For those unfamiliar, brief description: it’s a sci-fi murder mystery series set in a society of humans and robots trying to coexist, with the murders making things more difficult.
I went in without expectations one way or another and was pretty impressed! I’m still kind of mixed about the use of 3D effects in some anime, but the use in this show being fairly limited (or what was more obvious being limited), made it so it wasn’t too distracting.
Some of it was rather on the nose, but it was still a good, gut-punching time.
Anyone else here happen to watch it?
I bought and read the mangas a few years ago and really liked it. Even though I knew what would transpire, I enjoyed this adaptation a lot. It sticks very closely to the source material and succeeds in making it a compelling TV show.
Are you familiar with Monster? Both this and Pluto are anime adaptations based on the same author’s work.
Pluto felt like a distilled version of Monster in the way that it built its mystery up over only 8 episodes rather than 74. The beginning part of Pluto did a good job of evoking that same feeling of tension and fascination that made Monster so enjoyable to me.
There were times during Pluto where the dialogue felt obnoxiously obvious, clearly providing exposition that the audience didn’t really need. These moments pulled me out of the show a bit. Off the top of my head as one example: in one scene there is an explosion, there is a 0.5-1s pause, then one of the characters says, “It’s an explosion!” Thanks, script writer, much halp, very explain.
Though even despite those moments, and also even despite its kind of unbelievable concept of robots exploring emotions, Pluto did a good job of pulling me in and I was able to suspend my disbelief for most of the series.
I liked it more than I disliked it. Would recommend it to any fans of this author or people who are interested in sci-fi murder mysteries.
Oh whoa, I’m familiar with Monster but didn’t remember the author’s name, so didn’t make the connection! That probably explains some of why I enjoyed it, as I also appreciated Monster, even if it does drag things out a bit.
Also yeah, I don’t remember specific examples of the dialogue, but it definitely has those awkward/clunky moments of, “Did you really need to say it?” I think it’s something I’ve grown to kind of take in stride with some media though.
