Though that’s a very current topic of conversation, the source material for the new Netflix anime Pluto is a 2003 manga that grapples with questions of love, hate, and robot-human co-existence.

Netflix will stream an animated adaptation of the “Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka” manga series this year. The manga is based on “The Greatest Robot on Earth,” a popular arc from Osamu Tezuka’s ...