Know I'm using a lot of lofty adjectives here, but they are all wellĭeserved. One of the finest literary achievements of the comic form. Revolutionary, bold, visionary, transcendent work. Power of love to break the cycle of hate, the beauty within to overcome Surprisingly scary work of horror both overt & visually frightening, Phenomenal comic is a murder mystery, a riveting international thriller,Īn otherworldly yet completely grounded work of science fiction, a Moments of loss and despair that define the human experience.

This is a work equallyįuture cityscapes, world-shaking sci-fi action set-pieces, quietĬonversations dripping with suspense, and the mentally tumultuous Of war and the scars of war that echo down through the years. A transformative work of science fiction that utilizes the genre toĮxplore multiple aspects of the human condition with astonishing depthĪnd incisiveness, this is a story about the Intense science fiction thrillers ever produced. Pluto is an extraordinary character drama wrapped in one of the most

And it is undeniably one of the greatest comics ever made. The story that Urasawa created, published in 65 monthly installmentsĪnd collected in 8 graphic novels, is a vibrantly original masterwork,Įqual parts character drama, mystery, thriller, and science fiction Reign to Urasawa, one of Japan's best regarded cartoonists best knownįor his serial killer thriller Monster and his sprawling, decades-spanning 20th Century Boys. This was a bold but logical decision by Tezka, to essentially give free Use the core of Tezuka's creations to tell his own story, his own way. Tezka rejected this pitch, insisting Urasawa do his own thing, to Stories, 'The Greatest Robot on Earth,' using a very Tezuka-influenced Urasawa originally intended to do an homage to one of the most popular Astro Boy Tezuka is rightly revered around the world as theįather of manga, one of the most prolific cartoonists in history. Tezuka properties) about adapting the work for release beginning inĢ003, the fictional Astro Boy's birthday. Writing and Producing partners Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki firstĪpproached Macoto Tezka (Osamu Tezuka's son and producer behind current Pluto is a Naoki Urasawa's adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atomo, known in America as Astro Boy. Please note that unlike my earlier reviews, there are spoilers ahead! In the first part presented here, I introduce my treatise and examine The Role of Hatred in the Human Experience, Redemption through the Rejection of Nature, and Robot Evolution as presented in Pluto. ( Click here for my other reviews in the series.) Here in my eighth andįinal review (split into three parts), I look at the themes, story and art in the series as a In my previous installments in this series, I looked at the individual volumes of Naoki Urasawa's transformative masterpiece Pluto.

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