There’s always a lot of attention on anime based on works by Naoki Urasawa and we may have another one in our future. The latest update to the Big Comic site for Shogakukan in Japan is now listing that their manga series Pluto is getting an animated adaptation that will be a Netflix exclusive. While we’ve had a tease for this before, this is the most official that it’s actually been.
The manga from Naoki Urasawa began in 2003 and wrapped up in 2009 with eight volumes. Viz Media released it in English previously and we’ve seen a stage play in Japan and the live-action rights were picked up well over a decade ago but were never exercised.
Check out our review of the first and second volumes of the manga.
The Japanese cast includes:
- TBA
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or something is out to destroy the seven great robots of the world. Europol’s top detective Gesicht is assigned to investigate these mysterious robot serial murders – the only catch is that he himself is one of the seven targets.
[Source: ANN]
