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Pluto by Naoki Urasawa, is out this week!

Pluto is Urasawa’s fantastic tribute to Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy comics.

The book is about a detective following the trail of a serial killer murdering the most powerful robots in the world. It’s like a great cross between Bladerunner, Astro Boy and Silence of the Lambs.

Urasawa introduces an array of robots, often inspired by classic Tezuka designs. There are so many quiet, cinematic moments in this comic as we are introduced to each robot’s idiosyncrasies. Oddly this comic is the most heartfelt and human of Urasawa’s comics.

Naoki Urasawa is a manga-superstar in Japan. He is responsible for the fugitive manga, Monster (which is due out as a film later this year) and 20th Century Boys - about a group of schoolkids who grow up to battle an evil, world-dominating ex-classmate.

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