Bakuman.

2010 - 2013 TV-PG 24m 8

Mahiro and Takagi team up to pursue their dreams of making it in the manga industry while sharing experiences, successes and failures along the way.

Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant to pursue his dream as his uncle, once a mangaka with his own serializations, died from overwork trying to regain his lost status. With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Yume to genjitsu

1. Yume to genjitsu

Aired: Oct 2, 2010

Moritaka Mashiro, an average student with a talent for drawing, forgets his n...

Episode 2 Dumb and Smart

2. Dumb and Smart

Aired: Oct 9, 2010

Mashiro chats with Takagi, who tells him that he chose Mashiro because he is ...

Episode 3 Parent and Child

3. Parent and Child

Aired: Oct 16, 2010

Mashiro and Takagi arrive at Mashiro's uncle's apartment, where they look aro...

Episode 4 Time and Key

4. Time and Key

Aired: Oct 23, 2010

Mashiro shows Takagi all that he has drawn and points out all the mistakes he...

Episode 5 Summer and Name

5. Summer and Name

Aired: Oct 30, 2010

Recalling when he and Azuki turned back to look at each other at the same tim...

Episode 6 Carrot and Stick

6. Carrot and Stick

Aired: Nov 6, 2010

Mashiro and Takagi meet with Akira Hattori, one of the editors at Shonen Jack...

Episode 7 Tears and Tears

7. Tears and Tears

Aired: Nov 13, 2010

After meeting with Hattori, Mashiro and Takagi continue working on new submis...

Episode 10 10 and 2

10. 10 and 2

Aired: Dec 4, 2010

Mashiro and Takagi meet with Hattori, who says the manga artists liked their ...

Episode 12 Feast and Graduation

12. Feast and Graduation

Aired: Dec 18, 2010

After celebrating by eating out, Hattori, Takagi and Mashiro discuss Money an...

Episode 14 Battles and Copying

14. Battles and Copying

Aired: Jan 8, 2011

Mashiro has come to the conclusion that doing mainstream battle manga is the ...

Episode 15 Debut and Impatience

15. Debut and Impatience

Aired: Jan 15, 2011

Hattori goes over the weaknesses of Mashiro and Takagi's storyboard, and tell...

Episode 16 Wall and Kiss

16. Wall and Kiss

Aired: Jan 22, 2011

Mashiro and Takagi, incorporating Hattori's suggestions, comes up with a conc...

Episode 17 Conceit and Kindness

17. Conceit and Kindness

Aired: Jan 29, 2011

Mashiro starts work as an assistant for Nizuma, and meets the other two assis...

Episode 18 Jealousy and Love

18. Jealousy and Love

Aired: Feb 5, 2011

While reworking Chapter 5, Fukuda reveals that he is dissatisfied with many a...

Episode 19 Two and One

19. Two and One

Aired: Feb 12, 2011

Summer ends without Mashiro hearing back from Takagi, and Takagi returns the ...

Episode 21 Literature and Music

21. Literature and Music

Aired: Feb 26, 2011

Mashiro and Takagi continue submitting a story every two weeks, with Mashiro ...

Episode 23 Tuesday and Friday

23. Tuesday and Friday

Aired: Mar 19, 2011

Mashiro and Takagi both decide to rewrite their manga. Fukuda, Aoki and Nakai...

Episode 24 Call and Eve

24. Call and Eve

Aired: Mar 26, 2011

Koogy's manga does poorly in the Golden Future Cup, leaving Mashiro and Takag...

Episode 25 Ari to nashi

25. Ari to nashi

Aired: Apr 2, 2011

Thirteen series are submitted for the serialization meeting and are discussed...

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Info about Bakuman.

Current Status: Ended

Network: NHK Educational TV

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Animation, Romance