Pluto Urasawa x Tezuka, 002 /
"An advocate for robot rights and a renowned European robot have been murdered. Gesicht, the detective assigned to the case, has deduced that the killer is targeting the great robots of the world - which means that he too is one of the targets. Gesicht takes it upon himself to warn the potentia...
Main Author: | Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- |
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Other Authors: | Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989., Nagasaki, Takashi., Cook, Jared., Schodt, Frederik L. |
Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
Language: | English Japanese |
Published: |
San Francisco, CA :
Viz Media, LLC,
[2009, c2008]
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Edition: | Viz signature ed. |
Series: |
Pluto ;
002. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
"An advocate for robot rights and a renowned European robot have been murdered. Gesicht, the detective assigned to the case, has deduced that the killer is targeting the great robots of the world - which means that he too is one of the targets. Gesicht takes it upon himself to warn the potential targets, and Atom, the famous boy robot from Japan is next on his list."--P.[4] of cover. |
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Item Description: |
Published in Japanese right-to-left format. Based on Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka. The original Japanese edition was published in 2005 by Shogakukan, Inc., Tokyo. Based on "Astro Boy" written by Osamu Tezuka. |
Physical Description: |
[196] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
Audience: |
Rated T+: for Older Teen; contains violence and mature themes. |
ISBN: |
9781421519197 1421519194 |
Author Notes: |
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. |