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It's a masterpiece, I think it's the anime of the year 2023.
What can I say... When I watched the trailer, my expectations were modest, to be honest. I knew Naoki Urasawa was a master of storytelling and story creation, having previously been amazed by his work, “Monster.” However, seeing the “Netflix” mention and the graphic aesthetic, I anticipated a comple…
Read full review on AniList →A detective's journey through the cycle of hatred, and the innate desire for something real.
~~~"Pluto," the science fiction thriller, is an anime adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's manga and a retelling of Tezuka Osamu's "Astro boy." Urasawa is the man behind the critically acclaimed manga and anime "Monster," as well as the notable "20th Century Boys." This is a story with history and firm fou…
Read full review on AniList →IRREVOCABLY HUMAN...(or, "A Show Five Years In The Making!!")
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**I CAN SPLIT** my life into two distinct phases - before and after senior year of high…
Read full review on AniList →10/10 will watch every year until I die. My favorite anime of all time. Full stop. No comparison. The best ever.
The premise: In a not-too-distant feeling future earth, Robots with complex AI are abundant, and even have rights. But they *must* obey the laws of Robotics. Chief among them is not to harm humans. Well. I think you know where this is going.
But this isn't just any robot beat em up. It's based on…
Read full review on AniList →A beautiful anime that's almost scary on how relevant it is in this technological age. Urasawa, you've done it again.
Pluto, as it says on the subtitle, is based on the Astro Boy story, “The Greatest Robot on Earth”. But instead of just focusing on Astro Boy, it focuses on the entire world of Astroboy,
Fun fact, the original 1950s manga Astroboy takes place in the year 2003, and that year was when the Urasawa’s ma…
Read full review on AniList →What if WMDs were sad about the fact that they are WMDs? How do the WMDs feel about their fathers?
What if WMDs were sad about the fact that they are WMDs? How do the WMDs feel about their fathers?
In all seriousness, PLUTO is a phenomenal meditation on what it means to be human and how we lose it (and find it) amid war and terror. Centering humanity is essential to any worthwhile story about A…
Read full review on AniList →Pluto is Astro Boy if it was a cyberpunk noir murder mystery, which works a lot better than you'd think it would.
So...I've watched a lot of anime over the course of my life. A lot. Yet it was only in 2023 that I actually managed to finish something made by the very well known mangaka Naoki Urasawa. I know, I'm super late to the party on this one. Whether you're familiar with his work or not, Urasawa is well kn…
Read full review on AniList →Two Authors, One Story.
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Pluto is my first dive into Naoki Urosawa works (that I completed). I gotta say, he lives upto his reputation for good writing. He builds suspense and mystery with gripping narrative and good characters. Add some great production values wit…
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I couldn't stop watching I was HOOKED... for a little while
Ah Naoki Urasawa the mind behind Monster and 20th Century Boys got a new anime adaptation for his manga Pluto, a sorta kinda retelling of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy. You know good for him.
In fact any author would love to get this level of…
Read full review on AniList →Pluto is a haunting, emotional, and philosophical masterpiece. An anime that lingers long after the credits roll.
I don't think I'll ever find the exact words to describe how much Pluto moved me but I'll try. It is a show I went into with high expectations and even then it surpassed everything I thought it could be. From the first episode, it was pretty evident that this wasn't just another sci-fi anime. It had…
Read full review on AniList →Naoki Urasawa's Pluto – A Post-Mortem
I know most people who watched this show probably don’t care about this detail, but it’s one that I’m going to use a lot in this review, so I’ll get it as a starting point: Pluto isn’t just based on the manga of the same name by Monster’s author Naoki Urasawa, but it’s also a remake of the “Greatest…
Read full review on AniList →Though it suffers from corniness, Urasawa's dark reimagining of a childhood classic is some damn compelling anime.
Naoki Urasawa is fascinated with the darkness of childhood imagination.
Admittedly, I've only watched two anime based on his work so far- Madhouse's masterclass adaptation of Monster and now this- so I can't say how common a thread it is in his other stories. But even just from those two, his fixat…
Read full review on AniList →Struggles to hold its ambitions together, though the strong vision makes it at least enjoyable.
It is undeniable that __Pluto__ is a well-produced and thought-provoking story with a strong vision. However, the magnitude that the show builds up is not properly fulfilled by a wholly satisfying resolution. The journey was fun to watch and scratches a highbrow itch that people who love __Blade Run…
Read full review on AniList →Well-made anime with strong themes, but never really reached an impactful narrative peak
Pluto didn’t really meet my expectations, even though I still think it’s a solid anime. At first I didn’t even have high expectations, because Pluto isn’t talked about as much as Monster or 20th Century Boys, even though it’s from the same creator. But the first episode was very strong, so I raised…
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