Atlas

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Atlas was an enemy of Astro boy who only appeared in the 1980 version and the 2003 version.. He started off as a normal teenager named Dichi Tokugawa. He was the son of the astronaught and scientist Mr Tokugawa. He died in an accident. So Dr Tenma built a robot that was very identical to Dichi. He gave the robot to Mr Tokugawa. He raised it for a little while. But it was tossed away and unwanted. This made the robot angry. Mr Tokugawa disliked it because it wasn't actually his son. The robot was raised by Dr Tenma instead of Mr Tokugawa. It became a robot full of rage and hatred. He was renamed Atlas. Atlas was put in orange battle armor....He fought Astro boy. Unlike Astro boy he wants to hurt humans. Sometimes he does too. Atlas has the ability to create forcefields. He was a very powerful foe for Astro. He dies because he was hurt bad and exploded. Astro tried to save him but couldn't. Atlas is considered to be the brother of Astro since they were both made by Dr Tenma. Atlas later reappears a long time after that in the robotonia episode...All of this was in the 2003 series.

In the 1980s version his storys different. He has the appearance of an adult robot. He fights with a sword too..He seems to look like a Greek or Spartan warrior that was cybernetically enhanced. He is in love with a female robot named Livian. He is Astro boy's archenemy in both versions. He is also one of Astro's strongest foes!

[edit] Manga appearances

Atlas made his original appearance in the manga chapter "Atlas" where he was created by the South American roboticist Dr. Ram rather than Tenma. His purpose was to take revenge on the white men who oppressed Ram's ancestors. Ultimately, Atlas is killed in his final bout with Astro. Atlas' appearance in this chapter provided the basis for Atlas in 2003.

He made another manga appearance in Astro vs. Atlas which served as the basis for his 80's anime storyline. After being created by Count Giss Atlas is tasked with destroying Astro. He finds Astro who is in pursuit of Giss' castle and the two engage in a somewhat friendly rivalry. Atlas eventually decides to end the battle by using his exploding urine attack. Astro informs him that he should go in a toilet and Atlas flies back to Giss' castle destroying it. Atlas is unharmed but Giss' plans are foiled as Atlas resolves to be a better robot like Astro. His appearance here is exactly the same as his child appearance in Shin Tetsuwan Atomu( Astroboy 1980).