Product Description

In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to destroy the seven great robots of the world. Europol's top detective Gesicht is assigned to investigate these mysterious robot serial murders - the only catch is that he himself is one of the seven targets. An advocate for robot rights and a renowned European robot have been murdered. Gesicht, the detective assigned to the case, has deduced that the killer is targeting the great robots of the world - which means that he too is one of the targets. Gesicht takes it upon himself to warn the potential targets, and Atom, the famous boy robot from Japan, is next on his list. Elsewhere, the Turkish robot hero Brando sets out on his own to take on a mysterious challenger. As the robots traverse a labyrinthine path edging toward their own souls, the question remains: Who is the killer and what is his motive?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123062 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

About the Author
Naoki Urasawa has been a highly recognized and successful manga artist for more than twenty years. Creator of popular series such as 20th Century Boys and Yawara, Urasawa has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the first Japanese Media Art Festival Manga Award of Excellence, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 1999, and the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award. Naoki Urasawa's Monster has thrilled and entertained well over 25 million readers in Japan.

Customer Reviews

How can I get you all to read this?
It's psychologically complex. It's well-drawn in a style that is neither too cartoony nor too realistic, but convinces one of the integrity of the universe presented. The characters live and breathe. The story is developing into quite the thriller.

It's manga meets Blade Runner meets Miracleman.

In the second volume we meet Atom (better known in the west as Astroboy). The way Atom is written, the way that he affects the other characters by his very presence, is inspiring. His innocence and child-like appearance belies the fact that he is the most complicated robot in the world. And he cries. It is such a wonderful scene.

Meanwhile the killer claims his next victim. Again, we only see the blank spaces of the battle but it is titanic.

Also, the story of the 39th Central Asian war becomes more complicated. We begin to see that the seven greatest robots in the world are tied together by the time they spent in the war.

Gesicht discovers something is wrong with his past.

And we're introduced to Dr Roosevelt. Who looks like a teddy bear.

I really can't explain to you how excited this series has me. It makes me feel like a child, but is written at such a level that I know I can only get it because I'm an adult. It's like I'm discovering Halo Jones again.

I do not know how to express how great this is. But it really is. It's science fiction written by a humanist.