Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka
| Manga | |
|---|---|
| title | Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka |
| Original title | PLUTO |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Naoki Urasawa , Takashi Nagasaki |
| Illustrator | Naoki Urasawa |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Big comic original |
| First publication | September 2003 - April 2009 |
| expenditure | 8th |
Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka ( Japanese PLUTO) is a manga by Naoki Urasawa based on Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka .
content
In a future world, robots and humans will live peacefully together. Suddenly there are murders of humans and robots; it seems like someone is hunting the seven largest robots in the world. After the famous robot Mont-Blanc has been killed, the German robot inspector investigates Face . But soon he realizes that he himself is being hunted.
During the investigation, robots from different parts of the world appear. Including the Astro Boy known from Tezuka's work . Several of Tezuka's human characters also appear in supporting roles.
publication
The story was written by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki based on the manga Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka. The basic premise can be traced back to the story The Greatest Robot on Earth , which can be read in German in the third volume of Astro Boy . Urasawa has allowed himself allusions to other Astro Boy adventures, as well as other works by Osamu Tezuka.
Before the release of his version, Naoki Urasawa had to have the basic idea for Pluto approved by Macoto Tezka (stage name), the son of Osamu Tezuka. Tezka insisted above all that it was not a homage or a parody of the work Astro Boy , but an own interpretation of Urasawa, whose style he should remain true to his previous works instead of copying that of Osamu Tezuka.
The manga was first published in Japan from September 2003 to April 2009 in the manga magazine Big Comic Original published by Shogakukan . The publisher also brought out the individual chapters in eight edited volumes.
An English version is published by Viz Media in the USA, a Spanish version by Planeta DeAgostini and a Dutch version by Glénat . Planet Manga publishes the series in Italy. Carlsen Comics published all volumes in German from October 2010 to December 2011. The translation is by Jürgen Seebeck.
success
Naoki Urasawa was awarded the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize and the Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival for the 2005 manga . In 2010 the manga won the Seiun Prize at the Japan Science Fiction Convention.
The volumes of the manga sold over 400,000 times each and were among the best-selling mangas in Japan after publication.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anime News Network: Tezuka Award Winner Announced , May 10, 2005
- ↑ Anime News Network on the 2010 Seiun Prize winners
- ↑ Announcement about Pluto on Anime News Network , including placements in the Japanese comic book ranking and sales figures
Web links
- Anime News Network about the manga
- Carlsen official website for German publication