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Rika_Furude posted...

Wasnt Astro boy just some kids villain of the day anime? Is this like a gritty re-imagining?

"The series is based on Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, specifically "The Greatest Robot on Earth" (, Chij Saidai no Robotto) story arc, and named after the arc's chief villain. Urasawa reinterprets the story as a suspenseful murder mystery starring Gesicht, a Europol robot detective trying to solve the case of a string of robot and human deaths"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(manga)

Also

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy

It's not just some kid's anime. It's credited with basically creating what we now know as 'anime'.

"The story follows Astro Boy, an android young boy with human emotions who is created by Umataro Tenma after the recent death of his son Tobio. Eventually, Astro is sold to a robot circus run by Hamegg, but is saved from his servitude by Professor Ochanomizu. Astro becomes a surrogate son to Ochanomizu who creates a robotic family for Astro and helps him to live a normal life like an average human boy, while accompanying him on adventures"

More info under the 'Plot' section.

So far episode 1 is pretty interesting.