ATOM: The Beginning Vol. 9

Name: ATOM: The Beginning Vol. 9
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781787741041
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By Osamu Tezuka

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The prequel series to the legendary Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka continues with its 9th volume. When a malfunctioning robot connects to Six, possibly fusing the two, Six must fight to maintain his identity. Fans of mecha fights and anime will find a perfect fit with... Read More

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The prequel series to the legendary Astro Boy manga and anime franchise by Osamu Tezuka continues with its 9th volume. When a malfunctioning robot connects to Six possibly fusing the two, Six must fight to maintain his identity. Fans of mecha fights and anime will find a perfect fit with this Manga!

Description

The prequel series to the legendary Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka continues with its 9th volume. When a malfunctioning robot connects to Six, possibly fusing the two, Six must fight to maintain his identity. Fans of mecha fights and anime will find a perfect fit with this action-packed Manga!

After encountering a malfunctioning robot, Tenma and the gang decide to diagnose him by linking him to Six's mainframe. But when the two robots' minds start to fuse, the team must do everything to save Six from losing his identity before it's too late!

Created by Masami Yuki and Tetsuro Kasahara, Volume 9 of ATOM: The Beginning inches closer to the iconic Osamu Tezuka creation, Astro Boy!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787741041

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 369g

Pages: 208

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Fiction Graphic Novels Manga Osamu Tezuka

About the Author

Tetsuro Kasahara is a manga artist whose body of work revolves mostly around the robot and mecha genres. One of his most famous works, RideBack, was adapted into an anime in 2009. Now, he is focusing on ATOM: The Beginning, a prequel to Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.

Masami Yuuki is a manga artist and member of the artist group Headgear. He is most known for his celebrated manga series Mobile Police Patlabor, which has spawned many spin-offs and adaptations into anime, movies, live-action projects, novels, video games, and more.

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator whose revolutionary comics earned him the title of manga no kamisama ('God of Manga'). His body of work is one of the largest and most prolific in all of Japanese culture, including the iconic Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack, Dororo, Message to Adolf, and Princess Knight. Tezuka passed away in 1989.

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