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Pluto Urasawa x Tezuka. 004 /

"The seven great robots of the world are being destroyed one after the other, and the former members of the politically charged Bora Survey Group are also being targeted. Could Professor Tenma, the man who created the Japanese boy robot Atom, hold the key to finding the killer and his motive? T...

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Main Author: Urasawa, Naoki, 1960-
Other Authors: Nagasaki, Takashi., Cook, Jared., Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-, Tezka, Macoto., Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Japanese
Published: San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, Ã2009.
Edition: Viz Signature ed.
Series: Pluto ; 004.
Subjects:
Robots > Young adult fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Young adult fiction.
Science fiction comics > Young adult.
Detective and mystery comics > Young adult.
Adaptations > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Japan.
Summary: "The seven great robots of the world are being destroyed one after the other, and the former members of the politically charged Bora Survey Group are also being targeted. Could Professor Tenma, the man who created the Japanese boy robot Atom, hold the key to finding the killer and his motive? The latest developments in the investigation send shock waves throughout the world in this masterful work of science fiction and suspense"--Publisher's web site.
Item Description: Published in Japanese right-to-left format.
Originally published in 2007 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo.
Based on Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka.
"A new vision based on Astro Boy -- The greatest robot on Earth."
"A new vision based on Astro Boy, the greatest robot on Earth."
Physical Description: [194] pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Audience: Rated T+ for older teen.
Rated T+ for older teen (ages 16 and up) (contains depictions of violence and mature themes).
ISBN: 9781421519210
1421519216
Author Notes: Naoki Urasawa's career as a manga artist spans more than twenty years and has firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA! in 1983 and hasn't stopped his impressive output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawa's oeuvre encompasses a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy ( Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl ), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary ( Pineapple ARMY ; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga ( 20th Century Boys ), and a modern reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka ( Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka ; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008 saw the theatrical release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century Boys .

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.

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