Comments on: Oo! Everyone seen this?

By: Luckygirl

Luckygirl — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:50:57 +0000

These went live this week.

http://www.vizsignature.com/pluto/

http://www.vizsignature.com/20CB/

By: matthew

matthew — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:16:15 +0000

Man, I was waiting for 20th century boys and this to come out three years ago when I left canada. I come back to canada for a year and it’s still not out, and it looks like I’ll have left again by the time it does come out. Sigh.
I clearly just need to learn another language if I want to read manga like this.

By: jun

jun — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:55:17 +0000

Ah! That’s very helpful! Thank you both. :)

By: Astro

Astro — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:25:10 +0000

If you want to read the Astro Boy story that Pluto is based on, it’s in Dark Horse’s Astro Boy vol. 3:

http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-531/Astro-Boy-Volume-3-TPB

By: Abhay

Abhay — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:18:09 +0000

I’m sure reading Astro Boy would deepen an appreciation, but I think I’m appreciating Pluto plenty even not having read much Astro Boy. I wouldn’t use the word “necessary,” personally, but maybe there’s something I’m missing. Jog did a review of both the Astro Boy story and Pluto that’s over on the right side of at his blog, and worth looking at.

When I was in Japan, they were selling over-sized copies of the Pluto and the Astro Boy equivalent-story as a package deal with a similar trade dress (all silver books with,like, die-cut covers; kind-of nicer), so fans could read both. The two stories look pretty darn different in style.

By: jun

jun — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:16:16 +0000

And so shall I. Do you think it's necessary to have read Astro Boy in order to appreciate Pluto?

By: Kristoffer

Kristoffer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:19:09 +0000

Can’t wait, I’ll definitely shell out some cash for that.

By: Chris McLaren

Chris McLaren — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:15:08 +0000

Yes, I believe I will have one of those.

By: Hugh Stewart

Hugh Stewart — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:53:20 +0000

oh geeze oh goodness oh gosh

I forgot about this

damn you viz media

damn you with money

all my money

By: Ralf Haring

Ralf Haring — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:45:16 +0000

Pluto and 20th Century Boys coming out concurrently? Excellent.

By: Halliday

Halliday — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:25 +0000

Wait… what? Who? When?

Oh man… I know it’s not going to happen, but if they did it up like the special edition one you brought back from Japan, I’d have to go rub one out in anticipation. PLUTO is, like, the killer shark of manga. SO GOOD.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:12:31 +0000

Also:
http://www.amazon.com/Naoki-Urasawas-20th-Century-Boys/dp/1591169224/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222207917&sr=1-4

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:10:46 +0000

So awesome! I am jealous of the person that gets to edit this book!!