But first things first.
The plot of the original story (not all will know), very briefly, is this: The Sultan Chocho Chocho Ababa III wants to become the most powerful man in the world, and to achieve this objective scientist orders his Abra to build the robot largest in the world, where "big" of course means "strong."
The task of this robot will destroy the Earth's most powerful robots, and then demonstrate the superiority of the Sultan over the heads of other nations. Pluto
obediently proceeds until one day runs into Uran, Atom's little sister, while on the trail of the latter to challenge him.
Uran, aware of the challenge of Pluto, she decides to face the giant robot and after comedians, Pluto decides to kidnap her and take her with him to attract Atom.
Atom arrives on time and, ignoring the protests of Pluto as a sister who sees all things be kind, promises to destroy it.
Atom asks Dr. Ochanomizu to kick so they can fight the enemy on equal terms, but the professor refuses not only the robots are not born to destroy, but to help mankind, but especially with violence do not get anything right heart is much stronger than one hundred muscles.
to arrive to the rescue of the Atom, however, there is Dr. Tenma, the original creator of the robot, which gives him the power necessary to defeat the fearsome enemy.
Ultimately, Atom and Pluto clash near a volcano from the evocative name "Mountain of Tears" in the eyes of the sultan Chocho Choco, Abra and Dr. Ochanomizu held hostage. The fight was interrupted
the possible eruption of the volcano: Atom is working to plug it with boulders, while Pluto wants to fight again.
Atom accuses Pluto will be too strong for him, but in life there is much more than the fight!
touched by the words of Atom, including Pluto decides to be helpful and rebels under the command of the sultan, unleashing his fury. Abra
Bora then introduces a further sophisticated combat robots with which to test Pluto.
The sultan makes Pluto to win, but succumbs to the robot, but made no promise not to tell Atom Uran not to forget; _;
Bora Atom rails against the order of Abra and our hero is clearly in distress.
Using the brain, however, Atom can enter the body of Bora and compromise circuits, leading to self-destruction. The sultan
scrap crying on Pluto, and Abra surprise thanks Atom: the scientist is actually a robot himself.
Being a servant of the sultan wanted to help him build Pluto, but after seeing that its use was focused solely on the destruction, he decided to build Bora to demonstrate the futility of a rush to upgrade. Abra
praises Atom: although small its sense of justice and honesty make it the largest robot in the world.
Compiled in the '70s, this episode is just a reminder to futility of war and the risks of an arms race, an invitation to the good sense in light of progress in the true sense of the word. The remake
Pluto is more modern and thus more complicated.
Apart from the obvious criticism of the war, represented here from the point of view of victims, there are intimate and existential analysis that are now part of the summary of the most intimate fiction: what differentiates the "normal life by artificial light?
Obviously there's a lot of irons in the fire, probably more than it is needed: people to people exchanges, transfers of microchips from one body to another, giant electronic brains in command of nations (a summons to La Fenice: The Book of the Future , perhaps?), seven "racist" against the rights of robots, and despite the messaggioo background is clear, some plot points remain confused ... For example, when transfer is explained in the body of the Abra human super-robot created by the collaboration Tenma / Abra, insert the microchip is shown Tenma Abra in the new body, the doctor believes that emotions serve to help the AI \u200b\u200bto define their own personality in the simulation of the "6 billion of personality" - Well, if Abra is a human where it exits out of that chip that would store his experience ..? And the trip to Japan booked Gesicht years earlier by his wife and then deleted and replaced with the virtual memory of a trip to Spain ..? And how can the Bora which marked such a strong impression on Wassily be the same as lying at the bottom of the volcano park of the "United States of Thrace" ..? And why They called this robot with the same name of the expedition which was to ensure the development of weapons of mass Persia? That does not add confusion to the confusion> _ < !!
Here "large" means "advanced", that is the closest thing to a human being: this means then a robot could kill a human ..? In this universe
robots are virtually indistinguishable from humans, and lead lives more and more like them, forming families or enjoying their lives on the inalienable rights and dignity.
