Ambassador Atom

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アトム大使 (Atomu Taishi)
Ambassador Atom
A color cover page of Ambassador Atom
Genre	Adventure, science fiction, humor
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Magazine	Shōnen
Original run	April 1951 – March 1952

Ambassador Atom (アトム大使, Atomu Taishi) is a manga short series written by Osamu Tezuka. It was originally serialized in Kobunsha's Shōnen magazine from 1951 to 1952. The series is mostly noted for introducing the character Astro Boy. The series would be released as Chapter 0 in the original Astro Boy tankōbon volumes published by Kodansha.

References

↑ "Ambassador Atom|MANGA|TEZUKA OSAMU OFFICIAL".
↑ Schodt, Frederik (2007). The Astro Boy Essays. Stone Bridge Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1933330549.

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Manga	Diary of Ma-chan (1946) Shin Takarajima (1947) Lost World (1948) Angel Gunfighter (1949) Metropolis (1949) Faust (1950) Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954) Nextworld (1951) Age of Adventure (1951–1953) Ambassador Atom (1951–1952) The Fossil Island (1951) The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954) Astro Boy (1952–1968) Crime and Punishment (1953) Princess Knight (1953–1956) Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956) The Devil of the Earth (1954) Lion Books (1956–1957) Biiko-chan (1957) The Film Lives On (1958–1959) Dr. Thrill (1959) Angel's Hill (1960–1961) Captain Ken (1960–1961) Brave Dan (1962) Big X (1963–1966) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Ambassador Magma (1965–1967) The Vampires (1966–1967) Dororo (1967–1969) Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969) Phoenix (1967–1988) Princess Knight (1967–1968) Grand Dolls (1968) Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969) The Crater (1969–1970) Triton of the Sea (1969–1971) Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Dust 8 (1972) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microid S (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979) Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986) Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983) Suspicion (1982) Message to Adolf (1983–1985) Duke Goblin (1985–1986) Gringo (1987–1989) Ludwig B (1987–1989)
Anime	Alakazam the Great (1960) Astro Boy (1963–1966) Big X (1964–1965) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009) Leo the Lion (1966–1967) Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Princess Knight (1967–1999) Dororo (1969) A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Cleopatra (1970) Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Triton of the Sea (1972–1979) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Little Wansa (1973) Microid S (1973) Jetter Mars (1977) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) Unico (1979–1983) Astro Boy (1980–1981) Fumoon (1980) Phoenix 2772 (1980) Don Dracula (1982) Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991) Phoenix (1986–2004) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2004) Phoenix (2004) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009) Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019) Phoenix: Eden17 (2023) The Ribbon Hero (2026)
Characters	Astro Boy List of Astro Boy characters Black Jack Unico Hosuke Sharaku
Related	Makoto Tezuka Animerama Galaxy Boy Troop Mushi Production Star System Tezuka Award Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Tezuka Productions The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime Tokiwa-sō Search and Destroy

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