PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 4

Pluto [プルートウ] #4

by Naoki Urasawa (Creator), Osamu Tezuka (Original Story), Takashi Nagasaki

A powerful, destructive force in the form of a tornado is killing the great robots of the world one by one. Who or what could be behind this whirlwind? Be it man or robot, it now has its sights set on Atom, the most advanced robot ever created--and Atom is ready to dive right into the eye of the storm.

Contains Chapters 24 to 31.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Science Fiction, Mystery, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2006

About the author

Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.

Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.

Series list (not including short stories collections):
- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika;
- Happy! 1993-1999
- MONSTER 1994-2001
- 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006
- 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007
- PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom
- BILLY BAT 2008-2016
- Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014
- Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre
- Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing

Reviews

[Olly]

Crudele, emozionante.

[Davide Pappalardo]

L'azione aumenta mentre ci avviciniamo un po' di più alla risoluzione del mistero dietro agli omicidi dei creatori dei robot più sofisticati al mondo, e alla distruzione di quest'ultimi. Il livello rimane alto, per quella che mi sento già di definire l'opera migliore e più riuscita di Urasawa, almeno fino a questo punto.