Astro Boy

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.” *Source: Titan Comics, Vol. 1*

In the future, robotics will greatly help humans get rid of the most tedious tasks. But as the technology evolves and more robots are themselves aware of their condition, it does not take long until they rebel against their creators. A war breaks out. But in the midst of this conflict, there Tobio, a young boy who is fed up with the situation--and then one day he discovers that he himself is a robot...

A collection of Tetsuwan Atom short stories.

Astro Boy time-slips to the 20th century! A rocket explosion sends him from the year 2017 to 1969! With his energy dwindling, can he return to his own world?

Compilation of various Astro Boy side stories from different publications that were first published in 1964 to 1981.

Reading the “Tetsuwan Atom” (popularized in America as “Astro Boy”) comic book with his dad is Tsugio’s one refuge from merciless school bullies. And even then, without a single friend, Tsugio can’t catch a break. One day he finds an abandoned kitten, and names it after the robot hero to convince his family to keep it. But after a strange encounter with aliens honeymooning on Earth, Tsugio’s shocked to find his cat can speak – and has all of Astro Boy’s powers! Sworn to secrecy, Tsugio and Earth’s tiniest hero find themselves entangled with demonic cats, pirate ghosts, a crime syndicate, and more! (Source: eManga)

In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. (Source: VIZ Media)

A tribute comic.

"Captain Atom" is a science fiction Manga whose theme is the coexistence and conflict between humans and aliens from another planet. The character "Atom" made his debut in this work. The setting is the future Earth. One day, a large number of aliens from "another Earth" descend to the Earth. This "other Earth" was exactly the same as the Earth had been in the past: it had Japan, the United States and other countries where creatures just like human beings lived. But the "other Earth" was completely destroyed by an explosion and its former inhabitants have since been wandering in space for thousands of years aboard a spaceship. At first, Earthlings welcome the aliens from the other Earth, but they soon begin to fight when the Earth is severely hit by famine. Alien hunting becomes rampant, and humans and aliens face a crisis of a full-scale war. Then comes ATom, a humanoid robot. Atom visits the spaceship alone to negotiate with the aliens. Will he succeed? (Source: tezukaosamu.net)

A new version of Tetsuwan Atom serialized in Shougaku Ninensei, aimed at younger children and following the setting of the 1980 anime adaptation.

This new line of Edu-Manga (Educational Manga) features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Osamu Tezuka's prolific output and his pioneering techniques and genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga" and "the god of manga." He is widely credited as the most influential animator in Japan and, indeed, his career parallels the rise of the Japanese animation industry.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Akio Morita, the co-founder and former chairman of the Sony corporation. Morita is responsible for egging on the amazing growth of the Japanese electronics industry over the last 50 years. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Thomas A. Edison was one of the greatest inventors the world have known. With only three months of formal education he became not only a great inventor, but one of the most important industrial leaders in history. Edison obtained 1,093 United States patents, the most issued to any individual. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children, who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Florence Nightingale is most remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. For most of her ninety years, Nightingale pushed for reform of the British military health-care system, and with that, the profession of nursing started to gain the respect it deserved. Unknown to many, however, was her use of new techniques of statistical analysis, such as when, during the Crimean War, she plotted the incidence of preventable deaths in the military. She developed the "polar-area diagram" to dramatize the needless deaths caused by unsanitary conditions and the need for reform. With her analysis, Florence Nightingale revolutionized the idea that social phenomena could be objectively measured and subjected to mathematical analysis. She was an innovator in the collection, tabulation, interpretation, and graphical display of descriptive statistics. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. With two trips into space, Chiaki Mukai is Japan's most traveled astronaut. Her last mission was on the space shuttle Discovery, researching weightlessness with veteran U.S. astronaut and Senator John Glenn. In the tests, she found it easy to do somersaults, but had trouble touching the cabin floor. ''Some things that can easily be done on Earth cannot be easily done in space,'' she says. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Takashi Yanase is the creator of one of the most famous Japanese anime that has existed: Anpanman. This character, like many popular manga heroes, is *extremely* popular with children and is found on numerous products in Japan. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Fukuzawa Yukichi, founder of Keio University and one of the first experts on the West in modern Japan, is generally looked on positively as having played an important role in the modernization of late 19th-century Japan. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

