Urasawa's "Pluto": First chapter lands in stores n

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:35 pm

September 5th is the release date for the issue of Big Comic Original that carries the first chapter of Naoki Urasawa's new manga "Pluto". As stated previously, it has something to do with Osamu Tezuka (a spin off of Tetsuwan Atom, perhaps?) but any other details are unknown. In the current issue of BCO they are getting pumped up by printing an article comparing Urasawa and Tezuka. Perhaps there are details about the story in the article, but it's unlikely that I'll get a chance to see it.

Meanwhile, if you want to get an insignificant sneakpeek, click on this link... the upper left corner of the page lists what the next issue's manga with color pages will be, and there's a little thumbnail of Pluto...

http://www.bigoriginal.shogakukan.co.jp/next/index.html

Street Musician Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 302

Sounds cool, I'll be expecting it.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:26 am

I'm pumped, it doesn't look like he changed his art style at all...

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:16 pm

I read it.

Street Musician Joined: 13 Oct 2002 Posts: 419

Is it any good?

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:30 pm

I bought the Big Comic Original just now, but haven't read it yet -- unfortunately I have never read or seen Tetsuwan Atom so I don't know if the story will mean anything to me. I'm also not clear on what Tezuka's involvement in this project is -- if this is based on some unpublished notes or manga he left behind, or whether it's just inspired by him, or what.

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:38 am

... don't just blabber, find out already!

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:33 pm

Uh. From what we can read here [translated with babelfish] it looks a bit monsteroish... >.>; And it takes place in Europe... Again --;

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:17 am

http://mangascreener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11489&highlight=#11489

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:39 pm

What can I say it's officially released! Smile

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:12 pm

check the hawks BT page for the BT, or you might be able to find people serving it in the channel. it looks good! next chapter is published october 4th, and it will have more color pages. can't say when we'll have it done though, just wait and see...

Street Musician Joined: 13 Oct 2002 Posts: 402

ah ah... amazing!!!!

Shocked

i really liked it, hope he doesn't drag it out too much like 20cb..

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 6:45 am

Great job Kotonoha, Stephen and Hisae. We've got a great final product in our hands here.

I'm guessing that this series can't be too long since it has to follow the story of the Astro Boy plot. While there are a lot of things that can be put inbetween, essentially Urusawa knows where he has to take the plot so I have a feeling it'll only be a couple volumes or so. Then again, don't quote me on this since it'll most likely come back to bite me in the arse. >;P Actually, like Monster, he can spend a lot of time dealing with the human side of things... but more interestingly, the robot version of the human side of things. ^^;

The first chapter was really nice. I loved the little dialog between Gesicht and Robby's wife. Just those little moments are really touching. ^^

Fan Boy Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Italy

compliments Kotonoha, what font do you use for lettering?
I like it!

Fan Boy Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 30

What I liked about it was the way Urasawa is including lots of references to Asimov's 'I, Robot'. Such as Robby, an outdated robot in a high(er) tech world, and the laws of Robotics. Though I wonder if it will end as ominously as that story did.