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NEWS: Atom the Beginning Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Theme Song




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KH91



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:51 am Reply with quote
Song sounds good as expected of After the Rain.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:49 am Reply with quote
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Atom The Beginning's story takes place in Japan after a great calamity. There were two geniuses who dreamed of the future. One was Umatarō Tenma. The other was Hiroshi Ochanomizu. The two labored day and night in robot research — Tenma to create a "god," and Ochanomizu to create a "friend." Thus a robot, A106, was born from their collaborative friendship. Would A106 really become a god, or a friend? The manga and anime tell a prequel story leading up to the birth of Astro Boy


Wasn't he always Atom? I thought Astro Boy was a western thing?
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kyot



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:54 pm Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
Wasn't he always Atom? I thought Astro Boy was a western thing?


Yeah.
Maybe the English synopsis aimed for the general english/international audience? Where Atom is too foreign, so "Astro Boy" was put at the end to let it be more easily recognized.
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