A more modern version of Astro Boy

A collection of Japan's representative manga artists featuring standalone one-shots and excerpts from famous works. Organized by the Japan Cartoonists Association and overseen by Osamu Tezuka **Volume 1. Natsukashi no Manga** (なつかしの漫画) \[Edited by Osamu Tezuka\] 1. **Osomatsu-kun: Seizoroi Smog Ikka** (おそ松くん せいぞろいスモッグ一家) \[Fujio Akatsuka\] 2. **Mangaka Zankoku Monogatari: Hidamari** (漫画家残酷物語 陽だまり) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 3. **Chirpy** (チーコ) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 4. **Shiroi Shounen: Mutant Sub** (白い少年 ミュータントサブ) \[Shoutaro Ishinomori\] 5. **Ashita no Joe** (あしたのジョー) \[Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba\] 6. **Kokoro** (心) \[Tatsuhiko Yamakami\] 7. **Shin Obake Q-taro: U-ko Nanka Daikirai** (新オバケのQ太郎 U子なんか大きらい) \[Fujio Fujiko\] 8. **Kaigun Kenjuu Senhappyaku Gojuuichi** (海軍挙銃1851) \[Leiji Matsumoto\] 9. **Tetsuwan Atom: Black Lux no Maki** (鉄腕アトム ブラックルックスの巻) \[Osamu Tezuka\] **Volume 2. Gag Manga** (ギャグ漫画) \[Edited by Fujio Akatsuka\] 1. **Gag Guerilla** (ギャグゲリラ) \[Fujio Akatsuka\] 2. **Sennin Buraku: Ahirugaoka 77** (仙人部落 あひるヶ丘77) \[Ko Kojima\] 3. **Shin Manga Bungaku Zenshuu** (新漫画文学全集) \[Sadao Shouji\] 4. **Akabee** (赤兵衞) \[Hiroshi Kurogane\] 5. **Kizappe Koudou no Bigaku: Peepee no Peesuke** (キザッペ行動の美学 ペエペエのペエスケ) \[Yoshiji Suzuki\] 6. **Yoraba Kirudo: Puuman** (寄らば斬るド プーマン) \[Shigehisa Sunagawa\] 7. **Ponkotsu Oyaji: Chinko Nee-san** (ポンコツおやじ チンコ姐ちゃん) \[Ichirou Tominaga\] 8. **Tsuruhime Ja!** (つる姫じゃ〜っ！) \[Yoshiko Tsuchida\] 9. **Agyaakyaaman** (アギャキャーマン) \[Yasuji Tanioka\] 10. **Watashi no UFO** (私のUFO) \[Kunihiko Hisa\] 11. **Manga no Gotoki Uso Nariki: Manga no Techou** (漫画の如きウソなりき 漫画の手帖) \[Kyuusoku Iwamoto\] 12. **Gokurakunin** (極楽人) \[Masahiro Nikaido\] 13. **Muguchi na Boo-shi** (無口なボオ氏) \[Takashi Yanase\] 14. **Jiro-san Karasu** (ジロさん鴉) \[Noboru Baba\] 15. **Bake Bake 5** (ばけばけ5) \[Kazuo Maekawa\] 16. **Chiisana Koi no Monogatari** (小さな恋のものがたり) \[Chikako Mitsuhashi\] 17. **Oh Jarrys!!** (Oh☆ジャリーズ‼︎) \[Ryuuzan Aki\] 18. **Harenchi Gakuen** (ハレンチ学園) \[Go Nagai\] 19. **Takukami Midare Nikki** (卓上みだれ日記) \[Taku Shiraki\] 20. **Pikora Pikora** (ピコラ・ピコラ) \[Haruko Tachiiri\] 21. **Fuku-chan** (フクちゃん) \[Ryuuichi Yokoyama\] 22. **Mappira-kun: Obake Dazo** (まっぴら君オレはオバケだぞ) \[Yoshirou Katou\] 23. **Sukatan CO** (スカタンCO) \[Sanpei Satou\] 24. **Gyatoruz** (ギャートルズ) \[Shunji Sonoyama\] 25. **Todoroki-sensei: Masura wo Hashuttsu Ottokai** (轟先生　ますらを派出夫会) \[Kaoru Akiyoshi\] 26. **Shounen Saiyuuki** (少年西遊記) \[Shigeru Sugiura\] 27. **Doraemon** (ドラえもん) \[Fujiko Fujio\] 28. **Atomic no Obon** (アトミックのおぼん) \[Yukio Sugiura\] **Volume 3: Shoujo Manga** (少女漫画) \[Edited by Riyoko Ikeda\] 1. **Suleika** (ズライカ) \[Riyoko Ikeda\] 2. **Kekkon Shitai Onna** (結婚したい女) \[Minori Kimura\] 3. **Futari ga Deaeba** (ふたりが出会えば) \[Minori Kimura\] 4. **Wasurena Kusa wo Anata ni** (忘れな草をあなたに) \[Machiko Satonaka\] 5. **Sylvester no Hoshi kara** (ジルベスターの星から) \[Keiko Takemiya\] 6. **Kurenai ni Moyuru