Osamu Tezuka vertelt ons de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen van het Oude Testament (en het begin van het Nieuwe) in afleveringen die beginnen bij Genesis en uitkomen bij het Evangelie, via de belangrijkste profeten; altijd met zijn unieke stijl.

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories is an anime television series based on The Bible's Hebrew Scriptures created by Osamu Tezuka. The series was a coproduction between Nippon TV, Tezuka's Tezuka Productions, and Italy's government-owned broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Italiana. Although the series was in production during a period of several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was not aired in Japan until 1997, on the satellite channel WOWOW. The series has also been aired on TV in the United States, Italy, Spain and Germany.

In the Beginning marked the fourth time Bible stories formed the basis of a Japanese-animated television series, following the two Superbook series and The Flying House, which were made for Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network by Tatsunoko Production in the early 1980s.

In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox .

Osamu Tezuka ci racconta gli eventi più importanti del Vecchio Testamento (e l’inizio del Nuovo) in interessanti puntate che partono dalla Genesi e arrivano al Vangelo, passando per i più importanti Profeti; sempre con il suo stile unico.

Na początku: Historie Biblijne to serial anime oparty na Pismach Hebrajskich Biblii, stworzony przez Osamu Tezukę. Serial był koprodukcją między Nippon TV, Tezuka's Tezuka Productions i włoskim nadawcą rządowym Radiotelevisione Italiana. Chociaż serial był produkowany przez kilka lat na przełomie lat 80. i 90. XX wieku, w Japonii został wyemitowany dopiero w 1997 r. Na satelitarnym kanale WOWOW. Serial był również emitowany w telewizji w Stanach Zjednoczonych, Włoszech, Hiszpanii i Niemczech.

Serial zawiera odcinki poświęcone większości głównym historiom biblijnym Starego Testamentu, w tym opowieści o stworzeniu, Kainie i Ablu, Arce Noego, Abrahamie i Izaaku, Józefie, Mojżeszu, Dawidzie i Salomonie, a ostatni odcinek zawiera: narodziny Jezusa Chrystusa.

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories é uma série de anime para televisão baseada nas Escrituras Hebraicas da Bíblia, criada por Osamu Tezuka. A série foi uma coprodução entre a Nippon TV, a Tezuka Productions de Tezuka e a emissora estatal italiana, Radiotelevisione Italiana. Embora a série tenha estado em produção durante um período de vários anos no final dos anos 1980 e início dos anos 1990, ela não foi ao ar no Japão até 1997, no canal via satélite WOWOW. A série também foi exibida na TV dos Estados Unidos, Itália, Espanha e Alemanha.