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Bakuman

Bakuman

20156.41h 59m

Overview

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.

Directed by Hitoshi One
Written by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
Produced by Minami Ichikawa
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Top Cast

Takeru Satoh

Takeru Satoh

Moritaka Mashiro

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Akito Takagi

Nana Komatsu

Nana Komatsu

Miho Azuki

Kenta Kiritani

Kenta Kiritani

Shinta Fukuda

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Kazuya Hiramaru

Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa

Takuro Nakai

Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo

Taro Kawaguchi

Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Akira Hattori

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Sasaki

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Eiji Niizuma

Themes & Keywords

friendshiprivalrycoming of agebased on mangadrawingartcomic book writer

About Bakuman

Bakuman is a drama, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of friendship, rivalry, coming of age, based on manga, drawing, art. Directed by Hitoshi One, it stars Takeru Satoh, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nana Komatsu. Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.

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