Bakuman

[Black King]

Bakuman is a bit of a postmodern manga about a manga team trying to make a manga

Moritaka Mashiro is a typical teenager: bored with life and unsure about his future. He spends his free time drawing, inspired by his mangaka uncle, who had only a single successful series before his death. One day while sitting bored in class, he sketches a picture of his crush, Azuki Miho, and forgets his notebook in the classroom. The notebook is found by Akito Takagi, who proposes that he and Mashiro become mangaka themselves, with Mashiro using his impressive artistic skills and Takagi writing the plots.

As luck would have it, Mashiro finds out that Miho wants to be a voice actress, and he asks her to voice the main heroine of his and Takagi's manga once it becomes a successful anime. Caught up in the moment, he goes on to propose to her! Much to everyone's surprise, she agrees to marry him, but only once they have both achieved their dreams.

Created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, the creators of Death Note and themselves an artist/writer combo.

Reading it really gives an appreciation of the work that goes into making a manga series. I liked it a lot, and the romantic subplots never feel forced but really part of the overall story. I highly recommend this story, anyone watching the anime or read the manga . . .or going to give it a try.

 

[Karma]

this does sound interesting. i enjoy anime and some manga in general. ive always loved the art and how fluid it was. and they're not afraid to explore very adult/racy themes in anime or manga as well as well placed violence.

 

[Clara Oswald]

I've not ever really gotten into the manga thing - I have a few anime films that I love but it's never really been my widespread taste.