EPISODE 007
EPISODE 007
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幽霊製造機の巻
幽霊製造機の巻
February 12, 1963
アトム大使
Ambassador Atom
Viewer Rating: 30.9%.
While hunting for a scoop, Norris Nuketor, a reporter for the Midnight News, encounters a man who's his exact double. Guided by Norris, Dr. Ochanomizu and his team journey to a massive rocket in the remote mountains, only to discover a group of people who are also their doppelgangers...
The original manga, "Ambassador Atom", ran in Shonen magazine from April 1951 to March 1952. A revised version appeared in Shonen Manga from October to December 1953, and another adaptation of this version was included in the fifth volume of the 1958 A5 edition. The 1964 Kappa Comics edition starts with the alien Tamao stranded at Tokyo Station.
EPISODE CREDITS
EPISODE CREDITS
Screenplay/Direction: Eiichi Yamamoto
Key animation: Eiichi Yamamoto, Shigeyuki Hayashi, Osamu Tezuka, and others
VOICE CAST
VOICE CAST
Atom: Shimizu Mari (清水 マリ)
Professor Ochanomizu: Katsuta Hisashi (勝田久)
Norris Nuketor, the Newspaper Reporter: Yashiro Shun (八代 駿)
Midnight Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Bass: Ohira Toru (大平 透)
Akimitsu Police Chief Numa: Taguchi Kei (田口計)
Food Agency Commissioner: Mōda Osamu (文部おさむ)
TRIVIA
TRIVIA
This episode is the first to dip in ratings.
The manga features Dr. Tenma, Atom's creator, as the head of the Secret Investigation Bureau, with the aliens ultimately searching for a new home. The anime, however, casts Numa in this role.
The story is changed from the manga to a peaceful one where the aliens are shrunk by a special liquid, peacefully settling down in a remote corner of Earth.
This manga "Ambassador Atom" episode is adapted again in episode 184, "The Japanese People from Space".
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