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Pluto (manga)

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Alternative title:
Плутон (Russian)
プルートウ (Japanese)
冥王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
플루토 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Based off of a story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Tesuwan Atomu, Pluto follows the Europol detective Gesicht as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a string of robot and human deaths. 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 8 years.
User Ratings: 321 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 131 votes (Eng:64, sub:46, dub:12, ?:2, others:7
3 French
1 Indonesian
1 Spanish
1 Italian
1 Vietnamese
)
 Excellent: 104 votes (Eng:72, sub:18, raw:5, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
2 French
1 Spanish
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 45 votes (Eng:39, sub:3, ?:3)
 Good: 22 votes (Eng:19, sub:1, dub:1, others:1
1 +
)
 Decent: 7 votes (Eng:5, sub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 2 votes (dub:1, Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 499 users, rank: #160 (of 6736)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.801 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.7305, rank: #262 (of 7468)
Weighted mean: 8.796 (Excellent−), rank: #310 (of 7468) (seen all: 8.84 / seen some: 8.70 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.782 (Excellent−), rank: #18 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 8
Chapter titles: We have 65
Vintage:
2003-09-05 to 2009-04-20 (serialized in Big Comic Original)
2009-02-17 to 2010-03-16 (USA)
2017-12 to 2019-02 (Brazil)
Release dates: We have 37
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Pluto GN 8 (Apr 20, 2010)
Pluto GN 5 (Sep 30, 2009)
Pluto GN 3 (Jul 2, 2009)
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Naoki Urasawa's Pluto on Barbican Stage February (Jan 20, 2018)
Naoki Urasawa's Pluto Manga Inspires 2nd Stage Play With Performances in U.K., Netherlands, Belgium (Jun 28, 2017)
Pluto Anime, New Patlabor EZY Anime Series Projects Revealed (Jun 14, 2017)
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Japanese Science Fiction Con's Seiun Nominees Posted (Apr 24, 2011)
20th Century Boys, 7 Billion Needles Get Eisner Nods (Apr 7, 2011)
Urasawa, Tezuka's Pluto Wins at France's Angoulême (Jan 30, 2011)
U.S. Librarians Rank Saturn Apartments in Teens' Top 10 (Jan 13, 2011)
Pluto, The Caterpillar Nominated at France's Angoulême (Nov 17, 2010)
Universal, Illumination Get Film Rights for Urasawa's Pluto Manga (Oct 20, 2010)
The Art of Osamu Tezuka Book Wins Harvey Award (Aug 29, 2010)
Guin Saga, Summer Wars, Pluto Win at Japan Sci-Fi Con (Aug 7, 2010)
Madhouse Industry Panel (Jul 30, 2010)
Pluto, 20th Century Boys, Tezuka Nominated for Harveys (Jul 12, 2010)
Japanese Science Fiction Con's Seiun Nominees Posted (May 8, 2010)
Urasawa, Tatsumi, Taniguchi Nominated for 2010 Eisners (Apr 8, 2010)
Stan Lee, Frederik Schodt, Priest Helmer Interviewed (Feb 6, 2010)
U.S. Librarians Honor Children of the Sea, Ōoku, Pluto (Jan 20, 2010)
School Library Journal Names Best Books in 2009 (Dec 8, 2009)
2009 Japanese Comic Ranking, #26-50 (Dec 5, 2009)
Monster Anime Premieres on Syfy's Ani-Monday Tonight (Oct 12, 2009)
San Diego Comic-Con International 2009 - Viz Anime and Manga (Jul 24, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 13-July 19 (Jul 22, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 6-July 12 (Jul 15, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 29-July 5 (Jul 8, 2009)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2009 (Jun 15, 2009)
Frederik L. Schodt Wins The Order of the Rising Sun Award (Apr 29, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 10-16 (Mar 18, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 3-9 (Mar 18, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 24-March 2 (Mar 4, 2009)
Weekly Osamu Tezuka TV Show to Remake 19 Classic Manga (Jan 22, 2009)
2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #1-25 (Dec 19, 2008)
Amazon.co.jp Posts 2008's Top Comics, Light Novels (Dec 4, 2008)
2nd Live-Action 20th Century Boys Film Trailer Posted (Dec 2, 2008)
IDW to Adapt IMAGI's CG Astro Boy Film into Comics (Nov 12, 2008)
20th Century Boys Creator Urasawa, Director Interviewed (Oct 24, 2008)
20th Century Boys' Urasawa to Launch Billy Bat Manga (Oct 8, 2008)
Imagi's CG Astro Boy Film to Open on October 23, 2009 (Sep 22, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 5–11 (Aug 13, 2008)
Tezuka's Final Unfinished Anime To Be Completed by Son (Aug 13, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 29–August 4 (Aug 6, 2008)
Viz Adds 20th Century Boys, Pluto Manga (Jul 25, 2008)
Yawara, Monster's Naoki Urasawa to Teach Manga Classes (Mar 16, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 11–17 (Dec 19, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 4–10 (Dec 12, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 27–December 3 (Dec 5, 2007)
Tezuka Award Winner Announced (May 10, 2005)
Tezuka Cultural Awards (May 6, 2005)
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Graphic novel
    Pluto (GN 1) 2009-02-17 (from $11.96)
    Pluto (GN 2) 2009-03-17 (from $12.18)
    Pluto (GN 3) 2009-05-19 (from $10.39)
    Pluto (GN 4) 2009-07-21 (from $10.39)
    Pluto (GN 5) 2009-09-15 (from $10.02)
    Pluto (GN 6) 2009-11-17 (from $10.39)
    Pluto (GN 7) 2010-01-19 (from $10.99)
    Pluto (GN 8) 2010-03-16 (from $11.96)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Naoki Urasawa
Original creator: Osamu Tezuka (Tetsuwan Atom)
Producer: Takashi Nagasaki

Cover Design: Mikiyo Kobayashi
Editorial Staff:
Eiji Shimamura
Hideyuki Akana
Minoru Suginaka
Logo Design: Mikiyo Kobayashi
Postscript:
Fusanosuke Natsume (Volume 3)
Gorot Yamada (Volume 6)
Macoto Tezka (Volume 2)
Masao Maruyama (Volume 7)
Rieko Saibara (Volume 4)
Takashi Nagasaki (Volume 8)
Takayuki Matsutani (Volume 1)
Tomohiko Murakami (Volume 5)
Production Staff:
Hideaki Urano
Junichi Kiriyama
Kazuma Maruyama
Tadashi Karakida
Toru Sakata
Supervision: Makoto Tezuka
(none)
Japanese companies
Copyright: Tezuka Productions
Cover Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Logo Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Frederik L. Schodt
Jared Cook

Cover Art Direction: Kazuo Umino
Design: Courtney Utt
Editing: Andy Nakatani
Touch-up & Lettering: James Gaubatz
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Spain)
Verónica Calafell (Spain Vol)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Publisher: Glénat Benelux
Dutch cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Radosław Bolałek
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Hanami
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation: Dirce Miyamura

Lettering:
Diógenes Diogo (1st edition)
Leonardo Solidade (1st edition)
Touch-up Art: Beth Kodama (1st edition)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: Panini Comics (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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