The source material for this must’ve been incredible. The plot, the allegory, the characters, and everything about the story was so perfectly orchestrated. Even when I could predict certain plot twists, it still felt as if the release was good. I started to truly empathize with the characters and the aftershock of each death or character development in the series felt truly important. Gesicht was incredible throughout, and I really loved Epsilon’s character too, although I would’ve loved more development for his character.
The animation and music here just tied the whole package together. There was a lot of slow burn and tension building throughout the series.
It's definitely not Urasawa's best work.
The original material is very weak and the adaptation is also weak. Astro Boy's story of peace is far from bringing peace or resolution to the problems of World War II. And placing Japan as a victim or protagonist is problematic to say the least.
The story does manage to bring suspense and intimacy to the problems of war based on the needs of family. It's a smart and challenging choice. As it encourages people to watch, it also creates a dramatic charge. However, I couldn't identify with the characters except for the detective (who was probably Urasawa's initial character).
It seems to me that there was a business intention here between the Tezuka association and the Urasawa publishers. I speculate that Urasawa already had a science fiction story and that it was sold to the association.
Anyway, the production manages to maintain a high level of quality except for the 3D. The soundtrack is good and the voice actors are exceptional. In my opinion, the weakest points are in the story and mainly in the direction that fails to improve the narrative and makes it more rigid.
60 odd years ago, I adored Astro Boy. Glad to see him again, and glad to see he is still the bearer of wisdom and compassion.
Fun story with interesting characters and a very timely message.
Incredible animation while sticking to the 90s era style. The story is an interesting one and even holds true to some modern day advances.
Such an amazing adaptation that you can tell gives attention and care to the source material and animation. This was such a great watch considering I binged the entire thing, and it truly was a rollercoaster with the amount of twists and turns. Highly recommend this to anyone, even people who may not be fans of animation because this is really a classic.
It was okay. Gripping at times, but found the plot quite simplistic and ultimately boring.
"I'll be fine..."
immediately dies
I will say that, like Naoki Urasawa's other masterpiece (which is also just one of many), Monster, the show does tend to hit you over the head with some of the mysteries. But, outside of that, it's an incredibly well-written and evocative show that explores personhood. And like with Attack on Titan, it tackles grief, the impact of war, and radicalization in a way that I found to be particularly prescient right now (for obvious reasons). And I find that the way that Pluto references very obvious real-world events without much subtlety to be very effective here, since the perspective it offers is potentially charged and controversial in the West. Again, very relevant due to what is currently happening, and I think the show handles the geopolitical analogs fairly well without getting bogged into some of the fuziness. The animation is striking overall, with some scenes being downright breathtaking. Some of the CGI was a bit noticeable, but damn, it hits so often that it's easy to overlook. I also really loved the music and the opening sequence.
I knew while I was watching I could have sworn I was watching a direct adaptation of some work by Isaac Asimov, with everyone asking questions about robots and artificial intelligence.
But after I realized that the actor was the star boy, I ended up watching the anime, even though it still looked like a work by Asimov
Fundamentally, it is a story that deals with the concept of humanity, what makes us human and what differentiates machines from us. Starting from that premise, Pluto has a very powerful first chapter where all the right buttons are touched to reinforce its message. Unfortunately, the first chapter is the peak of the story and it only gets worse from here.
The entire series is incredibly predictable from start to the point where you can know exactly in what order the murders will happen, it suffers from having excessively expository and inorganic dialogues, and many of its characters, more than living beings, feel like plot devices to expose some point of the story to the viewer.
The plot develops in a subpar way, since there are few characters who act according to what the situation requires, in many instances ignoring logical decisions just so that the plot can progress in the way that the writer wants. Come to the end, Pluto has possibly one of the most predictable and overused climaxes I've ever seen, as well as a last-minute villain (certain super computer) that no one told us about.
Despite everything, the show has remarkables technical aspects that would be one of the few things in which it stands out. Nevertheless, series like Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell or Gundam are better at exposing their points about humanity or war, and build up interesting scenarios around them.
Amazing story telling, sometimes too slow, but easily could be a 5 máximum 6 episodes, no more. This Is an example of how the things without woke cáncer works.
Shout by AkoviaVIP 2BlockedParent2023-11-23T17:52:14Z
I really wanted to love this, but it fell flat for me.
I really enjoyed the themes it was exploring, but it ended up coming off a bit too pretentious.
It had gaping plot holes that made taking the rest of it seriously a bit of a stretch.
My favorite was that one of the seven most powerful/expensive robots in the entire world was sold to the circus as a joke!?!?
Note: _I didn't read the source material, and maybe they stayed true to it, but not fixing the plot holes was a mistake if that was the case IMO. _
The animation and the acting were very good, the mood was perfectly fitting as well.
This had the potential to be a home run, but they fell short of the mark.