Bakuman.
| Bakuman. | |
|---|---|
| Original title | バ ク マ ン。 |
| transcription | Bakuman. |
| genre | Shon , romance , comedy |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Tsugumi Ōba |
| Illustrator | Takeshi Obata |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| First publication | August 2008 - April 2012 |
| expenditure | 20th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2010-2013 |
| Studio | JCStaff |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 75 in 3 seasons |
| Director | Ken'ichi Kasai, Noriaki Akitaya |
| music | Audio highs |
| First broadcast | October 2, 2010 - March 30, 2013 on NHK |
| Movie | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hitoshi Ōne |
| script | Hitoshi Ōne |
| production | Toho |
| music | Sakanaction |
| camera | Wataru Miyamoto |
| cut | Yasuyuki Ōzeki |
| occupation | |
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Bakuman. ( Japanese バ ク マ ン。 ) is a Japanese shōnen - manga , which was written by Tsugumi Ōba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata . The work is the second cooperation between the two mangaka after Death Note and tells the story of the two ninth graders Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi , whose goal it is to become mangaka together .
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The artistically talented but professionally disoriented 14-year-old ninth grader Moritaka Mashiro once draws a picture of his crush Miho Azuki in a notebook during school. When he notices after school that he has left this one, he goes back to get it, as it contains many such embarrassing drawings. When he arrives in his class, he finds that the best in his class, Akito Takagi, is holding it in his hand. He asks Moritaka to draw mangas for him, for which he wants to write the plot, since he himself is not particularly talented in drawing. At first Moritaka declines resolutely because his uncle was already a Mangaka and Moritaka is aware of his stressful life and death from overwork, which Moritaka interprets as suicide.
On the way home, occupied with this thought, Moritaka receives a call from Akito who threatens to tell Miho about Moritaka's infatuation if Akito's request does not comply. When Moritaka arrives in front of Miho's house, where Akito is already waiting for him, Miho comes out too. Akito then reveals to her that he and Moritaka want to become mangaka. She is excited because she plans to become a seiyū herself . If the manga they were going to write were adapted as anime, Miho could speak the main female character. Overwhelmed by this development, Moritaka thinks of his uncle, who was once in a similar situation, and accidentally proposes marriage to Miho. Miho is completely surprised, but she accepts. Her only condition is that she and Moritaka do not see each other until their dream has come true.
Characters
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Moritaka Mashiro ( Japanese 真 城 最高
Mashiro Moritaka )
He is the protagonist of the series, who follows in the footsteps of his late Mangaka uncle. He maintained a pen friendship with an old school friend, whom he never dared to confess his love to, and later died of overwork. Moritaka's parents told him about this death from overwork for a long time, because he thought his uncle had been frustrated that none of his works were more popular after a great success. Moritaka is in love with his classmate Miho Azuki, who is planning a career as a voice actress. Fearful of ending up like his uncle, Moritaka makes her at a thoughtless moment a marriage proposal, which Azuki accepts contrary to expectations, but postpones the marriage until her dreams come true. Moritaka decides to team up with his classmate Akito Takagi to draw a manga that will be published in a weekly magazine and eventually processed as an anime so that Azuki can play the lead role there.
Moritaka is a talented artist, but a perfectionist and always dissatisfied with his drawings. He is often called Saikō ( Japanese サ イ コ ー ). -
Akito Takagi ( Japanese 高木 秋 人 Takagi Akito )
Akito is one of Moritaka's classmates. He's top of the class and the one who got Moritaka to draw by forcing him into a deal. The two have been working together ever since. Akito is the one who comes up with the often unorthodox and profound stories. However, his drawing skills leave much to be desired, which is why he recruited Moritaka to work with him. He is often called Shūto ( Japanese シ ュ ー ト ) by classmates , which is probably a reference to the English word shoot . Akito addressed Moritaka with his school nickname Saikō , but Moritaka did not use Akito's school nickname because it sounded too cool compared to his. As a replacement, he came up with the name Shūjin ( Japanese シ ュ ー ジ ン ). In the further course of the story, he meets Azuki's best friend Kaya Miyoshi, and after a while they even get married. -
Eiji Niizuma ( Japanese 新 妻 エ イ ジ Niizuma Eiji )
Eiji Niizuma is both rival and friend of Moritaka and Akito. After winning the Tezuka Manga Prize at the age of 15, he published his own manga series, which is very successful. He is very unworldly and often behaves like a toddler, but since he is a brilliant mangaka, he enjoys the respect of the editors and also the respect of the other mangaka. Despite all this, he is in no way arrogant, but always nice, objective and helpful. Unfortunately, he always has his own mind and does not adapt, so that his editor in particular has to keep his nerve. -
Miho Azuki ( Japanese 亜 豆 美 保 Azuki Miho )
Miho is Moritaka's fiancée, whose dream is to be successful as a voice actress and to play the lead role in an anime of Moritaka and Akito. Despite her shyness, she seems to have a talent for it, as she regularly receives new offers for speaking roles. Her relationship with Moritaka is largely based on email contact as they actually don't want to meet until both of their dreams come true. This kind of relationship is advantageous for Miho, as she does not speak much and is always very embarrassed in front of Moritaka, but she dreams of being with him one day. -
Kaya Miyoshi ( Japanese 見 吉 香 耶 Miyoshi Kaya )
Kaya is Miho's best friend, and in the course of the story she meets Akito, and after a while the two even get married. She develops into an important helper for Moritaka and Akito, because on the one hand she often takes on smaller jobs, and she usually brings the atmosphere into the drawing studio, as Moritaka is very reserved. But she is by no means always nice, occasionally she is quick-tempered, and she also practices martial arts, which especially for Akito does not always make living together easy. Nevertheless, she has a good heart and helps wherever she can. -
Shinta Fukuda ( Japanese 福田 真 太 Fukuda Shinta )
Shinta worked at Eiji as an assistant before he made his breakthrough as a mangaka himself. He now publishes successful manga series himself and, like Eiji, is a friend and rival of Moritaka and Akito. Of all the young mangaka he is the most emotional, and he is extremely convinced of himself. So it's hardly surprising that he thinks he can revolutionize jump. That's why he founded "Team Fukuda" together with Moritaka and Akito, Eiji and other young Mangaka. To a certain extent, he is the spokesman for this group and also likes to mess with his editor or even with the board of the Jump. -
Kazuya Hiramaru ( Japanese 平 丸 一 也 Hiramaru Kazuya )
Kazuya is a mangaka with a successful series. He decided to draw manga after reading a manga magazine, even though he had nothing to do with manga before that. But his talent makes up for it. However, he is extremely lazy and flees from work when he can. Only through the initiatives of his editor, who can motivate Kazuya again and again, Kazuya gets his series drawn. His spontaneous personality was his undoing, his spontaneous decision to draw manga now robs him of almost all freedom.
