#Urasawa Naoki

[asooiasan]

[klaineka]

Been obsessed with Naoki Urasawa’s Monster and felt compelled to draw this

[screamofdespair]

Yawara! ED1

1989

[saotome-michi]

I'm not done with the Pluto Anime yet (one episode left), but I just have to say—the director seems to have a problem with suspense and pacing.

Take the first episode for example, when Gesicht is running after a criminal. Very early on in the scene, the anime shows his hand turn into a gun, alerting the audience that he's either a cyborg or a robot. When he corners the criminal at the very end of the scene and tells him, "I'm a robot", it's very much a "well yeah, no shit Sherlock" moment of confirmation.

Compare this to the manga, which doesn't show Gesicht's hand turning into a gun. Instead, it plays with angles so that it merely looks like Gesicht is holding a gun.

The manga keeps doing that until the very end, until the moment Gesicht announces he's a robot, at which point his gun-hand is revealed front and center.

A more egregious example, in my opinion, is how the anime reveals Adolf being in an Anti-Robot Organization. Let's first cover how the manga does it:

The chapter begins showing a regular morning in Adolf's home. His son, Hans, gets mad at their robot maid and insults her; Adolf quickly brings that to a halt, admonishing his behavior.

Consequently, our first impression of Adolf is that he seems like a decent person.

The chapter continues, showing Adolf drive to work, collect his brother's body, and have dinner with his wife. There's the mystery of what his brother did and what happened to his body, but otherwise there's still no hint of anything untoward about Adolf himself. Even while having dinner with his wife, he warns her that her comments about robots can be considered discrimination.

It isn't until the end of the chapter that we have the reveal:

Meanwhile, the anime starts off in a similar way, showing Adolf eating breakfast with his family, but this time Hans gets angry at his mother instead of their robot maid, because whoops—they don't have one. Hans whines, asking why he's the only one in his class who doesn't have a robot maid. Adolf tells him that his mother's doing his best.

Then, LITERALLY IN THE VERY NEXT SCENE, as Adolf drives to work, they show him CALLING THE BOSS OF THE ANTI-ROBOT ORG, and with basically no suspense or buildup, just casually reveal that he's part of it.

Like??? What a waste. What an absolute waste of the delicious buildup Urasawa literally served to you on a silver platter.

EXAMPLE NUMBER THREE (yes I'm not done yet) — when Dr. Ochanomizu welcomes the Robot Dog's Owner into his house, the manga initially presents the owner as just a regular looking dude. By showing his face and his open expression, he comes across as non-threatening. (Also note the composition of the panel on the bottom-right corner of the page: the owner is positioned lower than Ochanomizu and looks smaller due to the chosen angle. This also makes him seem subservient and less powerful).

It isn't until the next page that the tension starts to build and we realize there's something off about this dude.

But in the anime, they just signal to the audience that this guy is suspicious from the very beginning... by not showing his face.

Like... come on... you don't have to spoon-feed us like this.

[lu15d4]

Currently reading Billy Bat and there's this character that reminds me to Gesicht from Pluto (both written by Naoki Urasawa)

I like the detail of making characters from different stories that are quite similar in looks

[don-dake]

Black Jack's cameo in PLUTO [2023]

Ignore the screenshots with (Traditional) Chinese subtitles if it's of no concern for you; just happened across them as well and decided to add them to the post, just because.

[alitontress]

I’m seeing some people who have watched the Pluto anime but haven’t read the manga and are confused about some aspects of the story.

If anyone wants anything clarified I think I have the answers. I’ve read the manga a million times and waited 6 years for the anime to come out, so it’s really cool to have more people interested in the story! The fandom is finally getting bigger!

My tag for questions is “#pluto q&a”.

I recommend for anyone who hasn’t watched the anime or read the manga but you plan to watch the anime first, please skip the intro of the anime as quickly as possible because it contains spoilers.

EDIT: I have created a new side blog for Pluto related questions. (https://www.tumblr.com/500zeusabody — @500zeusabody) You can still send me asks on this blog and I'll answer them here, but I'll move the post over to the other blog so it's easier to find those answers.

Spoilers are in the comment section of this post.

[blackberryhexee]

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OSAMU TEZUKA FANDOM! JOIN

Lately I've been wanting to interact with more fandoms, especially those fandoms where I'm not so close🫶

[darcx]

The Sceneries of BILLY BAT

Last year I read through the first three volumes of Naoki Urasawa's BILLY BAT and I'm really so into it. Absolutely adored the diverse sceneries used and wanted to share some of my favorites.

If you're unfamiliar, it's the same Naoki Urasawa that did Monster, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto, among others. Billy Bat has seen no official English release as of now, and the fan translation that's out there kind of annoys me so I decided to read it in Japanese lol. It's a wild ride tho

[owarinaki]

Color poster - Spy x Family ,Pluto ,Kamonohashi ron no kindan suiri & Bungo Stray dogs

[beyond-the-dream]

"Mont Blanc. North No 2. Brando. Hercules. Epsilon. Gesicht. And Sahad. In whatever way they’re still with us, I’m sure they’re praying for that day. All of them."

[asooiasan]

[asnowperson]

Urasawa Naoki's Eroica tribute

Learn German with Major Eberbach <3

Naoki Urasawa is cool. And he drew an Eroica tribute in February 2023 issue of Mystery Bonita as part of Eroica's 45th anniversary project. The Rose Garden team going strong... Huge thanks go to mimio for making sure that the script makes sense, and to platypus for beautifully editing everything! You can find here, or on MangaDex.

Behold Dorian's magnificent chest hair!

I am still hoping for someone with old Mystery Bonita issues to be kind enough to contact me so that I can see the former tributes (and potentially scanlate them). They don't sell issues older than a year on e-book stores, so get your copies while you still can! I am in particular after the 2021/9 issue which has a Maya Mineo manga.

I pray that they will compile these tributes in a single volume later. I will be so buying it!

[screamofdespair]

Yawara! OP1

1989

[jeffpennington]

Friend from Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys for incredibly dope dude @/infantsquatch!