Pluto Urasawa x Tezuka. 007 /
"Pluto has destroyed six out of the seven great robots of the world, and the pacifist robot Epsilon is the only one that remains. Will Epsilon, who refused to participate in the 39th Central Asian War, leave behind his war-orphaned charges to step onto the battlefield? It just might be that kindly E...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Viz Media,
c2009.
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| Edition: | Viz signature ed. |
| Series: | Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto ;
007. |
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| Summary: | "Pluto has destroyed six out of the seven great robots of the world, and the pacifist robot Epsilon is the only one that remains. Will Epsilon, who refused to participate in the 39th Central Asian War, leave behind his war-orphaned charges to step onto the battlefield? It just might be that kindly Epsilon, who wields the power of photon energy, will be Pluto's greatest opponent of all!"--Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | "A new vision based on Astro boy - 'the greatest robot on earth.'" |
| Physical Description: | 193 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Audience: | Rated T+ for older teen (ages 16 and up) (contains depictions of violence and mature themes). |
| ISBN: | 9781421532677 1421532670 |
| 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. |
