Monday, July 15, 2013

Pluto (v 1), by Naoki Urasawa (inspired by Osamu Tezuka)

Pluto (v 1), by Naoki Urasawa (inspired by Osamu Tezuka), 192 pages

First of all, let me say that I totally thought this book was a work of Tezuka that I had just never heard about-- and I was slightly disappointed when I realized that it is, in fact, inspired by Tezuka's Astro Boy series.  But that's ok- it's still a fascinating read.  This world is full of robots- some more human-like than others, but all are integrated into human society.  When indestructible robots are found destroyed, it takes a robot detective with a secret past to save the world's other robots.  This had a very Philip K Dick-ensian feel to it.


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