The protagonist of the story is here Gesicht (Gerhardt in the original), the investigator made Zeronium, an indestructible alloy, that during the investigation to discover who is behind the killing of robots not only famous but also of personalities known in robotics, will deal with his emotions, his past and the secrets hidden within.
but introducing the characters properly, with their original counterparts as a reference (in brackets the names of the remake of Urasawa):
 | Montblanc Montblanc is a powerful robot made in Switzerland and Swiss live in the forests where he worked on maintenance chores. In the remake is a robot who loves the peaceful nature, after the experience of war, Montblanc has dedicated himself passionately to the causes and ecological nature, making a real celebrity adored by all. It 's the first robot that is killed in both versions. |
 | North North # 2 # 2 is a robot butler, resident in Scotland and in the service of his master scientist. His body contains a variety of deadly weapons and when he draws the appearance of a gigantic insettone. In the remake is the butler of a blind musician who lost the inspiration; North # 2 will become music fan himself, and after the initial contrast will help the musician to come to terms with the past and ignored him find love music and inspiration by teaching. |
 | Atom Atom is the child robot is quite rightly considered the most sophisticated robot exists. lives in Japan with his family robot, consisting of mother, father and little sister Uran. In the original is the champion of the good that intends to help human beings and to act always in the right, in the remake probably the only one who is able to "understand life," amazed at the miracle of life. Both characters are characterized by a footprint very naive and childish to emphasize their fundamental innocence. " In the remake manages to kill Pluto Atom but the boy is brought to life by virtue of the expansion of the IA by Dr. Tenma. |
 | Brando Brando is a robot fighter of Turkish origin. Its original appearance has been replaced by robottoni clumsy remake of a robust constitution, whose original appearance is recalled into the frame combat (basically, the wrestlers fight in suits enhanced the appearance of giant robots). While the original short-lived, and only appears to challenge Pluto to avenge the death of Montblanc and not perish in seconds without damaging severely Pluto in the remake is also emphasized his desire to live in the more "human" as possible, so much so that he lives in the warmth of a large family with a wife and several children robot. |
 | Gerhardt (Gesicht) The robot made in Germany, known for being built nell'invincibile Zeronium league and be a world-renowned detective. In the original is quickly killed by Pluto in the remake is instead the protagonist and his story is more convoluted and troubled. While Gesicht investigates the death of the robot in fact, also investigates a series of strange images that obscure its thoughts, nightmares are real, and obviously related to something that happened years ago and improperly removed by the authorities. At last, we Gesicht die killed by Pluto, the microchip will be used by its AI Tenma to unlock the simulation of multiple personalities in Atom, as he had done with the robotic version of Abra years ago. |
 | Hercules (Heracles) Hercules is a robot "knight" greek, and its role is to protect his nation from threats such as Pluto. In the remake is a fighter, technically colleague and rival Brando. Heracles Pluto is the death of his point of honor, but unfortunately fails despite the use of his power armor. |
 | Epsilon Epsilon is a robot that Australian manufacturing is responsible for an orphanage. Its special power is that his support system depends on energy from sunlight: her are attacks on photon energy. Pluto kills him taking advantage of a rainy day and using the weak point against him to protect a child happened on the battlefield. In the remake Epsilon is a pacifist robot, which unlike the other robot did not participated in the 39th Persian conflict, but that was also present on the spot with the task of "cleaning up" a dumping ground for robot result of failed experiments. Epsilon is the latest robot to die in both versions. |
What is surprising of these modern versions as the author strives to give fingerprints very marked characterized purely human robots: a love of nature, life, music, relationships ... Urasawa is not limited to criticism of war here, and even use the war as a pretext to make the robots come to terms with themselves, with their perception of "morality" and "what is truly important in life."
In a sense, the tragic conflict in Persia brings all the robot to live the change that only Pluto has been in the original series with the support of Atom.
Interesting then is interpreted as strengthening the concept of which we briefly mentioned above: in the original Pluto has the power to 1 million horses, and Atom is modified by Tenma to achieve them, in turn, in the remake but the enhancement does not apply to " force "but the AI, and the more specific case the" personality "of the robot through a simulation, are included in the IA versions of 6 billion persons (the total number of human inhabitants of the planet, in practice) in order to 'AI that is a final summary. The problem is that this type of stimulus produces simulations much for a simple AI to handle, throwing the robot in an existential loop and then into a "coma" ... Only the polarizing power of strong emotions such as hatred or pain, can untangle the skein.
Thus, negative emotions that are intended as an evolution.
The taboo extreme, the killing of a human being a robot is just a representation of the "perfect" human beings they seek artificial ... And this brings us back to the direction of the war, which comes just hate and fear ... Urasawa tries to tell us that perhaps the war, after all, is the secret of evolution? Another loop of a plot involving and exciting but not very polished in his "moral of the story, probably.
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