31, 2024
Comme attendu, cette suite commence à révéler une histoire bien plus riche que juste quelques compétitions autour de la construction du meilleur et ça tombe bien, c’est ce que je souhaitais.
L’ambiance est toujours résolument rétro et on adore : le look de Tenma qui rappelle Conan, celui d’Ochanomizu qui rappelle avec son gros nez celui de Tezuka sur la papa d’Astro et même un dernier robot à la fin qui a tout des Fatima de Five Star Stories, c’est vraiment inspiré.
Les auteurs corsent donc l’histoire ici, avec notamment une première partie passionnante qu’on suit à travers le regard et la pensée d’A106 après son combat dévastateur dans l’arène. La thématique du robot développant une pensée fascine depuis longtemps les lecteurs de SF comme moi et assister à cet éveil tâtonnant en direct est extraordinaire. Six est vraiment une belle »personne » et on ressent toutes ses inquiétudes, ses questionnements quant à ce qui se joue. Lui, il est capable de communiquer avec les autres robots et il développe sa conscience ainsi, se rendant compte de manière un peu étrange et liminaire que les humains autour de lui fabriquent quelque chose et ne sont pas si purs. On adore ! Les auteurs sont en train de créer une belle galaxie autour de lui, avec Ran, notamment, dont le nom devrait vous dire quelque chose, qui questionne cette conscience et ce rapport de l’homme au robot comme objet et non être conscient. Hâte de voir cela se poursuivre.
A106, lui, est vraiment en train de devenir ici un personnage à part entière avec ses émotions, ses actions, ses envies. Et finalement les nombreux combats qui émaillent ce tome, et sont très bien mis en scène, sont plus que de simples combats où on prend plaisir à voir des robots se battre, ils sont le champ d’exploration et de fondation de la conscience de ce premier robot-humain. On le voit se construire en direct sous nos yeux.
Pour ne rien gâcher, les combats et l’aventure proposés autour du mystère de la créatrice de robots : Dr Lolo, sont très agréables à suivre. On plonge tête la première dans ce mystère entre sérieux et humour grâce à une joyeuse troupe qui se constitue autour d’A106 et ses créateurs. Les auteurs jouent sur des tropes adolescents : le voyage à la mer ici, pour mieux nous tromper avant d’emprunter des voies plus sombres. Et la rencontre qui survient à la fin est parfaite pour cela, elle ajoute du piment et des secrets à percer. Tel Indiana Jones au pays des robots, on a envie de pénétrer les mystères de cette île singulière.
L’aventure et l’histoire s’intensifient dans ce nouveau tome où l’intrigue démarre et se complexifie. Les questions attendues sur l’intelligence et la conscience robotique sont au rendez-vous et c’est quelque chose d’assister à l’éveil progressif du premier d’entre eux. La série conserve une aura bon enfant due à l’hommage voulu et rendu, et au design retro comic strip, ce qui fait du bien aussi. Je me suis bien prise au jeu en tout cas et je veux connaître la suite désormais !
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L’ambiance est toujours résolument rétro et on adore : le look de Tenma qui rappelle Conan, celui d’Ochanomizu qui rappelle avec son gros nez celui de Tezuka sur la papa d’Astro et même un dernier robot à la fin qui a tout des Fatima de Five Star Stories, c’est vraiment inspiré.
Les auteurs corsent donc l’histoire ici, avec notamment une première partie passionnante qu’on suit à travers le regard et la pensée d’A106 après son combat dévastateur dans l’arène. La thématique du robot développant une pensée fascine depuis longtemps les lecteurs de SF comme moi et assister à cet éveil tâtonnant en direct est extraordinaire. Six est vraiment une belle »personne » et on ressent toutes ses inquiétudes, ses questionnements quant à ce qui se joue. Lui, il est capable de communiquer avec les autres robots et il développe sa conscience ainsi, se rendant compte de manière un peu étrange et liminaire que les humains autour de lui fabriquent quelque chose et ne sont pas si purs. On adore ! Les auteurs sont en train de créer une belle galaxie autour de lui, avec Ran, notamment, dont le nom devrait vous dire quelque chose, qui questionne cette conscience et ce rapport de l’homme au robot comme objet et non être conscient. Hâte de voir cela se poursuivre.
A106, lui, est vraiment en train de devenir ici un personnage à part entière avec ses émotions, ses actions, ses envies. Et finalement les nombreux combats qui émaillent ce tome, et sont très bien mis en scène, sont plus que de simples combats où on prend plaisir à voir des robots se battre, ils sont le champ d’exploration et de fondation de la conscience de ce premier robot-humain. On le voit se construire en direct sous nos yeux.
Pour ne rien gâcher, les combats et l’aventure proposés autour du mystère de la créatrice de robots : Dr Lolo, sont très agréables à suivre. On plonge tête la première dans ce mystère entre sérieux et humour grâce à une joyeuse troupe qui se constitue autour d’A106 et ses créateurs. Les auteurs jouent sur des tropes adolescents : le voyage à la mer ici, pour mieux nous tromper avant d’emprunter des voies plus sombres. Et la rencontre qui survient à la fin est parfaite pour cela, elle ajoute du piment et des secrets à percer. Tel Indiana Jones au pays des robots, on a envie de pénétrer les mystères de cette île singulière.
L’aventure et l’histoire s’intensifient dans ce nouveau tome où l’intrigue démarre et se complexifie. Les questions attendues sur l’intelligence et la conscience robotique sont au rendez-vous et c’est quelque chose d’assister à l’éveil progressif du premier d’entre eux. La série conserve une aura bon enfant due à l’hommage voulu et rendu, et au design retro comic strip, ce qui fait du bien aussi. Je me suis bien prise au jeu en tout cas et je veux connaître la suite désormais !
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March 5, 2023I’m iffy on this series and probably will not continue. It’s not a genre I typically read in, and it’s hard to stay interested in the story. Probably fine for those fond of robots and Sci-fi.
Having read on kindle, I also dislike that the pages go left to right, but the panels are read right to left. I kept swiping the wrong way 😐
Having read on kindle, I also dislike that the pages go left to right, but the panels are read right to left. I kept swiping the wrong way 😐
February 3, 2023
Alucinante en como te plantean el yo y que te hace un humano
April 27, 2023
3.5 ⭐️ por ahora va muy bien, estoy esperando leer los demás tomos >w<
February 8, 2024
No soy una manga girlie pero como disfrute este libroooo. Me da bronca que se lea tan rápido igual, es como que no puedo disfrutarlo
September 4, 2024
Another great addition to this story. Robot stories are always fun.
December 12, 2025
I like the story about the robots. Not sure how this is connected to Astro Boy. Never watched/read that. Maybe that's something I should do.
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!
January 1, 2023
This volume starts with robot Six finishing his battle with robot Mars. After some time rebuilding Six, Hiroshi, Umataro, and several of their friends track down a mysterious island in the Pacific that they think is the base of Dr. Lolo, the mysterious and beautiful handler of Mars. While on the island they are attacked by what look like copies of Mars and eventually meet the enigmatic Count Aaron Bremner, who identifies himself as a roboticist from Scotland. Will he turn out to be a friend or foe? And what does all this have to do with the great disaster that happened five years ago? Stay tuned....
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