Atom: The Beginning English Sub & Dub

About Atom: The Beginning

Atom: The Beginning (アトム ザ・ビギニング) blends mecha and sci-fi by Production I.G and OLM (2017). Below is a fresh retelling of what the story is about. The setup: With no investor funding, Umatarou Tenma and Hiroshi Ochanomizu must turn to odd jobs to fund their project: to build a humanoid robot that thinks and feels like a human being. When the two geniuses succeed in building A106, they start experimenting with his emotional capabilities right away.

Further in, as they test to see if they truly can build a sentient robot, one question remains: will this robot become a god or an ally?

In a mecha series like this, robot design, combat scale and technical spectacle are the draw. Shunsaku Ban (Nobuo Tobita) and Umatarou Tenma (Yuuichi Nakamura) are two of the characters you will meet early. If you count yourself among fans of giant robots and large-scale battles, put it on your list. With 12 episodes in total, there is enough room for the story to develop.

Production & Appeal

Production sits with Production I.G and OLM, which means the visual identity of Atom: The Beginning follows that studio's craft. Within the mecha category, robot design, combat scale and technical spectacle are the draw. Its 6.4/10 score suggests opinions are split, so it suits viewers who already like the genre. On the casting side, Nobuo Tobita voicing Shunsaku Ban gives the lead role a recognizable voice. It aired in 2017, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.