Urasawa Naoki

After reading his childhood favorite manga "The Glass Masked Rider," aspiring manga fan Ishimota Shimohira seeks out the author of that legendary manga to become his apprentice.

Tribute manga drawn by Urasawa Naoki to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Aoike Yasuko's From Eroica with Love. Published in 2023/2 issue of Mystery Bonita.

Chaos ensues after Take's guitar, which belonged to his late uncle, gets stolen.

Tribute series by other artists to celebrate Aoike Yasuko's Eroica Yori Ai wo Komete's 45th anniversary. It started to run in Mystery Bonita's 2021 July issue. The artists who have contributed so far (as of 2023 June): 1- Shitou Ryoko (2021/7) 2- Sakai Miwa (2021/8) 3- Mineo Maya (2021/9) 4- Nanamaki Kanako (2021/10) 5- Akaishi Michiyo (2021/11) 6- Nakayama Seika (2021/12) 7- Aoki Tomo (2022/1) 8- Toono Yukiko (2022/2) 9- Ogawa Yayoi (2022/3) 10- Shima Atsuko (2022/4) 11- Haruna Remon (2022/5) 12- Hagio Moto (2022/6) 13- Aoki Tomo (2022/7) 14- Takahashi Miyuki (2022/8) 15- Yamato Waki (2022/9) 16- Honda (2022/10) 17- Shitou Kyoko (2022/11) 18- Aoki Tomo (2022/12) 19- Hamada Shouko (2023/1) 20- Urasawa Naoki (2023/2) 21- Shiomi Chika (2023/3) 22- Nogami Takeshi (2023/4) 23- Anno Moyoco (2023/5) 24- Yamamura Higashi (2023/6) 25- Nagano Noriko (2023/7) 26- Kihara Toshie (2023/8)

A curated collection of eight short stories and essay manga by famed mangaka Naoki Urasawa, creator of the acclaimed series Monster and 20th Century Boys! Urasawa's characters confront fantastical elements ranging from psychic powers, to alien visitors to planet Earth, to attacks by giant monsters. On the flip side, the author philosophizes about his real-world experiences with the wild and wacky international music scene. Plus, a classic, funny animal tale, in Urasawa's inimitable style!

From Viz: When Asa’s mother goes into labor yet again, Asa runs off to find a doctor. But no one bats an eye when she doesn’t return - not even as a storm approaches Nagoya. Forgotten yet again, Asa runs into a burglar and tries to stop him on her own, a decision that leads to an unlikely alliance.Awards Won:Winner of the Lucca Comics Awards for Best Manga Series in 2021.See MyAnimeList for Manga Details.Wikipedia

The one-shot tells a story about the late Kenji Endō, the real-life musician that was the inspiration for Kenji from 20th Century Boys!

A man and his daughter meet a mysterious man who has more than a few secrets and tall tales to tell about France and The Louvre Museum. What awaits for those who dare to follow their dreams?This miniseries is a collaboration between celebrated mangaka Naoki Urasawa, the Louvre museum in Paris, France, and Fujio Productions.Official Release:Indonesian release by Level Comics as Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2020)

The one-shot opens with two slightly different members of a yakuza group talking together at a family restaurant. The yakuza group is in the middle of a dispute, and some members visit a young man named "Damiyan" who has a mysterious power.

A manga writer/artist duo are trying their best to have their work accepted by someone who appears to be their superior. However, their latest work has been denied! Their superior requests that they write a manga about a drama where a man protects the peace of the world. The two get together and begin to write a manga about a boy who promises a girl protection! The leads in this story are the duo mangaka mentioned in the 20th Century Boys manga, who together go by the name of Ujiko Ujio, a pun on the duo who went by Fujiko Fujio (FUJIKO Fujio (A) and FUJIKO F. Fujio), the creators of Doraemon. (1 volume complete)

From Kana: The story begins in 1949 Los Angeles. Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American cartoonist, has built his career on Billy Bat, a sharp, wisecracking detective beloved by readers. But everything shifts when Kevin realizes he may have unknowingly copied the character from an image he once saw in Japan.Determined to find the truth, Kevin returns to a devastated, post-war Japan. What he uncovers goes far beyond questions of inspiration or theft. The image of the bat is ancient, surfacing again and again across history, tied to moments of upheaval, power, and violence.As Kevin follows the trail, he is drawn into a far-reaching mystery that blurs fiction and reality, where a single drawing may hold the key to forces shaping human history.Awards Won:Winner of the Lucca Comics Awards for Best Manga Series in 2012.Winner of the Max und Moritz Award for Best International Comic in 2014.See MyAnimeList for Manga Details.Wikipedia

From Viz: War is over. The Friend is dead. Mankind no longer faces the threat of extinction. Peace has finally come to Tokyo. Or has it? The mystery still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was and where he came from. The only clue is hidden deep within the memories—the memories of the hero Kenji. It is time to open Pandora’s Box to discover what is left at the bottom.

