COFFRET PLUTO T1 A T8

by Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka

Dans un monde futuriste où les robots vivent aux côtés des humains, des crimes mystérieux se succèdent. Des robots et des chercheurs renommés sont assassinés dans des circonstances étranges liées à des phénomènes naturels. Leurs corps sont en outre retrouvés avec des objets disposés comme des cornes sur leurs têtes. Gesicht, un inspecteur robot appartenant à Europol, est chargé d'enquêter.

Genres: Comics, Manga

Paperback

First published September 9, 2003

About the author

Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.

Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.

Series list (not including short stories collections):
- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika;
- Happy! 1993-1999
- MONSTER 1994-2001
- 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006
- 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007
- PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom
- BILLY BAT 2008-2016
- Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014
- Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre
- Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing

Reviews

[Dattevallo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pluto. Plu-to.

Hay algo fascinante en las obras de Urasawa y es transporte entre tramas sin darte cuenta. Lo importante aquí no es quién empieza siendo el protagonista o si es un homenaje a Osamu Tezuka, es el viaje. Viaje que todos ser emprende, con un principio y un fin.

¿Lo recomiendo? Por supuesto. Recomiendo todavía más que lo leas sin saber nada y sin ninguna expectativa.

[Jordi Polo Carres · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una historia increible sobre robots y humanos, sus diferencias y similitudes.

[Richard Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Before we begin, this is just a quick note to say that while I read this as 8 individual volumes, some lovely Goodreads librarian had put the whole thing together as a collection here. I couldn’t be bothered logging this eight times, so this is a mega-review for the whole series.

Like most lads around my age, Astro Boy was my first encounter with Japanese anime. Many a misspent hour of my youth was spent in front of the small screen watching the episodic adventures of the robot with bullets coming out of his butt. Yet I remember the tone shifting for The Greatest Robot on Earth, a four-part arc where Astro (or Atom if you prefer)

With PLUTO, Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki take Osamu Tezuka’s original story and reinterpret it for a new generation. This is not simply a retelling of the ultimate monster smack-down, but a complex mystery that touches on war, artificial intelligence, and the endurance of human emotion in the face of technology. Expanding the role of German detective Gesicht to be the primary narrative force, it plays out as equal parts police procedural and murder mystery.

Whether you are turning up for some good storytelling or the action sequences, there's a hundred pages of character development and BAM...explodey stuff. With Astro Boy taking a back seat for much of the 1,600 pages, it’s a chance to explore this world in greater detail. In fact, I could have happily spent another 8 volumes with this group, but Urasawa and Nagasaki know when to make a discreet exit.

Despite my twin loves for comic books and all this Japanese pop culture, and loving the adaptation of Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, I’ve not read much manga. Thanks to the recommendation of a friend, this was a great first deep dive into what will surely be considered a modern classic.

[Kumaran Arulmani · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first manga series that I read to completion and I loved it. In some ways, 8 volumes felt a little short for all that Urasawa had to say about this world. However, I thought the pacing was tight and the thought provoking conversations about what it means to be human/perfect were great. My only gripes about the series was that the antagonist felt a bit hard to connect to and that the second half went a little crazy, but the ending was solid

[Cesar del Pozo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una muy buena historia, fatalmente acabada, una pena porque podria ser mucho mejor.

[Dionisio Zarco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otro Gran manga de Urasawa, con una visión interesante de Astroboy.

[Viet Phuong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection but the printing is a bit dark at places and thus make it difficult to read. The whole package and presentation are lovely, still, and I enjoy it fully as a whole.

[Lucas Maciel]

The first half of the story was probably the best thing i've ever read in a manga.

Japanese comics often bother me because of the indulgent over explanation from the creators to the readers, usually the first contact feels like an overwhelming tutorial, but Pluto never commits such mistake. It allows the reader to get in touch with Tezuka's universe in organic ways.

The tension between humans and robots feels very real, and the empathy between forms of life too. This is the best thing on the whole story for me.

The second half looses a little of the grip, but it's still in my top 5 mangas.