Episode 115 - Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Moritaka Mashiro is an average 14 year old middle schooler who's jaded with the system. His plans to coast through life hit a snag one day when one of his classmates, Akito Takagi, snags his notebook and proposes the two of them create Manga together. Moritaka initially refuses because he's seen first hand what being a mangaka means, but after learniing his crush, Miho Azuki plans to become a voice actor he makes a pledge to her: he will team up with Akito, the two of them will create a smash hit manga, get it made into an anime for Miho to voice, then the two of them will get married! Yes folks, Mat and Tom sit down to talk about the renowned manga about making manga, Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata , and run face first into a romantic high school drama! Will the content be enough to hook them? Will it be as good as Mat remembers? And more importantly, does the second creative work from the Death Note duo improve upon their first hit series? --- Show Notes --- Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Trigun by Yasuhiro Nightow Fist of The North Star by Buronson and Tatsuo Hara Akane Banashi by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue One Piece by Eiichiro Oda Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama Orange by Ichigo Takano Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki --- Books on Manga! --- Manga in Theory and Practice by Hirohiiko Araki Manga School by Akira Toriyama The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga How to Draw Manga by Osamu Tezuka Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music! Find us on: X: Manga Tak Pod Bluesky: Manga Tak Pod Instagram: Manga Tak Pod