Atom: The Beginning
Japanese title: アトム ザ・ビギニング
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 15, 2017 to Jul 8, 2017
Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:00 (JST)
Duration: 25 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Production I.G, OLM, Signal.MD
Producers: NHK, Tezuka Productions, Studio Mausu, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Fields
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Demographics: Seinen

Japan in the near future suffers an unexplained major disaster. Five years later, reconstruction is well underway. Two young researchers at a university are pinning all their hopes on robot development. Now their new interpretation of the eternal hero Astro Boy up until his birth is just about to start!

(Source: Showgate)