Bakuman
| Bakuman. | |
The cover of the first tankōbon, released in Japan by Shueisha on January 5, 2009, featuring Moritaka Mashiro.
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| Genre | Slice of life, Comedy-drama, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsugumi Ohba |
| Illustrated by | Takeshi Obata |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | August 11, 2008 – April 23, 2012 |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Kasai, Noriaki Akitaya |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK-E |
| Original run | October 2, 2010 – April 2, 2011 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Anime television series | |
| Bakuman. 2 | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Kasai, Noriaki Akitaya |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK-E |
| Original run | October 1, 2011 – March 24, 2012 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Game | |
| Bakuman.: Mangaka e no Michi | |
| Developer | Namco Bandai Games |
| Publisher | Namco Bandai Games |
| Genre | Visual novel, Puzzle game |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
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| Anime television series | |
| Bakuman. 3 | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Kasai, Noriaki Akitaya |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK-E |
| Original run | October 6, 2012 – March 30, 2013 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Novel | |
| PCP -Perfect Crime Party- | |
| Written by | Sei Hatsuno |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Published | October 2, 2015 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Hitoshi Ōne |
| Produced by | Minami Ichikawa |
| Written by | Hitoshi Ōne |
| Music by | Sakanaction |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | October 3, 2015 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
Not to be confused with Bakugan.
Bakuman. (バクマン。?) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for Death Note. It was serialized in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 11, 2008 to April 23, 2012, with the 176 chapters collected into 20 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. The story follows talented artist Moritaka Mashiro and aspiring writer Akito Takagi, two ninth grade boys who wish to become manga artists, with Mashiro as the artist and Takagi as the writer. Some characters resemble real authors and editors of Weekly Shōnen Jump, and many manga titles mentioned in Bakuman have actually been published in the magazine.
An anime television adaptation of the series created by J.C.Staff began airing on NHK-E on October 2, 2010. The third and final season of which ended broadcast on March 30, 2013. A live-action film adaptation was released on October 3, 2015. Bakuman was the seventh best-selling manga series of 2011 and the tenth best of 2012, and had over 15 million volumes in circulation by May 2014. Additionally, it is the first manga released online by Shueisha in multiple languages before becoming available in print outside Japan. In 2009, Viz Media announced it had licensed the series for a North American release. Besides releasing the series in collected volumes, they also released it in their online manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.
The plot begins when Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class. His classmate, Akito Takagi, notes Mashiro's drawings in it and asks him to become a manga artist to his stories. Mashiro declines, citing his late manga artist uncle, who died from overworking. Takagi incites Mashiro to meet with Miho Azuki, Mashiro's crush, and tells her the two plan to become manga artists. In response, Azuki reveals her plans to be a voice actress. Mashiro proposes to her that they should both marry when Azuki becomes a voice actress for the anime adaptation of their manga. The two then start creating their manga, under the pen name Muto Ashirogi, in hopes of getting serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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