Urasawa Naoki no Manben is a NHK documentary series in which mangaka Urasawa Naoki (20th Century Boys, Yawara, Master Keaton) goes around talking to and filming other cartoonists at work. There has been one special and two seasons of each four episodes so far:
- Pilot: featuring Urasawa himself as well as Kawaguchi Kaiji (Zipang) and Yamashita Kazumi (The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa)
- S01E01: Higashimura Akiko (Princess Jellyfish)
- S01E02: Fujita Kazuhiro (Ushio and Tora)
- S01E03: Asano Inio (Dead Dead Demon’s De De De De Destruction)
- S01E04: Saitō Takao (Golgo 13)
- S02E01: Hagio Moto (They Were Eleven)
- S02E02: Hanazawa Kengo (Boys on the Run)
- S02E03: Igarashi Daisuke (Children of the Sea)
- S02E04: Furuya Usamaru (Lychee Light Club) NO English subtitles
Urasawa was inspired by an 1985 documentary the NHK broadcasted about Tezuka Osamu, the God of Manga. A third season of Manben was scheduled to run in September 2016.
Originally published at Metafilter.
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