 At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which opened on Monday in France, anime production company Genco revealed plans for an adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's award-winning science fiction manga Pluto.Pluto is based on Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy) series, taking its title from a villain in one of its story arcs. It was serialized in Big Comic Original between 2003 and 2009 and has been published in eight compiled volumes. The series is published in North America by VIZ Media. Genco is exhibiting a poster of Pluto at MIFA, a professional marketplace at the Annecy festival where producers can make project pitches as they seek partners for distribution and funding of animated works. The question of funding for an anime adaptation of Pluto previously surfaced at the 2012 Japan Expo in Paris, which Urasawa attended. At the time, producer Masao Maruyama, who worked on the anime adaptation of Urasawa's Monster manga, indicated that securing funding for a complete adaptation of Pluto would be difficult because few companies today want to fund an extended production. Maruyama estimated that a complete adaptation of Pluto could approximately take 39 episodes, or three broadcast cours. Crunchyroll reports that the solicitation for a Pluto anime indicates the project has an estimated completion date of 2020. Source: Crunchyroll.fr News submitted by Nidhoeggr Pluto on MAL |
tsubasaloverDec 1, 2018 5:48 AM
| Whatttt its happening! but... 2020? Damn thats a fucking long wait. |
| Well that's a really damn long wait but... holy shit did not expect this to ever get adapted. I mean it's not 20CB but it's the next best thing at least #hype |
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| There are more than average atom anime and merchandise going on lately, is there an anniversary in the tezukaverse? |
It's probably one of those anime meant for showing off to foreign fans for the Olympics. |
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| Urasawa is one of my favourite mangaka and Pluto has been rumoured to be getting an adaption for years now, with several high profile industry people showing interest. I hope Murayama can get a hold of this for MAPPA, but I will watch it anyway - no matter what happens. GET HYPE. PS: I am written with only one D :P |
NidhoeggrJun 13, 2017 1:39 PM
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
Nidhoeggr said: PS: I am written with only on D :P This has been fixed. |
| Fucking finally. It was either an anime adaptation or Universal and Illumination Entertainment was going to shit one out as a live action/CGI film. No, really, they have the rights to it. But it's been seven years, they might've forgotten about it (hopefully). The waiting game begins... |
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| my luck today is fapping awesome |
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| Is it Madhouse or MAPPA. >MAPPA it is, since they lack of budget these days and had no choice to but pick it within it's source material. |
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| 3 years that's too long well at least it's getting an adaptation. |
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| Finally Hallelujah! My prayers has been answered. |
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| ANIEME IS FUCKING SAVED...in 3 years |
SenpaiJay98Jun 13, 2017 10:21 AM
| Sup... |
| No hype until they secure a studio. No guarantee they'll even find one it seems, but best case it can arrive before 2020. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| OMG, so happy for this. I read the first three volume at a library since I had nothing good to do. I loved the manga (from what I've read) so I'm excited for the adaptation :D Time for a 3 year wait... |
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| Good news (That I already posted) Now where is my battle angel Alita anime? |
| HACKs! 🤢🤮 |
| Isnt this like a super big deal for manga readers? From the comments alone I guess thats a yes. |
| Hope it's not a slow motion adaption, because a 3 year-wait for a 39 eps based on a 8 volume-manga sucks. |
| The Same Way I Need An Adaptation For Oyasumi Punpun. I Can Wait Until The Author Is Not Dead. |
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| Please make it happen, I finished that manga only few days ago and would love to see it animated!! |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| a 3 cour pluto anime is well worth the wait. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| I sense a flop in the making. |
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| I would like to see a Pluto adaptation but i can't see it happens. |
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Nidhoeggr said: Urasawa is one of my favourite mangaka and Pluto has been rumoured to be getting an adaption for years now, with several high profile industry people showing interest. I hope Murayama can get a hold of this for MAPPA, but I will watch it anyway - no matter what happens. GET HYPE. PS: I am written with only on D :P I feel you, i also got so hard i could type with mine :P Best announcement of the year so far |
 "Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss |
| B-but anime will be dead by 2020. Don't get your hopes too high¡ |
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| Wow this comes totally by surprise for me. The long wait can only be worth it! |
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| Probably the best news in this year for me. Doesn't matter how long it gonna take, as long as they care and invest it in a reasonable sense, i don't mind. |
| Make it happen Japan! PLUTO alone can save anime and carry it back to its glorious day!! |
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| YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Best story ever is about to get adapted. Hopefully one day they adapt Billy Bat too. |
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| PRAISE THE GODS, IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING On a sidenote, I'm not sure how to feel about a 2020 release, but at the very least it would mean something to look forward to until then. |
| at least it fucking happened... now waiting for billy bat... haven't read it yet since naoki works better binge than bootlegged manga update... ichii_1 said: I sense a flop in the making. the manga already popular... so i doubt the anime tv rangking will bad... i wonder about BD sales tho.. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| i heard good things about this so i will definitely watch this one |
| Didn't see that coming... But it would be so great to have Pluto adapted :D I loved the manga and I really hope they can manage a 3 cours adaptation haha |
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| I only read the first volume but it was fairly interesting, now I am thinking of just waiting for the adaptation XD |
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| look like its confirmed as 8 long episodes, one for every volume. Source: https://twitter.com/Eldur_380/status/874971580606144512 |
| I read the manga while ago but very hyped to see this! The wait should be worth it. |
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| pluto is good but overrated, but not as overrated as 20th century boy, couldn't even finish it. |
ClickBaitBuster said: I knew it would be M2, Maruyama left MAPPA a while ago and he's been fighting for a Pluto anime for years. Now whether or not M2 doing this is a good thing I don't know yet. Onihei didn't really look that good at all...But this is going to air in 2020. So they better make it look good by then. Still don't know why they'd announce it now, it'll make the wait even worse because I know it's actually happening. Ignorance really is bliss.Adibash said: No it's not. looks like this tweet doesn't provide any source, so I'll just assume that it was just based on an old interview with Maruyamalook like its confirmed as 8 long episodes, one for every volume. Source: https://twitter.com/Eldur_380/status/874971580606144512 Edit: apparently Maruyama's newly established studio (Studio M2) will be doing it http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-14/pluto-anime-new-patlabor-ezy-anime-series-projects-revealed/.117465 |
| 39 episodes for 8 vols of manga i suuuper slow. even slower than monster. |
| If they really adapt it, instant PTW. |
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| oh man i need to start reading this now |
ClickBaitBuster said: No it's not. looks like this tweet doesn't provide any source, so I'll just assume that it was just based on an old interview with Maruyama Edit: apparently Maruyama's newly established studio (Studio M2) will be doing it http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-14/pluto-anime-new-patlabor-ezy-anime-series-projects-revealed/.117465 He's at the event.. I think he knows a lot better than ANN who got their info from Crucnhyroll.fr and other sites instead of getting it from a person directly there. He's the one who's been providing the pictures/leaks from the event such as the Mazinger Z camrip trailer plus what they said there and pictures, etc. Would take his word over ANN. Also even adala-news (http://adala-news.fr/2017/06/lexcellent-manga-pluto-adapte-en-anime/) confirm what he tweeted. My bet is that it's a co-production between MAPPA and M2 though, due to M2 not being able to fund Pluto fully and needing the name and staff of MAPPA for sales due to them becoming well-know thanks to Yuri on Ice!!! as well as their animators and funding (even though he was president of MAPPA, he's still involved with them). |
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