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| Name | Pluto |
|---|---|
| Ja kanji | プルートウ |
| Ja romaji | Purūtō |
| Genre | Detective, Science fiction |
| Type | manga |
|---|---|
| Author | Naoki Urasawa Osamu Tezuka (Original creator) Takashi Nagasaki (Plot collaborator) |
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| Publisher en | Viz Media |
| Publisher other | Planeta DeAgostini Comics Egmont Manga & Anime Seoul Munhwasa Panini Comics |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Big Comic Original |
| First | September 9, 2003 |
| Last | April 5, 2009 |
| Volumes | 8 |
is a manga series by Naoki Urasawa published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original from 2003 to 2009. It has been licensed for release in English by Viz Media, under the name Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka. (It was released over 8 volumes between 2009 and 2010.) Takashi Nagasaki is credited as the series' co-author. Makoto Tezuka, Osamu Tezuka's son, supervised the series.
The series is based on Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, specifically story arc, and named after the arc's chief villain. Urasawa reinterprets the story as a suspenseful murder mystery starring Gesicht, a Europol robot detective trying to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths.
Numerous references to other characters in Osamu Tezuka's Star System appear, such as Black Jack, Robita, as well as several Astro Boy characters who appear in chief supporting roles.
Category:Astro Boy Category:Detective anime and manga Category:Manga of 2003 Category:Science fiction anime and manga Category:Seinen manga Category:Viz Media manga Category:Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Grand Prize)
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; Beta!!: He made his professional debut in 1983 with Beta!!, a gag one-shot.
; Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl : Urasawa's first official work and real breakthrough; published from 1986 to 1993 (serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 1987-93), this manga has 29 volumes in total. This judo romance comedy is about a female judo champion who wants to have fun just like other girls, but her strict grandfather wants her to win in tournaments. Yawara! won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1990.
; Jigoro!: Short story collection published in one volume by Shogakukan in 1994. It features four stories about Jigorou, Yawara's grandfather (from Yawara!) during his younger years. It also includes a samurai and a baseball story not related to Yawara!.
; 20th Century Boys (Nijusseiki Shōnen): In 1999, after finishing Happy!, Urasawa began the all-popular 20th Century Boys. He wrote 20th Century Boys alongside Monster for two years, Monster ending in 2001. Urasawa has finished the series after 22 volumes. The concluding chapters were released under the title 21st Century Boys. It was licensed by Viz, however, at Urasawa's request, its release was rescheduled until after Monster finished its English serialization due to the change in his art style over time. Publication in the US began in February 2009. 20th Century Boys won Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2001, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 2003.
; PLUTO: Beginning in late 2003, PLUTO is a more realistic retelling of a famous story by the late Osamu Tezuka. Its story is based on a story arc of the original Astro Boy manga by Tezuka, "Chijō saidai no ROBOTTO" ("The World's Strongest Robot"). Pluto received an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival and the 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize. The series ended in early 2009, at 8 volumes. "PLUTO" was also licensed by Viz for English language release, and published in 2009-2010.
; Billy Bat: Thriller manga started in October 2008 that follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat". When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat.
; Mangari Michi: Gag manga featuring the two mangakas that appeared in 20th Century Boys. Started in July 2009.
Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Manga artists Category:Osamu Tezuka Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Category:People from Western Tokyo
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| Name | Osamu Tezuka手塚 治虫 |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | November 03, 1928 |
| Birth place | Toyonaka, Osaka |
| Deathdate | February 09, 1989 |
| Deathplace | Tokyo |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Animator, Producer, Manga Artist, Medical Doctor, actor, pianist |
| Notable works | Astro BoyKimba the White LionPhoenixBlack Jack |
He started to draw comics around his second year of elementary school. Around his fifth year he found a bug named "Osamushi". It so resembled his name that he adopted osamushi as his pen name. He came to the realization that he could use manga as a means of helping to convince people to care for the world. After World War II, he created his first piece of work (at age 17), Diary of Ma-chan and then Shin Takarajima (New Treasure Island), which began the golden age of manga, a craze comparable to American comic books at the time. Japanese manga artists call him "Manga-no-kami sama."
When he was younger, Tezuka's arms swelled up and he became ill. He was treated and cured by a doctor which made him want to be a doctor. However, he began his career as a manga artist while a university student, drawing his first professional work while at school. At a crossing point, he asked his mother whether he should look into doing manga full time or whether he should become a doctor. This was a really serious question since, at the time, being a manga author was not a particularly rewarding job. The answer his mother gave was: "You should work doing the thing you like most of all." Tezuka decided to devote himself to manga creation on a full-time basis. He graduated from Osaka University and obtained his medical degree, but he would later use his medical and scientific knowledge to enrich his sci-fi manga, such as Black Jack.
His creations include Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu in Japan, literally translated to "Iron-armed Atom"), Black Jack, Princess Knight, Phoenix (Hi no Tori in Japan), Kimba the White Lion, Adolf and Buddha. His "life's work" was Phoenix — a story of life and death that he began in the 1950s and continued until his death.
In January 1965, Tezuka received a letter from Stanley Kubrick, who had watched Astro Boy and wanted to invite Tezuka to be the art director of his next movie . Tezuka couldn't afford to leave his studio for an entire year to live in England, so he refused the invitation. Though he couldn't work on it, he loved the movie, and would play its soundtrack at maximum volume in his studio to keep him awake during the long nights of work.
Tezuka headed the animation production studio Mushi Production ("Bug Production"), which pioneered TV animation in Japan.
He was a personal friend (and apparent artistic influence) of Brazilian comic book artist Mauricio de Sousa.
Tezuka died of stomach cancer on February 9, 1989, at the age of 60. His death came about one month after the death of Hirohito, the Shōwa Emperor of Japan. In an afterword written by Takayuki Matsutani, president of Mushi Productions, that was published in Viz Media's English language release of the Hi no Tori manga, it is said that his last words were, "I'm begging you, let me work!"
The city of Takarazuka, Hyōgo, where Tezuka grew up, opened a museum in his memory. His work, like that of other manga creators, was sometimes gritty and violent. However, he stayed away from graphic violence in some titles such as Astro Boy.
On the ground floor on the way before the building's entrance, are imitations of the hands and feet of several characters from Tezuka (as in a true walk of fame) and on the inside, the entry hall, a replica of Princess Knight's furniture. On the same floor, is a permanent exhibition of manga and a room for the display of anime. The exhibition is divided into two parts: Osamu Tezuka and the city of Takarazuka and Osamu Tezuka, the author.
On the first floor are held several exhibitions and are available a Manga Library, with five hundred works of Tezuka (some foreign editions are also present), a video library and a lounge with a decor inspired by Kimba the White Lion.
There is also a center of glass that represents the planet Earth and is based on a book written by him in his childhood called "Our Earth of Glass".
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