Praised by many as a masterpiece, the manga PLUTO is based on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ arc from 1964 and created by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Yawara!, Master Keaton) and his long-time co creator Takashi Nagasaki.
The suspense drama takes place in a neo-futuristic world where humans and high-functioning robots live in complete harmony. The globally acclaimed manga has won numerous awards, including the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The 2015 stage adaptation of PLUTO returned in 2018 by popular demand and toured Japan and Europe.
Staff:
BY Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka CO-AUTHORED WITH Takashi Nagasaki SUPERVISED BY Macoto Tezka WITH THE COOPERATION OF Tezuka Productions Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN.
Executive Producers: Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki, Yuji Yamamoto
Director: Toshio Kawaguchi
Character Designer: Shigeru Fujita
Creative Advisor: Naoki Urasawa
CGI Director / Special Effects Compositor: Takahiro Miyata
Compositing Director: Mitsuhiro Sato
Audio Director: Masafumi Mima
Music:Yugo Kanno
Animation Production: Studio M2
Produced by GENCO
Japanese Voice Cast:
Gesicht: Shinshu Fuji
Atom: Yoko Hikasa
Uran: Minori Suzuki
Montblanc:Hiroki Yasumoto
North #2:Koichi Yamadera
Brando: Hidenobu Kiuchi
Hercules:Rikiya Koyama
Epsilon: Mamoru Miyano
Pluto: Toshihiko Seki
Dr.Ochanomizu:Toshio Furukawa
Dr.Tenma: Eizou Tsuda
Helena: Romi Park
Duncan: Michio Hazama
Brau-1589:Hideyuki Tanaka