Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki (2015)
• September 4th, 2015
Documentary
Overview
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.
TV Shows Link coming soon!!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
ANIME SANCTUARIES
Released on: 2024-05-22
Documentary
Did you know that a lot of your favorite anime are based in real-life locations? Join us on a pilgri...
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Released on: 2023-04-30
Documentary
The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amou...
Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo
Released on: 2020-10-01
Documentary, Talk
Reboot of the original Manben series from 2014-2017. Naoki Urasawa is returning to visit eight diffe...
Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey-
Released on:
Animation, Comedy
The story follows amateur mangaka Chika Suzugamori, who, after going through rejection on several dr...
Hey, Your Cat Ears Are Showing!
Released on: 2018-08-25
Comedy, Animation
Daisū is a a manga creator who grew up in an orphanage, and whose works do not sell very well. Daisū...
Kakushigoto
Released on: 2020-04-02
Animation, Comedy
Single father Kakushi Goto has a secret. He’s a top-selling artist of popular erotic manga, but his ...
主夫メゾン
Released on: 2021-04-24
Drama, Comedy
A fashionable condominium found by a newlywed, but the living conditions are limited to "house husba...
Kotaro Lives Alone
Released on: 2022-03-10
Animation, Comedy
A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with...
Gu Gu the Cat
Released on: 2014-10-18
Drama, Family
About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living, and ...
Mangirl!
Released on: 2013-01-03
Animation, Comedy
A team of girls with zero experience in manga editing are off and running toward their dream of crea...
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Released on: 2020-12-28
Mystery
Comic creator Rohan Kishibe, along with his partner-cum-editor, Kyōka Izumi, challenge various incid...
Where the Lost Ones Go
Released on: 2017-11-13
Drama
Ye Zi, a Chinese art student, and Xiang Zeyi, an oil painting major, whose first love is shattered w...
Chernobyl - Utopia in Flames
Released on: 2023-04-25
Documentary
The series "Chernobyl - The Catastrophe" is a search for clues to the truth. How did the nuclear pow...
Ten Mistakes
Released on: 2021-09-01
Documentary
Revelations about ten of the world's most infamous human catastrophes, from substandard materials to...
Secrets of the Third Reich
Released on: 2014-01-02
Documentary, War & Politics
Little-known events that played a large role in determining the outcome of World War II are revealed...
The Big Steam Adventure
Released on: 2023-04-25
Documentary
John Sergeant, Peter Davison and Paul Middleton travel from London to Scotland using only the power ...
Ningaloo Nyinggulu
Released on: 2023-04-22
Documentary
Science-based documentary about the extraordinary wonders of one of the last intact wild places left...
