manben: artists featured on naoki urasawa's manben
Manga
naoki urasawa's wonderful documentary program manben shows mangaka at work while they discuss their form and process with urasawa-sensei. this list includes one noteworthy series by each mangaka featured on the show.
an english fansub of the series can be found here (this is NOT urasawa-sensei's official website):
https://www.naokiurasawa.com/
i will do my best to choose series' that can be read in their entirety in english, either officially or via scanlations. information can be found in the descriptions for each entry.
format:
mangaka ([season][episode])
common english title(s)
magazine
an english fansub of the series can be found here (this is NOT urasawa-sensei's official website):
https://www.naokiurasawa.com/
i will do my best to choose series' that can be read in their entirety in english, either officially or via scanlations. information can be found in the descriptions for each entry.
format:
mangaka ([season][episode])
common english title(s)
magazine
Manga, 11 vol, 1997
Me:-
Author:-
kaiji kawaguchi (PILOT)
eagle: the making of an asian-american president
big comic
eagle: the making of an asian-american president
big comic
Manga, 34 vol, 1988
Me:-
Author:-
kazumi yamashita (PILOT)
the life of the ingenious dr. yanagisawa
morning
the life of the ingenious dr. yanagisawa
morning
Manga, 13 vol, 2007
Me:-
Author:9
inio asano (S1E3)
goodnight punpun
young sunday; big comic spirits
goodnight punpun
young sunday; big comic spirits
Manga, 1 vol, 2005
Me:-
Author:-
usamaru furuya (S2E4)
lychee light club
manga erotics f
lychee light club
manga erotics f
Manga, 7 vol, 1990
Me:-
Author:-
takumi nagayasu (S4E4)
sarah; mother sarah
young magazine
sarah; mother sarah
young magazine
Manga, 20 vol, 1968
Me:-
Author:-
tetsuya chiba (NEO - S1E1)
ashita no joe; tomorrow's joe
shounen magazine
ashita no joe; tomorrow's joe
shounen magazine
Manga, 1 vol, 2014
Me:-
Author:-
nao iwamoto (NEO - S1E2)
the kingdom of gold and water
flowers
the kingdom of gold and water
flowers
Manga, 2 vol, 2020
Me:-
Author:-
shinichi sugimura (NEO - S1E3)
the last cruise
big comic superior
the last cruise
big comic superior
Manga, 8 vol, 1994
Me:-
Author:-
yukinobu hoshino (NEO - S1E4)
the legendary musings of professor munakata
comic tom
the legendary musings of professor munakata
comic tom
Manga, 1 vol, 1976
Me:-
Author:-
morohoshi daijirou (NEO - S1E5)
the dark myth
shounen jump
the dark myth
shounen jump
Manga, 4 vol, 2008
Me:-
Author:-
keiko nishi (NEO - S1E6)
in one man's lifetime
flowers; rinka
in one man's lifetime
flowers; rinka
Manga, 17 vol, 2007
Me:-
Author:-
shinichi sakamoto (NEO - S1E8)
the climber
young jump
the climber
young jump
Manga, 24 vol, 2001
Me:-
Author:-
yoshikazu yasuhiko (NEO - S1E9)
mobile suit gundam: the origin
gundam ace
mobile suit gundam: the origin
gundam ace
Manga, ? vol, 2014
Me:-
Author:-
haruko kashiwagi (NEO - S1E10)
minimum healthy social life
big comic spirits
minimum healthy social life
big comic spirits
Manga, 17 vol, 2017
Me:-
Author:-
shuuzou oshimi (NEO - S1E11)
blood on the tracks
big comic superior
blood on the tracks
big comic superior
Manga, ? vol, 2008
Me:-
Author:-
wataru watanabe (NEO - S1E12)
yowamushi pedal; yowapeda
shounen champion
yowamushi pedal; yowapeda
shounen champion
Manga, 39 vol, 1976
Me:-
Author:-
yasuko aoike (NEO - S1E13)
from eroica with love
princess
from eroica with love
princess
Manga, 14 vol, 1997
Me:-
Author:-
hideki arai (NEO - S1E14)
the world is mine
young sunday
the world is mine
young sunday
