In this 2003 series, Atom (also known as Astro Boy) is a super-powered boy robot, who is reactivated and brought into a new life by the kindly scientist Professor Ochanomizu. While Astro tries to adjust to a free life among humans, he finds himself being stalked by his original creator Dr. Tenma, and a hateful anti-robot movement clashes with a robot uprising. The series blended optimistic and light-hearted scenes with serious, dramatic science fiction conflicts. It ran for 50 episodes from April 7, 2003 to March 28, 2004. The lead series director was Kazuya Konaka, and the lead writer was Chiaki J. Konaka.