Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

Sep 04, 2015 (ja) Documentary [45] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 04, 2015
  • Production
    NHK
  • Rotten tomato
    82%
  • Original title
    浦沢直樹の漫勉
  • Release
    Sep 04, 2015
  • ja
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Overview

Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa (creator of 20th Century Boys and Monster) as he sets out to break new ground for manga even further than he already has. In an attempt to educate viewers about manga and preserve the intricate craftsmanship and process of Japanese artists on video for future generations, he invites a manga artist to have their workplace filmed for a couple of days, so as to display them in the process of crafting chapters for their current serializations. After the footage has been shot, Urasawa meets with the artist and they discuss the footage, talking about the artist's workplace and workflow, the difficulties involved in the mangaka lifestyle, their reasons for drawing manga in the first place, and their perspective on the current industry and their own work.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts : 2 / Crews : 0

Specials ( 2014-11-09)

Urasawa Naoki, Kawaguchi Kaiji, Yamashita Kazumi

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 2015-09-04)

Akiko Higashimura

Episode: 1

Fujita Kazuhiro

Episode: 2

Inio Asano

Episode: 3

Takao Saito

Episode: 4

Season 2 ( 2016-03-03)

Moto Hagio

Episode: 1

Kengo Hanazawa

Episode: 2

Daisuke Igarashi

Episode: 3

Usamaru Furuya

Episode: 4

Season 3 ( 2016-11-15)

Ryoichi Ikegami

Episode: 1

Miyake Ranjo

Episode: 2

Takahashi Tsutomu

Episode: 3

Naoki Urasawa

Episode: 4

Season 4 ( 2017-03-02)

Reiko Shimizu

Episode: 1

Junji Ito

Episode: 2

Naoki Yamamoto

Episode: 3

Takumi Nagayusu

Episode: 4
Sep 04, 2015 (ja)
Documentary
[45] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 04, 2015
  • Production
    NHK
  • Rotten tomato 82%
Original Title 浦沢直樹の漫勉
ja

Overview

Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa (creator of 20th Century Boys and Monster) as he sets out to break new ground for manga even further than he already has. In an attempt to educate viewers about manga and preserve the intricate craftsmanship and process of Japanese artists on video for future generations, he invites a manga artist to have their workplace filmed for a couple of days, so as to display them in the process of crafting chapters for their current serializations. After the footage has been shot, Urasawa meets with the artist and they discuss the footage, talking about the artist's workplace and workflow, the difficulties involved in the mangaka lifestyle, their reasons for drawing manga in the first place, and their perspective on the current industry and their own work.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer