As far as Netflix adaptations go, Pluto, the 2023 8-episode anime series adapting Naoki Urasawa’s take on Tezuka’s Astro Boy, was certainly a success. Generally well received, with an 8.3 rating on IMDb and a pretty high 8.6 score on MyAnimeList, Pluto appears to have charmed audiences in a historical moment when ideas of artificial intelligence and sentient technology resonate with viewers worldwide. In addition to developing an interesting — and sometimes uncanny — near-future world where robots have theoretically gained the same rights as human beings, the show exploits its sci-fi setting to force the audience into facing deeply human dilemmas, from the value of life to the inevitability of war and from racism to the meaning of parenthood and love.Structured as a puzzle made up of various personal stories linked by the common thread of their central mystery, Pluto immediately dives into these themes with its first act. In an abrupt change of scenery, the second half of Episode 1 suddenly moves to the residence of Paul Duncan, a renowned composer who has retired and has been obsessing over one particular piece of music that he cannot complete. After the robot assigned to be his new assistant, war-ridden North No. 2, arrives, his life goes through a slow but unstoppable transformation. It’s in the painful flourishing of a connection between the two that Pluto utterly shines, so much so that once Duncan and North No. 2’s story is over, the show almost struggles to keep up with the bar it set for itself.In this discourse around music, Duncan embodies the opposite faction. When asked about the piece of music that he is struggling to finish, Duncan reveals a long-borne hatred toward his mother, who abandoned him as a child to pursue happiness and stability through marriage with a wealthy suitor. In his mind, the song will show his mother, who eventually died unmarried and alone, what is really important — her son and the beautiful scenery of their homeland, which she left behind. For Duncan, music becomes violence, an act of revenge against the one person he once loved the most.
As far as Netflix adaptations go, Pluto, the 2023 8-episode anime series adapting Naoki Urasawa’s take on Tezuka’s Astro Boy, was certainly a success. Generally well received, with an 8.3 rating on IMDb and a pretty high 8.6 score on MyAnimeList, Pluto appears to have charmed audiences in a historical moment when ideas of artificial intelligence and sentient technology resonate with viewers worldwide. In addition to developing an interesting — and sometimes uncanny — near-future world where robots have theoretically gained the same rights as human beings, the show exploits its sci-fi setting to force the audience into facing deeply human dilemmas, from the value of life to the inevitability of war and from racism to the meaning of parenthood and love.
Structured as a puzzle made up of various personal stories linked by the common thread of their central mystery, Pluto immediately dives into these themes with its first act. In an abrupt change of scenery, the second half of Episode 1 suddenly moves to the residence of Paul Duncan, a renowned composer who has retired and has been obsessing over one particular piece of music that he cannot complete. After the robot assigned to be his new assistant, war-ridden North No. 2, arrives, his life goes through a slow but unstoppable transformation. It’s in the painful flourishing of a connection between the two that Pluto utterly shines, so much so that once Duncan and North No. 2’s story is over, the show almost struggles to keep up with the bar it set for itself.
In this discourse around music, Duncan embodies the opposite faction. When asked about the piece of music that he is struggling to finish, Duncan reveals a long-borne hatred toward his mother, who abandoned him as a child to pursue happiness and stability through marriage with a wealthy suitor. In his mind, the song will show his mother, who eventually died unmarried and alone, what is really important — her son and the beautiful scenery of their homeland, which she left behind. For Duncan, music becomes violence, an act of revenge against the one person he once loved the most.
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