publication
In Japan, the first chapter of the series on 11 August 2008 in the magazine was Weekly Shonen Jump from the publisher Shueisha published and the final chapter April 2012.
On January 5, 2009, the first anthology ( Tankōbon ) of the series was finally published, followed by the second on March 4, 2009. In total, the series was published in 20 volumes.
Bakuman. was the first manga that was translated into multiple languages and could be viewed on Shueisha's website before it was printed in Japan. You could read it free of charge in the original Japanese language as well as in German, French and English. The first volume sold over 150,000 copies in the first week after its release, making it number 4 of the best-selling manga volumes of the week in Japan.
From August 2009 to September 2013, all 20 volumes were published in German by Tokyopop . In addition, four slip cases with five volumes each were published between August 2015 and January 2016.
The manga also appears in Korean, Chinese, Thai, and English.
Anime
JCStaff adapted the manga as an anime series directed by Ken'ichi Kasai and Noriaki Akitaya . Reiko Yoshida was a screenwriter and Tomoyuki Shitaya was a character designer .
The first season ran from October 2, 2010 to April 2, 2011, the second season - also as Bakuman. 2 ( バ ク マ ン 。2 ) denotes - from October 1, 2011 to March 24, 2012, and the third season - Bakuman. 3 ( バ ク マ ン 。3 ) - from October 6, 2012 to March 30, 2013, each on the NHK channel . Each season consisted of 25 episodes.
Games
On December 15, 2011, the Nintendo DS game Bakuman .: Mangaka e no Michi ( バ ク マ ン。 漫画家 へ の 道 ) was released in Japan.
Actual filming
A real- life version from the Toho studio was released in Japanese cinemas on October 3, 2015. Directed by Hitoshi Ōne , the main roles are cast with Takeru Satō and Ryūnosuke Kamiki , who had already worked together on the real- life version of Rurouni Kenshin in 2014 . The Japanese band Sakanaction contributed a song to the film.
reception
After the first volume sold more than 150,000 times in the first week after publication in January 2009, the sales figures for all volumes reached the 15 million mark by May 2014. Among readers of the series, Eiji Niizuma is the most popular character, according to a 2010 poll, followed by Moritaka Mashiro and Kazuya Hiramaru .
The German magazine Animania writes about Bakuman. , the “ romantic slice of life story is excitingly staged ” and offers allusions to Death Note , the other series by the two artists, as well as a “ sweet love story ” and personable characters for fans of Shōjo series and comedy. In addition, the series provides critical insights into " the harsh reality of the Japanese manga business" . The work skilfully transcends genre boundaries and addresses all age groups.
Web links
- Bakuman. - TV series in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bakuman. - Film in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official home page for the anime (Japanese)
- Official home page for the real film version (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death Note Creators Confirmed to Launch Bakuman. Manga. Anime News Network , August 3, 2008, accessed August 22, 2008 .
- ↑ バ ク マ ン 。／1 ｜ 小 畑 健 ／ 大 場 つ ぐ み. Shueisha , accessed January 31, 2009 (Japanese).
- ↑ バ ク マ ン 。／2 ｜ 小 畑 健 ／ 大 場 つ ぐ み. Shueisha , March 4, 2008, accessed March 15, 2009 (Japanese).
- ^ Death Note Team's Bakuman. Manga Posted in 4 Languages. Anime News Network , August 19, 2008, accessed January 31, 2009 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 6-12. Anime News Network, January 14, 2009, accessed March 16, 2009 .
- ↑ Bakuman. AsianWiki , July 4, 2015, accessed July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ New Bakuman. Trailer introduces Sakanaction theme song. Sumikai , July 1, 2015, accessed July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, January 6–12 . Anime News Network. January 14, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ↑ Kenshin's Takeru Satoh & Ryunosuke Kamiki star in live-action Bakuman film . Anime News Network. May 7, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ↑ Issue 39/2010 of the Weekly Shonen Jump
- ↑ Animania 10/2009, p. 36.