Atom Cat (DMP)

Atom Cat (DMP)

English Title: Atom Cat
Japanese Title: アトムキャット
Publication Date: 2013
Publisher: DMP
No. of Volumes: 1
In Print: ✔
Digital: ✔

From the Publisher

Reading the “Tetsuwan Atom” (popularized in America as “Astro Boy”) comic book with his dad is Tsugio’s one refuge from merciless school bullies. And even then, without a single friend, Tsugio can’t catch a break. One day he finds an abandoned kitten, and names it after the robot hero to convince his family to keep it. But after a strange encounter with aliens honeymooning on Earth, Tsugio’s shocked to find his cat can speak – and has all of Astro Boy’s powers! Sworn to secrecy, Tsugio and Earth’s tiniest hero find themselves entangled with demonic cats, pirate ghosts, a crime syndicate, and more!

Playful, ingenious and appropriate for all ages, Osamu Tezuka’s fresh take on his classic Astro Boy character will charm nostalgic grown-ups and clever kids. As gentle and humane as it is exciting, Atomcat also nurtures a positive outlook for children who might feel like they don’t quite fit in.

What you should know

Following on the success of DMP’s Kickstarter campaign to publish Barbara in 2012 –  the first Osamu Tezuka manga to be successfully funded and printed through crowdfunding –  DMP returned to the platform again in 2012 to successfully fund their “Osamu Tezuka Family Pack” campaign.  A total of 715 backers pledged $49,411 (of an initial $20,500 goal) to successfully fund the publication of Uncio, Atom Cat and Triton of the Sea.  Atom Cat was the first stretch goal, successfully unlocked when the campaign reached $26,000.

As with nearly all of DMP’s editions, Atom Cat was published unflipped in the original right-to-left Japanese reading style. The English edition is 200 pages in length and is printed in the A5 (5.875″x8.25″) format.  In 2015, a digital edition was released and is available on DMP’s emanga.com website for legal download in a number of popular formats (ePub, CBR/CBZ, PDF, etc.).