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Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Vol. 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781421519180)
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xWho Killed Astro Boy? In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something is after the seven great robots of the world. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case--and he eventually discovers that he is one of the targets! In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets.
Author: Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki
ISBN-10: 1421519186
ISBN-13: 9781421519180
Publisher: Viz Media
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/08/2008 pg. 49
Library Journal 05/15/2009 pg. 57
Christian Century 12/15/2009 pg. 25
ALA Graphic Novels for Teens 03/01/2010 pg. 22
Author: Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki
ISBN-10: 1421519186
ISBN-13: 9781421519180
Publisher: Viz Media
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/08/2008 pg. 49
Library Journal 05/15/2009 pg. 57
Christian Century 12/15/2009 pg. 25
ALA Graphic Novels for Teens 03/01/2010 pg. 22
By Naoki Urasawa
xNaoki Urasawa's career as a manga artist spans more than twenty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA! in 1983 and hasn't stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawa's oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary (Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys. No stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa received the 2011 and 2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material--Asia, and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, and also received the Kodansha Manga Award. Urasawa has also become involved in the world of academia, and in 2008 accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he teaches courses in, of course, manga.
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