Genres: science fiction

Plot Summary: In Japan after a great calamity, there were two geniuses who dreamed of the future. One was Umatarō Tenma. The other was Hiroshi Ochanomizu. The two labored day and night in robot research — Tenma to create a "god," and Ochanomizu to create a "friend." Thus a robot, A106, was born from their collaborative friendship. (from manga)

Chief Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro

Director: Tatsuo Sato

Series Composition: Junichi Fujisaku

Music: Noriyuki Asakura

Original Concept: Masami Yuuki Osamu Tezuka

Original creator: Tetsuro Kasahara

Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu

Chief Animation Director: Hideki Ito

Mechanical design: Shinichi Miyazaki Shinobu Tsuneki Yoshihiro Ishimoto

3D Director: Takaaki Sugano

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Director of Photography: Teppei Satō

Background Art: Hiroshi Katō

Color Key: Miho Tanaka Editing: Yuki Honda

Monitor Graphics: Takashi Aoki

Prop Design:

Asuna Imahashi

Mebara

Taiyō Yoshida

Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami

Supervision: Makoto Tezuka

Theme Song Performance: Mafumafu (OP; as After the Rain) Soraru (OP; as After the Rain)