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Annecy 2017: The Pluto manga finally adapted into animation

By 2020

It's at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival that we learned that the Pluto manga by Naoki Urasawa, based on the Astro Boy manga from Osamu Tezuka, will soon be adapted into an anime series. A poster appeared on the stand of the Japanese company Genco, present at MIFA (the professional part of the Annecy Festival).

In 2012, when Naoki Urasawa came to Japan Expo, the question was asked. Producer Masao Maruyama, who had already produced Master Keaton and Monster, explained that it was complicated because the story imposes a significant number of episodes (about 39 episodes according to him at the time, i.e. 3 seasons) and few companies want to engage in such a long format these days. The series is expected to arrive in 2020.

The manga has 8 volumes, all published in France at Kana.





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Pluto manga story summary:

In a futuristic world where robots live like humans, mysterious crimes succeed one another. Robots and renowned researchers are murdered under very strange circumstances. All victims are found with a horn-shaped ornament on their heads. Gesicht, a robot inspector, is in charge of the case. He discovers that the victims are veterans of the last conflict in Central Asia, and that the targeted robots are the seven most powerful robots on the planet, of which he himself is a part! Inspector Gesicht then goes out to meet people and robots threatened to try to protect them from danger.

FreakEliteX wrote:The 'Pluto' anime will be animated by MAPPA in 8 episodes

MAPPA will be responsible for the animation and each chapter will adapt a volume of the manga

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We recently told you in an entry that Naoki Urasawa's manga Pluto would have an anime adaptation. This information came from the Annecy Animation Festival this year. Today, we get new information about it. Thanks to the Twitter @ Eldur_380 account we get new information on this expected anime (note: that's the link posted above). The animation studio MAPPA ( Yuri !!! on Ice ) will be in charge of the project, which will consist of 8 episodes. Each episode will adapt a volume of the manga on which it is based.

The series will be produced by Masao Maruyama , who has collaborated on other animated adaptations of Naoki Urasawa as Monster or Master Keaton. It is not yet known who will handle the direction, but Naoki Urasawa will oversee the pilot episode of the series. An anime trailer is also expected between August and September of this year.

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