Bakuman.

Bakuman.

Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Rankings

#343 highest rated all time
#466 most popular all time
#7 highest rated of 2010
#11 most popular of 2010
#1 highest rated of FALL 2010
#3 most popular of FALL 2010

Data

Format
TV
Episodes
25
Episode Duration
24 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Tue Nov 02 2010
End Date
Mon May 02 2011
Season
FALL 2010
Average Score
79%
Mean Score
79%
Popularity
113238
Favourites
2439
Studios
J.C.STAFF
Producers
NHK
Media Blasters
NHK Enterprises
NYAV Post
Source
MANGA
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Romaji
Bakuman.
English
Bakuman.
Native
バクマン。
Synonyms
Бакуман.

Tags

Work
97%
Writing
92%
Drawing
91%
Coming of Age
85%
Ensemble Cast
79%
Male Protagonist
73%
Heterosexual
71%
Meta
62%
Shounen
55%
School
48%
Primarily Teen Cast
33%

External & Streaming links

Relations

SEQUEL
Bakuman. 2
TV · FINISHED
SOURCE
Bakuman.
MANGA · FINISHED
SUMMARY
Bakuman. Special: Deraman.
SPECIAL · FINISHED

Characters

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Moritaka Mashiro
MAIN
Atsushi Abe
JAPANESE
Akito Takagi
MAIN
Satoshi Hino
JAPANESE
Yuriko Aoki
SUPPORTING
Ayako Kawasumi
JAPANESE
Aiko Iwase
SUPPORTING
Ayumi Fujimura
JAPANESE
Miho Azuki
SUPPORTING
Saori Hayami
JAPANESE
Songyuu Kim
SUPPORTING
Kazuyuki Okitsu
JAPANESE
Shinta Fukuda
SUPPORTING
Junichi Suwabe
JAPANESE
Hisashi Sasaki
SUPPORTING
Kenyuu Horiuchi
JAPANESE
Taiki Uchida
SUPPORTING
Yoshihisa Kawahara
JAPANESE
Takuro Nakai
SUPPORTING
Tomoyuki Shimura
JAPANESE

Staff

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Shoutarou Morikubo
Insert Song Performance
Michael Sinterniklaas
ADR Director (English)
Takeshi Obata
Original Character Design
Reiko Yoshida
Series Composition
Reiko Yoshida
Script (eps 1-4, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 25)
Tsugumi Ooba
Original Story
Tsugumi Ooba
Principle Drawing (ep 1 "Superhero Legend")
Hideto Takarai
Insert Song Performance
Hironobu Kageyama
Insert Song Performance (Chou Hero Densetsu)
Kenichi Kasai
Storyboard (Ep 8, 25)

Status Distribution

CURRENT
4082 Users
PLANNING
43048 Users
COMPLETED
58447 Users
DROPPED
3465 Users
PAUSED
4196 Users

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