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Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo

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Reboot of the original Manben series from 2014-2017. Naoki Urasawa is returning to visit eight different manga authors, observe them in their daily work and discuss the creation of manga.

Oct 1, 20201 seasons21 episodesReturning SeriesJA

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Naoki Urasawa

Self - Presenter

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Wakana Aoi

Self - Narration (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

21 episodes

Premiered Oct 1, 2020

Episodes

1–6 of 21

Ep 1

Chiba Tetsuya

Oct 1, 2020

49m

Urasawa visits legendary manga author Chiba Tetsuya, most famous for his series Tomorrow's Joe.

Ep 2

Iwamoto Nao

Oct 8, 2020

49m

Urasawa visits Iwamoto Nao, author of The Tengu's Daughter and The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom.

Ep 3

Sugimura Shinichi

Oct 15, 2020

49m

Ep 4

Hoshino Yukinobu

Oct 22, 2020

49m

This time, we go behind the scenes of manga creation with sci-fi master Hoshino Yukinobu. Marvel at the power of the pen as Hoshino works on incredible ocean scenery for his epic, Kaitei.

Ep 5

Morohoshi Daijiro

Nov 12, 2020

49m

Ep 6

Nishi Keiko

Nov 19, 2020

49m

Witness manga come to life as Nishi Keiko works on her popular manga Hatsukoi no Sekai. Join us and learn how the romance master's focus on "show, don't tell" creates epic love stories.

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