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Format
TV
Episodes
193
Episode Duration
26 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 1963
Aired
1963-01-01 to 1966-12-31
Source
Manga
Rating
G - All Ages
Genres
Action
Adventure
Drama
Mecha
Sci-Fi
Shounen
Studios
Mushi Production
Producers
Meiji Seika
Licensors
Nozomi Entertainment
Tetsuwan Atom (鉄腕アトム)
In the year 2003, Professor Tenma is distraught when his son Tobio is killed in a car accident. He loses himself in his latest project, creating Atom, a robot boy programmed to be forever good. Upset that his Tobio-substitute can never grow up, Tenma sells Atom to Ham Egg, the cruel ringmaster of a robot circus. Atom meets the kindly Professor Ochanomizu, who adopts him, inspires him to become a crusader against evil, and eventually builds him a robot "sister," Uran. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)