Tomo** (くれないに燃ゆるとも) \[Toshie Kihara\] **Volume 4: Gensou Manga** (幻想漫画) \[Edited by Shoutarou Ishinomori\] 1. **Fantasy World Jun: Kaigara no Oto** (ファンタジーワールドジュン 貝がらの音) \[Shoutarou Ishinomori\] 2. **Kitsunegahara** (キツネが原) \[Yousuke Takahashi\] 3. **Yotsuya Kaidan** (四谷快談) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 4. **Glass-ya Doori de** (ガラス屋通りで)\[Keiko Takemiya\] 5. **Jojo Series: Tenrankai no E** (ジョジョシリーズ 展覧会の絵) \[Emi Kurata\] 6. **Okisotouge no Nyuudou-chan** (百鬼峠の入道ちゃん) \[Chizuko Beppu\] 7. **Yasuragi no Yakata** (やすらぎの館) \[Fujio Fujiko\] 8. **Nire Yashiki** (にれ屋敷) \[Hideko Mizuno\] **Volume 5: Seishun Manga** (青春漫画) \[Edited by Shinji Nagashima\] 1. **Tanoshikarishi Hibi** (愉しかりし日々) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 2. **Hitori de Aruku Hi no Natsu** (ひとりで歩く日の夏) \[Mori Masaki\] 3. **Amagiri** (雨霧) \[Shintarou Miyawaki\] 4. **Osen** (おせん) \[Shouhei Kusunoki\] 5. **Yasashii Hito** (やさしい人) \[Shinichi Abe\] 6. **Asakusa Sanmon Opera: Daisho Kou** (浅草三文オペラ 代書向) \[Tsuguo Kougo\] 7. **Semi no Shigure** (蝉の時雨) \[Moribi Murano\] 8. **Autobike Shoujo** (オートバイ少女) \[Oji Suzuki\] 9. **Mimi Kaki Ippai no Shiawase** (耳かき一杯の幸せ) \[Eiichi Muraoka\] 10. **Okasu** (犯す) \[Katsuhiro Otomo\] 11. **Kanashiki Tenshi** (悲しき天使) \[Kazuhiko Miyaya\] 12. **Otoko Oidon** (男おいどん) \[Leiji Matsumoto\] **Volume 6: SF Manga** (SF漫画) \[Edited by Leiji Matsumoto\] 1. **Yamabiko 13-gou** (ヤマビコ13号) \[Leiji Matsumoto\] 2. **Cambyses no Kuji** (カンビュセスの籤) \[Fujio Fujiko\] 3. **Mado** (窓) \[Shoutarou Ishinomori\] 4. **Mezame no Toki** (めざめの時) \[Hideo Azuma\] 5. **Super Girl** (すーぱーがーる) \[Hideo Azuma\] 6. **Hidari Kiki Izan** (左ききイザン) \[Moto Hagio\] 7. **Chikyuu SOS** (地球SOS) \[Shigeru Komatsuzaki\] 8. **Toshi M1** (都市M1) \[Go Nagai\] 9. **Adachigahara** (安達ヶ原) \[Osamu Tezuka\]

Among adult readers in Japan Black Jack is Osamu Tezuka’s most popular achievement, and perhaps the most close to the creator’s heart, as Tezuka considered entering the medical field—majoring in medicine in college—before devoting his life to comics. Black Jack is a genius surgeon who never acquired his license due to his clashes with the medical establishment. He is hired out by anyone willing to pay his exorbitant rates and is perceived as a heartless rogue because of his enigmatic nature and antisocial manner. But as readers will soon discover, that is not the whole story. (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1977.*

An anthology collection revolving around a school where Tezuka's characters are the students and faculty members.

The May issue of Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Shounen Champion magazine revealed on Monday that Spanish artist Kenny Ruiz (Telémaco, Dos Espadas) will launch a new manga in collaboration with Tezuka Productions based on various characters of Osamu Tezuka's manga. In the manga's story, a robot alliance rules over 90% of the universe. The knight Sapphire is troubled over the pain of non-robots, and she makes a decision, for a new future. (Source: Anime News Network)