Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions (TV Series)
2014 · Documentary · 44 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Naoki Urasawa
Cast Naoki Urasawa · Kaiji Kawaguchi · Akiko Higashimura · Kazumi Yamashita · Inio Asano · Takao Saitô · Usamaru Furuya · Moto Hagio · Kengo Hanazawa · Daisuke Igarashi · Ryoichi Ikegami · Ranjô Miyake · Tsutomu Takahashi · Junji Ito · Takumi Nagayasu · Reiko Shimizu · Naoki Yamamoto · Fujita Kazuhiro
Screenplay Naoki Urasawa
Original title Urasawa Naoki no Manben (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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