BookFronter
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa

Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Vol. 1

Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

VIZ Media LLC · Print & ebook · February 17, 2009

A Manga pick for readers exploring Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Vol.

Crime & Mystery ComicsScience Fiction ComicsMecha Mangacentury
More
manga
Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
A murder investigation among the world’s great robots turns science fiction into a knotty crime mystery.
Themes
Robots and society, Robot rights, Murder investigation
Genres
Crime & Mystery Comics, Science Fiction Comics, Mecha Manga

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.

  1. Naoki Urasawa's 21st Century Boys, Vol. 2Naoki Urasawa48% matchShares Crime & Mystery Comics and Science Fiction Comics
  2. 20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 9Naoki Urasawa49% matchShares Mecha Manga
  3. Monster: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 2Naoki Urasawa52% matchShares Crime & Mystery Comics
  4. Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Vol. 12Naoki Urasawa53% matchShares Crime & Mystery Comics
  5. 21st Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 1Naoki Urasawa48% matchShares Crime & Mystery Comics and Mecha Manga
  6. Gachiakuta 3Kei Urana52% match
  7. Gokurakugai, Vol. 1Yuto Sano46% match
  8. Dandadan, Vol. 9Yukinobu Tatsu43% matchShares Science Fiction Comics

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

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 an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered.

Continue reading

The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets.

A Robot-Sleuth Mystery

A murder investigation among the world’s great robots turns science fiction into a knotty crime mystery.

Come here for

  • The intrigue of a detective investigating crimes against robots
  • A mystery with an unsettling clue and a widening list of targets

Expect

  • Science-fiction stakes folded into a crime-comics investigation
  • A case that puts detective Gesicht in the crosshairs

Where it sits

Science Fiction Comics83%
Mecha Manga53%
Crime & Mystery Comics39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Crime & Mystery Comics
  • General Manga
  • Tie-In Comics
Authors
Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Published
February 17, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Robots and society · Robot rights · Murder investigation
Reading lane
Crime & Mystery Comics