ATOM: The Beginning manga volume 1 is based on the original work by Osamu Tezuka and features story and art by Tetsuro Kasahara.

ATOM: The Beginning is an original manga based on the God of Manga Osamu Tezuka’s 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.”

ATOM: The Beginning manga volume 2 is based on the original work by Osamu Tezuka and features story and art by Tetsuro Kasahara.

It’s time for Robot Wrestling! Determined to continue the project, engineering students Umatarō and Hiroshi enter their superpowered robot Six into a robot fighting tournament! Standing in their way of the prize money is the undefeated robot Mars and its mysterious creator, Dr. Lolo... can Six defeat the ‘invincible god of war’?

ATOM: The Beginning manga volume 3 is based on the original work by Osamu Tezuka and features story and art by Tetsuro Kasahara.

The mystery continues! After facing down Mars at the Robot Wrestling competition, our plucky heroes have continued to investigate the deadly robot’s enigmatic creator Dr. Lolo, tracing her whereabouts to a mysterious military instillation on an isolated island… what deadly terrors and buried secrets will they discover there?

ATOM: The Beginning manga volume 4 is based on the original work by Osamu Tezuka and features story and art by Tetsuro Kasahara.

The military base was indeed holding secrets — as Six and his human friends face down the terrifying military robot Ivan, our robot with a heart of gold hears a strange cry for help from the sentinel soldier…