| Netflix behavior, they release all eps at once instead of weekly, which ultimately tanks the popularity and engagement. Pluto is heavy on dialogue and psychological which isn't popular these days unfortunately, I thought Pluto was anime of the year tbf |
| Idk why people are saying because of the ending. The ending is the most typical Urasawa ending. He’s well known for having anticlimactic/ambiguous endings. Monster, 20th century boys and Billy Bat are all like that in that sense. Why didn’t it get as popular as Monster or 20th century boys? It can be many things. First and foremost and the most obvious thing, people just didn’t like the plot/characters that much compared to the other two. Bad Marketing and release schedule. A show that airs and finishes in the same day will not be talked as much as a though that ends months after its release. And finally one of the reason why Monster and 20 century boys are so popular in the first place: Johan and Friend. Even if you haven’t read Monster or 20th CB it’s very likely that many people have at least heard of those names. It’s no surprise with the glaze these characters get ( avery well earned one though). You can literally see them on every social media (whether they’re pictures, edits or analytic videos of them) Pluto doesn’t have any character like that. It’s very easy to say that Johan and Friend carry their respective mangas to popularity. |
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| Monster isn't exactly mainstream either. |
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| - It is a ONA - It is only 8 episodes - Not much marketing - Lack of merchandisable characters - Tons more new anime airing to compete with it - Monster is niche by modern standards |
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Reply to CrunchyCrobat
LordSozin said:
Unpopular opinion: This wasn't as good as Monster.
Unpopular opinion: This wasn't as good as Monster.
Says "unpopular opinion", while saying the the opinion majority of people have, great job
| @CrunchyCrobat, oops, sorry for not always hanging around this site like you always do. My bad. ๐ฅ |
Reply to CrunchyCrobat
LordSozin said:
@CrunchyCrobat, oops, sorry for not always hanging around this site like you always do. My bad. ๐ฅ
@CrunchyCrobat, oops, sorry for not always hanging around this site like you always do. My bad. ๐ฅ
Well isn't that just weird, cause the way I see it, while your account is only a year older than mine, you have almost 10 times the posts/comments than me, and twice as much completed anime too, your account is older than the amount of time I have been watching anime, and even than not knowing such a common thing makes you look like the idiot
| @CrunchyCrobat. No. I simply don't engage in MAL or any other anime/manga communities like you do. My apparent unpopular opinion has nothing to do with when I created my MAL account and my activities on this site. It's not me being an idiot. It's you being too opinionated on this site for a simple statement. |
| I liked this show when it released last year. Now I am watching Monster bcuz of it. |
| its not a weekly release so the hype died fast |
Reply to GreatCarerJack
Euroqean said:
Netflix behavior, they release all eps at once instead of weekly, which ultimately tanks the popularity and engagement. Pluto is heavy on dialogue and psychological which isn't popular these days unfortunately, I thought Pluto was anime of the year tbf
Netflix behavior, they release all eps at once instead of weekly, which ultimately tanks the popularity and engagement. Pluto is heavy on dialogue and psychological which isn't popular these days unfortunately, I thought Pluto was anime of the year tbf
acting like most people were around when monster was airing weekly, plus urasawas works are usually more appreciated over time, the manga was well loved and astro boy fans appreciate this for what it is, a retelling of an already established story, its basically urasawas go at doing "fan fiction" if youre disatisfied with the ending, go read the arc after it in astro boy
| @GreatCarerJack ok but i think ur missing the key point lol this isn't like Monster, I highly doubt this Pluto adaptation will be considered an underappreciated gem that'll become more popular by time. Anime fans are well aware of Urasawa's major works. Pluto just suffered from bad marketing and niche genres that're overwhelming to 2024 fans |
| It will get popular, I found it amazing honestly and has become one of my favs. But i think one of the reasons monster got so popular was johan, yes, his face, style everything just makes you watch the anime. Urasawa himself said that johan worked really well as marketing. Don't think gesicht gives that spark to draw you in |
| Because: 1. netflix 2. monster has been an all time classic for 2 decades, it has simply had a far longer time to become people's favourites 3. pluto has way better production value, but monster is for sure a better urasawa story than pluto despite both being great. 4. a lot of people think the ending is rushed, and I do kinda agree. it could have really used a longer epilogue. |
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Reply to MadJaeger
it's dragging and slowpaced
| @MadJaeger I don't think being slow is even a bad thing, but like. pluto is FOR SURE faster paced than monster by a long shot. your complaint does not work given what the thread is about. |
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Reply to Alamax
Because it's another spin off of Astro Boy.
| @Alamax There's no way anyone would know that without reading or watching Astro Boy. Urasawa's style is nothing like Tezuka's, and the translation further distances them by giving the boy a different name. |
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| 20th century boys 36 million+ copies in circulation Monster 20 million+ copies Pluto 10 million+ copies |
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| Cause, while beeing from the same author as Monster, it isn't Monster. |
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| because it didn't get advertised all that much before release, from what i saw anyway. and then ended up not being as good as monster. |
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Reply to Otaku_4511
Lol you realise Monster is a cult classic and didn't become an instant hit right? There's no legal way to watch the dub. The DVDs sold poorly back then. The boradcast of the SyFy channel airings are all one gets for the dub.
Pluto will probably get it's recognition years from now when people start redeveloping their attention span and watch something besides JJK
Pluto will probably get it's recognition years from now when people start redeveloping their attention span and watch something besides JJK
| @Otaku_4511 Pluto is nowhere as epic as Monster so it's doubtful, the thing is the anime adaptation came late and as a result some of the themes it uses are quite outdated . |
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