Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:15 am
Best fucking manga to read this year - evah!
The story is set in a future where robots are common place and laws have been passed that give robots basic robot rights. We enter this world several years after a war in central asia where robots were exploited.
Most robots we see in this world are clearly robots. They all look metallic and their body shape is functionally designed for their purpose. However, we get introduced over the series to seven of the worlds best robots. A number of these seven have human bodies and to some capacity they were all present in the central asia war with the UN and robots fighting the fasist asian dictatorship.
This is an on-going series. I'm onto book 4. Looks like 7 will be available soon.
The story follows several lead characters, but we start off with Inspector Gesight from Germany's branch of Europol. He's investigating the murder of one of the greatest seven robots, who was a much loved figure around the world for his devotion to nature. This murder has something in common with a human murder that took place quite close in time to the murder of the beloved robot.
Fantastic book! It's a crime thriller, it has adult-manga artwork, it is an exploration of identity, human rights and social intolerance to other cultures.
The story is set in a future where robots are common place and laws have been passed that give robots basic robot rights. We enter this world several years after a war in central asia where robots were exploited.
Most robots we see in this world are clearly robots. They all look metallic and their body shape is functionally designed for their purpose. However, we get introduced over the series to seven of the worlds best robots. A number of these seven have human bodies and to some capacity they were all present in the central asia war with the UN and robots fighting the fasist asian dictatorship.
This is an on-going series. I'm onto book 4. Looks like 7 will be available soon.
The story follows several lead characters, but we start off with Inspector Gesight from Germany's branch of Europol. He's investigating the murder of one of the greatest seven robots, who was a much loved figure around the world for his devotion to nature. This murder has something in common with a human murder that took place quite close in time to the murder of the beloved robot.
Fantastic book! It's a crime thriller, it has adult-manga artwork, it is an exploration of identity, human rights and social intolerance to other cultures.