Pluto (manga)
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| Pluto | |
|---|---|
| プルートウ | |
| Genre | Seinen |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Naoki Urasawa |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan |
| Serialized in | Big Comic Original |
| Original run | September 9, 2003 – present |
| No. of volumes | 3 (currently) |
Pluto (プルートウ?) is an on-going manga serial by Naoki Urasawa published in Big Comic Original starting in 2003. It is based upon events from the classic series by Osamu Tezuka, Tetsuwan Atom (a.k.a Astro Boy, literally Mighty Atom). Specifically, the series uses the characters and original story from the popular "Chijou saidai no ROBOTTO" ("The World's Strongest Robot", Dark Horse's version: "The Greatest Robot on Earth") storyline from the 3rd volume of the manga and reinterprets the plot as a murder mystery and noirish suspense thriller. In terms of both tone and visual style, the series is a complete and modern re-envisioning of the Astro Boy universe dissimilar to the original manga.
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[edit] Plot
The main character of the series, rather than being Atom, is the Europol robot detective Gesicht and his attempts to capture a powerful killer in Germany who is attacking both humans and robot with no apparent motives. The case becomes much more puzzling when evidence leans toward the murders being the work of a robot, which is something that hasn't happened for eight years.
Despite the manga not starring Atom, he and most of the characters from Tezuka's original story show up, with Atom himself becoming a recurring character after meeting Gesicht in Chapter Seven. So far, the manga has run for over 38 chapters, and has had 4 collected volumes published.
[edit] Awards
Pluto has been awarded the “Excellence Prize” in the genre of “story manga” in the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival. The series also received the 2005 Osamu Tezuka Grand Prize, which Urasawa also won for his work on Monster.
