Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
$25.00
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.
- Description
- Additional information
- Trailers & Videos
- Disclaimer
- Processing & Shipping
Description
Plot:
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.
Original Name: 浦沢直樹の漫勉
Number of Seasons: 4
Number of Episodes: 16
Status: Ended
Home Page: Click here to visit
Rating: 8
Vote Count: 3
Type: Documentary
Network(s): NHK Educational TV, NHK
First Air Date: September 4, 2015
Last Air Date: March 23, 2017
Episode Runtime: 45 mins
Primary Year: 2015
Created by: Naoki Urasawa
Genres: Documentary
IMDB Link: tt4981726
Production Companies: NHK
Spoken Language(s): Japanese
Origin Countries: Japan
Alternative Titles: Urasawa Naoki no Manben, Naoki Urasawa's Manben
- Season 0 — 1 Episodes — Air Date: November 9, 2014
- Season 1 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: September 4, 2015
- Season 2 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: March 3, 2016
- Season 3 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: November 15, 2016
- Season 4 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: March 2, 2017
- Naoki Urasawa –
- Haruka Kinami – narrator
Additional information
| Weight | 1 kg |
|---|---|
| Media Type | |
| No of Discs | |
| Language | |
| Print Quality | |
| Season | |
| Warehouse |
No trailers available for this title.
Product Availability
Please note that a product being listed on our website does not necessarily mean it is in stock and readily available for order. Our catalog is built as a reference for our customers, while we do our best to sync our in-stock items on our website. The items that are not released yet, or not out on DVD / Blu-ray are indeed unavailable, and that is what we would tell our customers if the requests ever come in.
Our aim is to build a comprehensive listing of movies and TV shows available to date.
Since, we do not take payments online at this time, there is 0% risk in placing order for movies you like on our website. Our representative will get in touch with the customer with the availability of the items when an order is placed.
Notice and Takedown policy
As a professional and reputable online store, DVD Planet Store is fully committed to the twin issues of copyright and trademarks. Please read our notice and takedown policy by clicking here.
Best Effort Policy
Should an item be unavailable, we would inform you if it was possible to provide an on-Demand DVD-R version of the requested item, but we offer no guarantees. Many DVD stores now offer MOD service, and so do we to keep a competitive edge. We would not make any profit out of such sale. The price of the items would only cover the operational / raw material / shipping costs; and would be sold for personal use only.
Processing
Our processing time is 1-2 days for in-stock items for domestic orders. For MOD requests, processing time could be up to 1 week on average. We do our best to fulfill orders as quickly as we can.
Please contact us for any inquiries.
