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KATARINA HALL

In Pluto, a sci-fi murder-mystery anime streaming on Netflix, a serial killer targets the world’s most advanced robots. The mystery deepens as the killer starts pursuing human activists advocating robot rights. The investigation falls into the hands of Europol Inspector Gesicht, a robot who finds himself among the potential targets.

The absence of human DNA at the crime scenes forces Gesicht to confront a disturbing possibility: Could an AI, programmed to never harm humans, be orchestrating the killings? If robots are responsible, the balance between humans and robots could be threatened, potentially ending their peaceful coexistence.

A prequel to the 1960s series , this anime delves into a world where robots are virtually indistinguishable from people. They not only mimic human appearance and behavior; they enjoy rights once thought to be uniquely human, such as marriage and adoption. Beneath this technological achievement lies an unforeseen evolution: Their AI

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