Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions
February 23, 2017 10:27 AM Subscribe
Urasawa Naoki no Manben is a NHK documentary series in which mangaka Urasawa Naoki (
20th Century Boys,
Yawara,
Master Keaton) goes around talking to and filming other cartoonists at work.
There has been one special and two seasons of each four episodes so far:
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Pilot: featuring Urasawa himself as well as Kawaguchi Kaiji (Zipang) and Yamashita Kazumi (The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa)
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S01E01: Higashimura Akiko (Princess Jellyfish)
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S01E02: Fujita Kazuhiro (Ushio and Tora)
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S01E03: Asano Inio (Dead Dead Demon's De De De De Destruction)
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S01E04: Sait¨ Takao (Golgo 13)
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S02E01: Hagio Moto (They Were Eleven)
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S02E02: Hanazawa Kengo (Boys on the Run)
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S02E03: Igarashi Daisuke (Children of the Sea)
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S02E04: Furuya Usamaru (Lychee Light Club) NO English subtitles
Urasawa was inspired by an 1985 documentary the NHK broadcasted about Tezuka Osamu, the God of Manga. A third season of
Manben is scheduled to run in September.
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