ATOM: The Beginning

Collection of special chapters that were published for 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Effort Project.

While pursuing a criminal, the pretty but reckless interplanetary police officer Birdy Cephon Altera accidentally kills Tsutomu, an Earthling high school student. To make amends, Birdy is forced to share her own body with Tsutomu's spirit so that he can continue his own life. At first, Tsutomu knows nothing about his situation, but he soon discovers that his body is starting to take certain actions without his mind ordering it. In times of action, Birdy takes full control of their shared body, transforming it back into her original female form. NOTE: Volume 1 came out 7/1996 and was never finished. A second series was published under the manga title ＶＳ版　鉄腕バーディー for 2 volumes. This second series came out 12/1996. (Source: MangaUpdates) Link: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4980) (OAV)

Kuze Shunpei, a high-school student, is on spring break going to Hokkaidou when he loses his wallet. Stranded in the mountains with no money and his motorcycle having run out of gas, he passes out in the snow on the side of the road. When he wakes up he finds that he's been saved and brought to the Watarai farm, a horse ranch that breeds race horses. There he meets a host of various people, ranging from stable hands to the owner and his family (which includes four daughters).

A remake of Birdy the Mighty. Birdy Cephon Altera is a Federation agent chasing interplanetary criminals to the planet Earth. While in pursuit of one such criminal, she accidentally kills a high school boy named Tsutomu Senkawa. Fortunately for Tsutomu, there is a way to keep him alive. He ends up being merged into Birdy's body and must remain so until the repair of his body is complete. So, Tsutomu is stuck sharing a body with an attractive, strong, and impulsive space police agent while trying to keep his family and friends from finding out about Birdy. In the meantime, Birdy continues her investigation. Together, they take on a secretive group of evil aliens planning to perform experiments on the unsuspecting inhabitants of Earth. [<https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD.html?id=gIqrDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y>] Official Thai "The original manga ran in what is now Monthly Sunday, but when Masami Yuki began serializing Kyuukyoku Choujin R in the pages of Shonen Sunday it began appearing infrequently, and was eventually abandoned. Only one volume was ever collected. In 2003 Masami Yuki moved from Shonen Sunday to Weekly Young Sunday, a seinen magazine, and began drawing a remake version, starting the story from the beginning." –Wikipedia Link: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4980) (OAV)

In the near future, Japan was struck by a catastrophe of unknown origin. Five years later, as Japan is undergoing reconstruction, two young researchers at a university are putting everything they have into developing a robot... ___ **Note**: The manga tells the story of what happens up until the birth of Astro Boy and it can be considered an "episode zero" story. ___ **Links:** - [Kasahara's Twitter](https://twitter.com/tetsurokasahara) - [Anime on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18989)

Harukaze High School's photography club is anything but normal. All the oddballs in the school seem to join. And the craziest one has just arrived…an android built to take over the world! Though he'd rather just have a bowl of rice. --- - **Won the 19th Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1988**