"Pluto" is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Naoki Urasawa, who made a name for himself in the scene with his masterpiece "Monster," among other things. The manga "Pluto" is a reinterpretation of "Astro Boy" by Osamu Tetzuka, who in the manga scene has the humble title "God of Manga". Among other things, one of my favorite anime "Dororo" was written by Tetzuka.
All of these factors left me with very high expectations for the anime - perhaps a little too high.
"Pluto" impresses from its first moments with a very attractive drawing style and excellent animations.
This anime also effortlessly manages to build a good relationship between the main character and the viewer.
For most of the time, the viewer is in the same situation as the main protagonist "Gesicht". While watching, you're constantly pondering and asking yourself the same question again and again - who or what is "Pluto" and what exactly does Pluto want?
If you watch "Pluto" in German - like I did, names like "Gesicht", "Atom", "Uran" or even "Adolf" seems pretty strange, but I think they just wanted to make the names sound as German as possible.
Unfortunately, I also have to say that I can't only say positive things about "Pluto".
For example, in my opinion the pacing is often just not optimal. This goes to both extremes - sometimes the story progresses very slowly and could be a little quicker, but there are also situations where it goes much too quickly and I would have liked it to have taken more time.
It's hard to say whether the anime needed fewer episodes, more episodes or simply better story management.
Another point of criticism for me is the fighting. Unfortunately, apart from the very last fight, they are not at all exciting and are actually quite boring. I understand that it was done that way so that as a viewer you continue to feel in the dark and don't get too much information about the enemy, but it could have been solved better.
I'm also missing some highlights here - the anime is exciting most of the time, but also pretty monotonous if you ask me. There are probably no more than 3 situations in the entire anime that will really stay with me.
I would also personally have liked more brutality. "Pluto" tells an unpleasant and brutal story and I would have liked to have seen that made clearer here and there - but that's just a personal wish of mine.
"Pluto" is clearly a very good anime, but it still bothers me because it had so much potential to be even better if only a few small changes had been made.
All of these factors left me with very high expectations for the anime - perhaps a little too high.
"Pluto" impresses from its first moments with a very attractive drawing style and excellent animations.
This anime also effortlessly manages to build a good relationship between the main character and the viewer.
For most of the time, the viewer is in the same situation as the main protagonist "Gesicht". While watching, you're constantly pondering and asking yourself the same question again and again - who or what is "Pluto" and what exactly does Pluto want?
If you watch "Pluto" in German - like I did, names like "Gesicht", "Atom", "Uran" or even "Adolf" seems pretty strange, but I think they just wanted to make the names sound as German as possible.
Unfortunately, I also have to say that I can't only say positive things about "Pluto".
For example, in my opinion the pacing is often just not optimal. This goes to both extremes - sometimes the story progresses very slowly and could be a little quicker, but there are also situations where it goes much too quickly and I would have liked it to have taken more time.
It's hard to say whether the anime needed fewer episodes, more episodes or simply better story management.
Another point of criticism for me is the fighting. Unfortunately, apart from the very last fight, they are not at all exciting and are actually quite boring. I understand that it was done that way so that as a viewer you continue to feel in the dark and don't get too much information about the enemy, but it could have been solved better.
I'm also missing some highlights here - the anime is exciting most of the time, but also pretty monotonous if you ask me. There are probably no more than 3 situations in the entire anime that will really stay with me.
I would also personally have liked more brutality. "Pluto" tells an unpleasant and brutal story and I would have liked to have seen that made clearer here and there - but that's just a personal wish of mine.
"Pluto" is clearly a very good anime, but it still bothers me because it had so much potential to be even better if only a few small changes had been made.