Pluto Urasawa x Tezuka. 005 /
"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 la...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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San Francisco, CA :
VIZ Media,
Ã2009.
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| Edition: | Viz signature ed. |
| Series: | Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- Pluto ;
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| 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. |
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| 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." |
| Physical Description: | 186 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Audience: | Rated T+ for older teen (ages 16 and up) (contains depictions of violence and mature themes). |
| ISBN: | 9781421525839 1421525836 |
| 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. |
