PLUTO

A murder occurs in an orderly world where robots are unable to kill humans. The robotic Europol investigator Gesicht takes the case, but the mystery deepens when he finds no trace of a human at the scene of the crime. As he pursues the truth, Gesicht uncovers the most evil manifestation of hate that history has ever seen, one that is bent on bringing destruction to the world ... (Source: Netflix)

Names

Original	PLUTO (latin)
Romaji	PLUTO
English	PLUTO
Also known as	プルートウ · ПЛУТОН

Facts

Format	ONA (net original) · 8 ep · 60 min · 8h total
Aired	2023-10-26 (Autumn 2023)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Studio M2
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Seinen
Genres	Action Drama Mecha Mystery Psychological Sci-Fi Thriller
Themes	Robots Artificial Intelligence Detective Seinen Police Ensemble Cast Crime Philosophy War Politics Foreign Primarily Adult Cast Urban Primarily Male Cast
Streaming	Netflix

Reception

Community score	8.49 / 10
Bayesian score	8.45 / 10
Composite	71.2
On lists	103,930
Favourited	3,753 (3.6%)
Completion	75.5%
Drop rate	3.1%
In backlog	45.5%
Score spread σ	1.30

Score distribution

110223331054190550761,02273,18987,945911,926106,238

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Autumn 2023	A	4 of 95
Length	Micro-series	S	6 of 210
Genre	Mecha	S	8 of 484
Format	ONA (net original)	S	13 of 857
Year	2023	A	14 of 327
Genre	Thriller	B	24 of 188
Genre	Sci-Fi	S	35 of 1,409
Demographic	Seinen	A	49 of 775
Season (all years)	Autumn	A	51 of 1,921
Genre	Mystery	A	51 of 652
Genre	Psychological	B	56 of 416
Era	Early 2020s	A	75 of 1,596
Genre	Action	A	95 of 2,765
Source material	Manga	A	125 of 3,025
Genre	Drama	A	156 of 1,917
Origin	Japan	A	196 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Toshio Kawaguchi
Character design	Shigeru Fujita
Original creator	Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka

AniList id 99088 · MAL id 35737 · record updated 2026-08-27