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PLUTO
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shinshu Fuji
Gesicht (voice)
8 eps
Eizo Tsuda
Tenma (voice)
5 eps
Toshio Furukawa
Ocanomizu (voice)
7 eps
Romi Park
Helena (voice)
6 eps
Koichi Yamadera
North No.2 (voice)
2 eps
Hideyuki Tanaka
Brau1589 (voice)
5 eps
Michio Hazama
Duncan (voice)
1 eps
Hiroki Yasumoto
Mont Blanc (voice)
2 eps
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Brando (voice)
2 eps
Rikiya Koyama
Hercules (voice)
5 eps
Minori Suzuki
Uran (voice)
5 eps
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Abra (voice)
5 eps
Hiroshi Yanaka
Hoffman (voice)
5 eps
Takaya Hashi
Tawashi (voice)
3 eps
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
Schelling (voice)
4 eps
Masafumi Kimura
Adolf (voice)
4 eps
Mamoru Miyano
Epsilon (voice)
6 eps
Ai Kaneta
Adolf's Brother (Child) (voice)
1 eps
Shozo Iizuka
Darius XIV (voice)
2 eps
Arisa Sekine
Hans (voice)
3 eps
Chika Fujimura
Ilsa (voice)
3 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Atom (voice)
7 eps
Chiyuki Miura
Wassily (voice)
3 eps
Akio Otsuka
BJ (voice)
1 eps
Tsuguo Mogami
Becker (voice)
4 eps
Jiro Saito
Wallace (voice)
1 eps
Yuka Terasaki
Robby's Wife (voice)
1 eps
Yuuki Sanpei
Inspector (voice)
1 eps
Kanako Takeuchi
Narration (voice)
1 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Nakamura (voice)
4 eps
Katsuhisa Houki
Haft (voice)
1 eps
Syuuhei Takubo
Witness (voice)
1 eps
Takumu Miyazono
Announcer (voice)
1 eps
Saki Endo
Brando Kid (voice)
1 eps
Fumiko Takekuma
Brando Kid (voice)
1 eps
Hina Natsume
Brando Kid (voice)
1 eps
Shin-ichiro Miki
Man (voice)
1 eps
Shogo Sakata
Policeman C (voice)
4 eps
Ikuya Sawaki
Leader (voice)
2 eps
Kengo Tsujii
Lieman (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How PLUTO actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
PLUTO reads strongest on Tension, World Building and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 6
Gesicht meets Abullah in Persia to further investigate the case, but detects a lie. He inches closer to the truth when he encounters a robot child.
- Directed by Yasutomo Okamoto, Konosuke Uda
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
S01E05
Episode 5
After delivering Adolf Haas to a safe house, Gesicht looks into his past. Meanwhile, Hercules and Epsilon sense a mysterious threat approaching them.
- Directed by Kento Shintani, Yasutomo Okamoto
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
S01E04
Episode 4
Professor Ochanomizu brings a battered robot dog home and attempts to fix it. Soon after, a mysterious man claiming to be the owner visits his house.
- Directed by Nanako Shimazaki, Eom Sang-yong
- Written by Tatsuro Inamoto
S01E08
Episode 8
Professor Ochanomizu closely monitors Atom's erratic behavior. Dr. Tenma confronts his past and the truth unravels, triggering a world destroying threat.
- Directed by Toshio Kawaguchi, Fumihiro Yoshimura
- Written by Tatsuro Inamoto
S01E07
Episode 7
Dr. Tenma attempts to bring Atom back at all costs. A government official advises a distressed Epsilon to evacuate since he's the next target.
- Directed by Hiroshi Aoyama
- Written by Tatsuro Inamoto
S01E02
Episode 2
Another horned corpse is found. Gesicht reaches out to Atom, the most advanced of the seven robots, to help analyze the serial murders.
- Directed by Takahiro Umehara
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Episode 1
- Directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura, Masaru Matsuse
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
S01E02
Episode 2
- Directed by Takahiro Umehara
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
S01E04
Episode 4
- Directed by Nanako Shimazaki, Eom Sang-yong
- Written by Tatsuro Inamoto
S01E05
Episode 5
- Directed by Kento Shintani, Yasutomo Okamoto
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
S01E06
Episode 6
- Directed by Yasutomo Okamoto, Konosuke Uda
- Written by Heisuke Yamashita
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masao MaruyamaExecutive Producer
- Ge YangqianProducer
- Sumio UdagawaProducer
- Takashi NagasakiProducer
- Yuji YamanoExecutive Producer
- Shintaro MaruyamaProducer
Writing
- Heisuke YamashitaWriter
- Tatsuro InamotoWriter
Direction
- Toshio KawaguchiDirector
- Kento ShintaniDirector
- Yasutomo OkamotoDirector
- Yoshie TakagiDirector
- Fumihiro YoshimuraDirector
- Nanako ShimazakiDirector
Cinematography
- Mitsuhiro SatoDirector of Photography
Music
- Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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