Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki backdrop
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki poster
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Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

浦沢直樹の漫勉
📅 2015 ⭐ 8.2 🕐 45m JP JP

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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 4 episodes
E1
Akiko Higashimura 2015-09-04
E2
Fujita Kazuhiro 2015-09-11
E3
Inio Asano 2015-09-18
E4
Takao Saito 2015-09-25
Season 2 4 episodes
E1
Moto Hagio 2016-03-03
E2
Kengo Hanazawa 2016-03-10
E3
Daisuke Igarashi 2016-03-17
E4
Usamaru Furuya 2016-03-24
Season 3 4 episodes
E1
Ryoichi Ikegami 2016-11-15
E2
Miyake Ranjo 2016-11-22
E3
Takahashi Tsutomu 2016-11-29
E4
Naoki Urasawa 2016-12-06
Season 4 4 episodes
E1
Reiko Shimizu 2017-03-02
E2
Junji Ito 2017-03-09
E3
Naoki Yamamoto 2017-03-16
E4
Takumi Nagayusu 2017-03-23
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