Pluto Vol. 03

Pluto Vol. 03

Who Killed Astro Boy?

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.

Biographical Notes:

Naoki Urasawa is best known for being the author & artist of Pluto, Billy Bat, Monster, 21st Century Boys, and 20th Century Boys. He has received the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once. In 2008, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Junot Diaz praised Monster and added that “Urasawa is a national treasure of Japan.”

Takashi Nagasaki is a manga editor, author, and producer, best known for his collaborations with Naoki Urasawa. He is best known for being the cg director of Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror and The Sky Crawlers.

Quotes / Reviews:

“The manga Pluto is one of the best robot stories ever told.”

“Naoki Urasawa’s work is a masterpiece.”

“Naoki Urasawa has a knack for turning simple ideas into sprawling manga epics.”

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