Atom The Beginning, Vol. 1ATOM: 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