Книга: Manga-Themed Anime and Manga: Comic Party, Bakuman, Genshiken, D?jin Work, Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Comic Party, Bakuman, Genshiken, DA?jin Work, Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, G SenjA? Heaven's Door. Excerpt: Bakuman Bakuman ( ? ) is a sh nen manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata . The series follows talented artist Moritaka Mashiro and aspiring writer Akito Takagi, two ninth grade boys who wish to become mangaka . The first chapter was released in Japan on August 11, 2008 serialized in the magazine Weekly Sh nen Jump . The first volume was released on January 5, 2009 and as of 4 November 2009 (2009 -11-04), five volumes have been released. During the first two weeks of its release, the first volume placed fourth and ninth in manga sales in Japan. It is also the first manga released online by Shueisha in multiple languages before becoming available in print outside of Japan. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed the series for their Shonen Jump imprint. A 25-episode anime television series has been announced, to begin broadcast on NHK in the fall of 2010. Plot Bakuman begins with Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, leaving his notebook containing a drawing of his crush and classmate Azuki Miho in class. When he notices and returns to the classroom after school, his classmate Akito Takagi is waiting for him with the notebook and tells him that he believes Azuki likes Mashiro too. He then tries to persuade Mashiro to become a mangaka and draw the stories Takagi writes. However, Mashiro is reluctant due to disillusion with modern society and the fate of his uncle, a formerly serialized mangaka who died from overwork trying to regain that status. Later Mashiro gets a phone call from Takagi in which he is told that Takagi will announce Mashiro's feelings to Azuki. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi wai...