As gripping as the stories may be, series like Death Note and Bakuman. just wouldn’t be the same without the incredible art of Takeshi Obata. That art is going on display at the creator’s first art exhibit—Artist Activity 20th Anniversary Takeshi Obata Exhibition NEVER COMPLETE—which is set to run …Read more »
Though Shunji Iwai is a relative newcomer to the world of anime, he’s one of Japan’s most beloved independent filmmakers. Now the auteur behind films like Love Letter , Swallowtail Butterfly and All About Lily Chou-Chou is bringing his classic short film Fireworks, Should We …Read more »
There’s an old maxim in screenwriting that goes “write what you know.” The idea is that if you write about situations in which you have some personal experience, your stories will carry a certain sense of reality. And what do anime creators know more than …Read more »
Bakuman is the best live-action manga adaptation I’ve seen this year. Based on the manga by Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Bakuman is the story of two high school students who team up to create a manga worthy of serialization in Shonen …Read more »
Do you like Death Note ? How about Bakuman ? The creators of both those hit manga, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, are teaming up for a third time with the new manga Platinum End , and now it’s been announced the English translation with …Read more »
Congrats are order for Japanese film stars Rinko Kikuchi and Shota Sometani. It was announced the pair got married on Sometani’s official website January 1. Rinko Kikuchi is best-known in the States for her roles in Pacific Rim and Babel , for which she was …Read more »
Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga-making Shonen Jump series Bakuman is set to get the live-action treatment. A movie is officially on the way , with a premiere planned for 2015. The Bakuman movie will be directed by Hitoshi Ōne, who also adapted Mitsurou Kubo's …Read more »
Those enjoying Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman manga, published in North America by Viz Media, will be pleased to hear word of the anime being renewed for a third season in Japan. The anime's first season ran for 25 episodes from October 2010 to …Read more »
Nearing the final stages of their March Manga Madness Month, Viz Media introduces another tantalizing offer for adopters of their iPad manga app. The 4th volume of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman —chronicling the journey of two high schoolers going against the odds to …Read more »
Good news for manga fans with iPads: Viz Media just released their official manga reader app for the platform, along with an opening volley of downloadable manga to sweeten the launch. The app itself is free, and the series they're kicking things off with come …Read more »
The perils of budding mangaka have been illustrated in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 11, 2008 in the pages of Bakuman , the latest series from Death Note writer/artist team Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Now, as was surely destined from the start, the manga …Read more »
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