Pluto

Gesicht, an android police detective of Europol, is tasked with finding the murderer of Montblanc, a retired war hero robot. Although it appears that only a robot could have committed this crime, the murder of a renowned robot rights activist casts doubts on the criminal's identity. Indeed, outside of an isolated and unexplained incident that occurred eight years ago, robots are programmed to be unable to kill human beings. However, the lack of human evidence on the crime scene and the similarity of modus operandi lead Gesicht to suspect that the two murderers might be the same being—be they man or robot.

Shortly after Montblanc's passing, another retired elite war robot is mysteriously eliminated. Gesicht notices a pattern in the choice of murder victim: both dead robots belonged to a group of the seven most powerful war machines ever designed. Determined to stop the murderer from eliminating the five remaining veterans, Gesicht seeks help from Atom, a cutting-edge android who resembles a human boy. The duo must now hunt down the rogue killer before the series of murders is carried on, lest the very fabric of society suffer irremediable damage.

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Gesicht Main

Fuji, Shinshuu Japanese

Atom Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Epsilon Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

North #2 Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi Japanese

Brau-1589 Supporting

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Tenma, Umatarou Supporting

Tsuda, Eizou Japanese

Pluto Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Dr. Ochanomizu Supporting

Furukawa, Toshio Japanese

Ali, Muhammad Supporting

Minami, Wakana Japanese

Uran Supporting

Suzuki, Minori Japanese

Nagasaki, Takashi Producer

Noda, Fuko Producer

Ikou, Yuushi Producer

Udagawa, Sumio Producer

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Nov 23, 2023

VilexRoss

Recommended

Pluto is a pinacle of anime as a medium of story telling.
The depth and subtlness of the themes is a mesmerizing experience as it introduces the viewer to a world of ambiguity, turmoil, injustice ,and war.
Pluto is a sensational, sofisticated,and heartening contemplation on the future, and life in general.

•Story 9/10
Set in a future where A.I has become sentient.
It begs the question on where to draw between human beings and robots. As the distinction between them fades.
A clever mystery drama with a suspense of killer.

•Visuals + music 10/10
... Art style is perfect for the themes of the show.
Background music suits the show.
Action packed with great cinematography and visuals.

•Characters 10/10
Well written Characters with their intricate personality and conscience.
Their motivation, aspirations and ideas on life.

● Conclusion
Deep and philosophical piece of media, which leaves viewers in awe.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 9, 2023

gakinotsukai

Mixed Feelings

Darn this would have been an easy 10 if it was traditionally animated. They went so hard on the stills, the static background art of the city scape, and character art style, but then just gave up everywhere else... Pluto is plagued by soulless CGI cars, CGI hallways, CGI buildings, utterly horrendous CGI fire/weather/special effects, and strange weightless uncanny movement when characters are doing simple things like walking. Seriously, there is a scene in the first episode of Gesicht walking and it looks like some slapstick 1930s character sliding along on a glass floor making whacky wailing flailing movements. Also the lighting is inconsistent to ... the point of distracting at times. Music was just okay, standard anime stuff really. Yet the story of Pluto is outstanding, it's what will hook you and not let go.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 18, 2024

Mr_Popepo

Not Recommended

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Pluto is a story that really shows its age, is a statement that best describes this experience.

It's the equivalent of playing an old game in todays standards and you're just left thinking that we've just improved so much on the formula. It's a story with a pretty weak premise, weak setting, and weak characters. Flash backs are very poorly inserted that you often don't even realize you're in one until ten minutes later because you're constantly jumping around between characters who are robots with rockets for legs. There is a lot of nonsensical behavior due to over use of unwarranted empathy that goes beyond all ... logic, which is ironic because they're robots. I haven't read or watched Monster yet so maybe I haven't been sipping on the koolaid that bolstered this type of rating. I was just left very disappointed in the story and it just felt like the author was writing this with some sort of god complex (he'll save humanity and give robots empathy with this nonsense) in hopes that when AI does advance far enough they'll go learn about this and think, "wow this was a story that took no risks and was as bland as white bread."

Only saving grace is that the production value on this was crazy, so it wasn't terrible to look at, other than the first episode where they had some weird frame issues making it really difficult to watch because it hurts your eyes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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