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Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3 (3) Paperback – May 19, 2009
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In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something is after the seven great robots of the world. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case--and he eventually discovers that he is one of the targets!
In this daring reinvention of "The Greatest Robot on Earth" story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy series, the world is a place where humans and robots coexist. The lives of the seven great robots of the world--Atom, Mont Blanc, North No. 2, Brando, Hercules, Epsilon and Gesicht--are turned upside down into a virtual garden of terror filled with carnage and destruction. A killer is after them, but what exactly is his motive? The story intensifies when Pluto, the namesake of the lord of the underworld, makes his appearance in this finely crafted work of science fiction and suspense.
- Print length200 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVIZ Media LLC
- Publication dateMay 19, 2009
- Reading age13 - 17 years
- Dimensions5.75 x 0.8 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-101421519208
- ISBN-13978-1421519203
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“Naoki Urasawa’s work is a masterpiece.”
“Naoki Urasawa has a knack for turning simple ideas into sprawling manga epics.” - Polygon -- Karen Han ― Polygon
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No stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, and also received the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world of academia, and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he teaches courses in, of course, manga.
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- Publisher : VIZ Media LLC; Illustrated edition (May 19, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 200 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1421519208
- ISBN-13 : 978-1421519203
- Reading age : 13 - 17 years
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.8 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #54,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #395 in Science Fiction Manga (Books)
- #724 in Action & Adventure Manga (Books)
- #950 in Fantasy Manga (Books)
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Naoki Urasawa (浦沢 直樹 Urasawa Naoki, born January 2, 1960 in Fuchū, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist and occasional musician. He has been called one of the artists that changed the history of manga, and has received the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once.
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In Pluto, Urasawa has developed a murder mystery centered around the seven most advanced robots in the world as one by one they are picked off by a murderous Robot that arrives in a tornado and always disfigures the bodies of its victims by arranging the corpse with antler like horns protruding from their head. The story follows the lead investigator of the murders, Geist, who is himself one of the seven robots. Themes of emerging Robot consciousness, anti-robot hate groups, world politics, and a mystery in Geist's past all meld together into possibly the finest manga series I have read to date. (Although Akira is still up there...)
Action, Mystery, Robots, and an engaging story; this manga has it all!
Whether you are a manga fan or if you are just interested in a great story, I cannot recommend Pluto enough!!!
In Dusseldorf, a family are enjoying their breakfast. The wife reminds her husband, Adolf, that it is the three year anniversary of his brother’s death, and he needs to claim the body. When he does, he requests to see the body and is shocked by what he sees. Later he attends a clandestine meeting of people wearing hoods who all espouse the cause of death to machines, and seek to eradicate all robots. It appears his brother was practically pulverized by a particular type of weapon which few robots can wield. He is determined to find out which robots are capable. He researches reported incidents involving such a weapon and learns the only one within the last few years since the war was reported just the previous night, and that one involved Inspector Gesicht.
With the help of a friend, Hercules has “borrowed” a military battle suit, knowing this is a serious offense, one that could end his career. As he is testing it out, suddenly a second sun appears in the sky. It turns out to be a robot named Epsilon, who says he had to stop Hercules before he got himself killed, like Brando and Mount Blanc. Back in Germany, Adolf takes his findings to his group, to request their help in locating and destroying Gesicht. They tell him not to take any action as this could reveal the awful things Adolf’s brother did, but let them handle the matter. Epsilon approaches Gesicht and tells him of the children he cares for since the war. One particular little boy, the sole survivor of his village, saw something terrible, and the only word he will utter now is the name Bora.
In Tokyo, Uran oddly wakes to find what seems to be a tear on her pillow. Since when do robots cry? Leaving her building, she says she senses someone in emotional distress, perhaps an animal, and goes off to find it. Going into a closed park which is forbidden for anyone to enter, she finds a man inside an abandoned building who is in apparent distress. Except he isn’t a man, he’s a robot. When she asks what sort of nutrient he requires, she tells him she can’t get that one but gets the closest thing to that she can find. She helps nurse him back to health and begins to piece together his story. In the meantime, Professor Abdullah has sent out a robot on a mission… and who is Pluto?
Maybe I’m late to realize this and am only stating the obvious, but it seems to me that Pluto can be seen as an allegory about the human condition, even though it involves robots. It has themes of prejudice and hate, which of course are reflected in our everyday lives with people who hate others based solely on the basis of their skin color, sexual identification, religions, etc. People fear what they don’t understand. They also fear people who know more than they do (whether they are willing to admit to it or not) So robots are a double threat in that regard. And these robots are eerily human as well, some of them. That hooded hate group looks remarkably like the KKK – imagine that. Now it seems that Gesicht has a target on his back, assuming he didn’t already just because of who he is. How many more robots have to die before this menace is stopped? Who or what is Pluto?
Another great volume, looking forward to the next one!
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
In Dusseldorf, a family are enjoying their breakfast. The wife reminds her husband, Adolf, that it is the three year anniversary of his brother’s death, and he needs to claim the body. When he does, he requests to see the body and is shocked by what he sees. Later he attends a clandestine meeting of people wearing hoods who all espouse the cause of death to machines, and seek to eradicate all robots. It appears his brother was practically pulverized by a particular type of weapon which few robots can wield. He is determined to find out which robots are capable. He researches reported incidents involving such a weapon and learns the only one within the last few years since the war was reported just the previous night, and that one involved Inspector Gesicht.
