Naoki Urasawa is one of the greatest minds in the crime thriller manga genre. He created works like Monster, 20th Century Boys, and Asadora, which can put even the most brilliant minds into a trance.
After Monster, fans had been eagerly waiting for Urasawa’s other works to receive an anime, and with Pluto, the dreams finally came true. Almost every crime-thriller fan is losing their mind about Pluto finally getting an anime adaptation, and here are the details.
During its panel at Anime Expo, Netflix announced that the animated series of Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto manga will debut on October 26. The event also revealed the whole cast and staff. The anime will have eight episodes with a 60-min run time.
A new teaser trailer has also been released.
The teaser trailer briefly introduces the world that the anime is set in. It looks like a modern era where robots have become a common phenomenon. The teaser then shows the murder of a human and a robot at two different places.
The murderer has left horns at the crime scene, and nobody knows whether the perpetrator is a human or a robot. We also get a clue that the perpetrator might be somewhat of a cross between a human and a robot. How our characters solve this mystery will form the crux of the story.
The anime will be produced by Studio Genco, known for “High School D×D.” The trailer also revealed the rest of the staff. Here’s the list.
| Position | Staff | Other Works |
| Director | Toshio Kawaguchi | Princess Mononoke |
| Animation Production | Genco | High School D×D |
| Series Composition | Yoko Yonaiyama | Uma Yuru |
| Character Design | Shigeru Fujita | Monster |
| Music Composer | Yugo Kanno | Psycho-Pass |
Here’s the cast that will be working on “Pluto” anime.
| Character | Cast | Other Works |
| Gesicht | Shinshu Fuji | As Saotome Zenjūrō in Beelzebub |
| Atom | Yoko Hikasa | As Kyouko Kirigiri in “Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōse |
| Uran | Minori Suzuki | As Rosina in Ascendance of the Book Worm |
| Mont Blanc | Hiroki Yasumoto | As Sado Yasutora in Bleach |
| North No.2 | Koichi Yamadera | As Shoyo Yoshida in Gintama |
| Brando | Hidenobu Kiuchi | As Hei in Darker than Black |
| Hercules | Rikiya Koyama | As Yukichi Fukuzawa in Bungou Stray Dogs |
| Epsilon | Mamoru Miyano | As Osamu Dazai in Bungo Stray Dogs |
| Pluto | Toshihiko Seki | As Muzan Kibutsuji in Demon Slayer |
Pluto is one of the best crime-mystery manga out there, and if the adaptation goes well, this anime will be a banger! It includes fighting, betrayal, politics, twists, and more. My advice? Add it to your watch list.
About PLUTO
Pluto is a manga written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serealized in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Original magazine from 2003 to 2009. The manga is getting an anime in 2023.
The manga follows a robot detective named Gesicht who is investigating a string of robot murders. Matters are further complicated when Gesicht realizes that he may be a target of the murderer as well.
Source: Netflix
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