With the help of a friend, Hercules has “borrowed” a military battle suit, knowing this is a serious offense, one that could end his career. As he is testing it out, suddenly a second sun appears in the sky. It turns out to be a robot named Epsilon, who says he had to stop Hercules before he got himself killed, like Brando and Mount Blanc. Back in Germany, Adolf takes his findings to his group, to request their help in locating and destroying Gesicht. They tell him not to take any action as this could reveal the awful things Adolf’s brother did, but let them handle the matter. Epsilon approaches Gesicht and tells him of the children he cares for since the war. One particular little boy, the sole survivor of his village, saw something terrible, and the only word he will utter now is the name Bora.
In Tokyo, Uran oddly wakes to find what seems to be a tear on her pillow. Since when do robots cry? Leaving her building, she says she senses someone in emotional distress, perhaps an animal, and goes off to find it. Going into a closed park which is forbidden for anyone to enter, she finds a man inside an abandoned building who is in apparent distress. Except he isn’t a man, he’s a robot. When she asks what sort of nutrient he requires, she tells him she can’t get that one but gets the closest thing to that she can find. She helps nurse him back to health and begins to piece together his story. In the meantime, Professor Abdullah has sent out a robot on a mission… and who is Pluto?
Maybe I’m late to realize this and am only stating the obvious, but it seems to me that Pluto can be seen as an allegory about the human condition, even though it involves robots. It has themes of prejudice and hate, which of course are reflected in our everyday lives with people who hate others based solely on the basis of their skin color, sexual identification, religions, etc. People fear what they don’t understand. They also fear people who know more than they do (whether they are willing to admit to it or not) So robots are a double threat in that regard. And these robots are eerily human as well, some of them. That hooded hate group looks remarkably like the KKK – imagine that. Now it seems that Gesicht has a target on his back, assuming he didn’t already just because of who he is. How many more robots have to die before this menace is stopped? Who or what is Pluto?
Another great volume, looking forward to the next one!
This is the basis of the story "PLUTO", a reimagining of "Astro Boy - The Greatest Robot on Earth" written by manga great Naoki Urasawa ("Yawara", "Monster", "20th Century Boys" and many more titles) and co-authored by Takashi Nagasaki. The Astro Boy or Tetsuwan Atom stories are based on the popular works of Osamu Tezuka and with cooperation from Tezuka Productions, this manga project is managed by Makoto Tezuka.
The first volume showed us how the great Mont Blanc and the North No. 2, two of the seven powerful robots in the world were destroyed by an unknown force. We also learned that several scientists were murdered. All of them were found dead with antlers next or stuck to their heads.
In the second volume of "PLUTO", another great robot is destroyed and Gesicht, the investigation robot is racing to find out who is doing the killings. But this time he has shared his memories with the boy super robot known as Atom.
In this third volume of "PLUTO", we are introduced to Atom's sister Uran, another great robot who is much different than Atom (who tends to like being treated like a regular boy and has emotions that the other great robots do not have). Uran is able to feel the pain of animals and so she is always trying to save them and is often scolded by Atom for missing class, because she walks on the beat of her own drum.
Here is a brief summary of each chapter in vol. 3 (short summaries, no spoilers):
ACT 16 - URAN - We learn more about Atom's sister Uran and learn how different the brother and sister robots are. We are also introduced to the mysterious Professor Abullah, Central Asia's greatest intellect.
ACT 17 - DEATH TO MACHINES! - We are introduced to a group similar to the Ku Klux Klan but known as KR who want death to the machines. We are introduced to Adolf.
ACT 19 - EPSILON - The great robot fighter Hercules wants to take action after his fellow great robot counterparts have been destroyed but another great robot named Epsilon makes his appearance.
ACT 20 - ROBOT HATERS - We learn a little about the past between Adolf and his relationship with his brother.
ACT 21 - URAN'S SEARCH - Uran's sense is working in overtime once again and this time it's not an animal that is in need but a man.
ACT 22 - PLUTO - The robot hating group KR has hired an assassin to eliminate a great robot.
ACT 23 - WANDERING SOUL - The man that Uran is helping out may be not a kind man but something worse.
JUDGMENT CALL:
"PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka" vol. 03 unlike the first two volumes focuses less on the battles between the great robots and focuses on character development of Uran and also a new side of humans who have harbored a hatred towards the robots.
This side of humanity has never been explored in the previous volumes and now we are getting a much clearer picture in this volume of people who are very much against the peaceful co-existence between man and robot.
The volume also quickly gets into introducing the reader of who may be responsible for the deaths of the great robots and how unstable this character truly is.
Overall, "PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka" is another enjoyable volume that definitely is setting up for major repercussions between the peaceful co-existence of man and robot, so I definitely can't wait for volume 4.
If you are looking for a manga series that is well-written, you can't go wrong with this reimagining of the "Atom Boy" series. Darker, dramatic and overall captivating!
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Wer gern auch Mangas in englisch liest, sollte sich diese Geschichte auf keinen Fall entgehen lassen!