From Viz: In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. A remake of the "The Greatest Robot on Earth" arc from Astro Boy.

From Viz: Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren’t for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.Awards Won:Winner of the 25th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2001.Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2002.Winner of the 2008 Seiun Award for Best Comic at the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention.Winner of the 2011 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia.See MyAnimeList for Manga Details.Wikipedia

Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara. One of them is called A Bat & 2 Balls.

Monster weaves the riveting story of the brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate.A string of strange and mysterious murders begin to occur soon afterward, ones that professionally benefit Dr. Tenma, and he emerges as the primary suspect. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller.Awards Won:Winner of the Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 1997.Winner of the Grand Prize at the 3rd Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 1999.Winner of the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2000.Winner of the Lucca Comics Awards for Best Manga Series in 2004.See MyAnimeList for the Anime Adaptation.Wikipedia

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of 250 million yen fell upon them. To pay back the debt Miyuki quit school. What was the incredible choice she took to do this?

A collection of 10 short stories spanning 12 chapters, NASA is representative of Naoki Urasawa's writing style prior to his success as an author of psychological thrillers.

A ronin law student at an unnamed university named Momoyama is tasked by the Yasui patriarch to investigate the whereabouts of his missing daughter.

A bank robber laying low as a rabbit mascot gets stuck in a hostage crisis when he decides to help two kids because their mom was held hostage.

A young boy in a local village tries to look for Matsutake mushrooms after some time has passed due to failure on finding any mushrooms.

A bunch of patients tries to covertly break out in order to eat ramen outside a hospital despite a strict curfew.

A relaxing and fun piece about a policeman who finds himself dancing to the sound of anger. The volume also contains four extra short stories. A relaxing and fun piece about a policeman who finds himself dancing to the sound of anger. The volume also contains four extra short stories. SINGING POLICEMAN RUNNING POLICEMAN SHOUTING POLICEMAN FIGHTING POLICEMAN JUMPING POLICEMAN FLYING POLICEMAN SWIMMING POLICEMAN Hougaku Connection (放課後コネクション) Yoru no Kuufuku Mono-tachi (夜の空腹者たち) Goodbye Mr. Bunny (さよならMr. バニー) Taisho Detective (大正探偵)

From Kana: From a very young age, Yawara Inokuma was trained by her grandfather Jigorō Inokuma, a judo champion, who saw her as a future star of the discipline. It has been announced that the Barcelona Olympics will finally include women's judo in the competition. Jigoro therefore dreams of making his granddaughter the first female Olympic judo champion.But contrary to her grandfather's expectations, the young girl dreams only of fashion, love, idols... In short, she only aspires to an ordinary teenage life, far from training and competitions. But that's without taking into account her innate talent for judo, which her entourage will not allow her to forget...!Won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1990

Hiraga-Keaton Taichi. Half Japanese and half British. Oxford University graduate. Formerly a member of the British Special Air Service. Currently a detective and archaeologist. Ten years ago, he excavated the remains of what he believed to be the origin of a European civilization, and decided to quit his detective work to concentrate on his research. However, he is a hot seller and the requests for his services never cease... and 20 years later, Keaton is still traveling around the world?! The legendary academic suspense of the 20th century is back again in the 21st century in a completely new edition!

Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, who has a Japanese father and an English mother, works as an insurance op (investigator) while teaching archaeology at a university. He is also a former instructor of survival techniques in the SAS (Special Air Service) of the British army.Keaton's dream is to work as an archaeologist to discover the mysterious Danube civilization.In reality, however, he spends his days doing detective work, which is always fraught with danger.When he is thrown out into the desert, he uses his knowledge as a weapon to survive, and he uses chocolate to disable a bomb planted by terrorists.He is supported by his daughter Yuriko, who scolds Keaton for his clumsiness, his father Taihei, who is still thriving in his old age, and his partner Daniel, an insurance investigator, while still feeling regret over his ex-wife.Official Release:English release by Viz MediaIndonesian release by Elex Media (cancelled)

Pineapple Army is a story about a legendary Japanese ex-mercenary, working as a self-defense instructor. He is sent all around the world for a job by an international self-defense agency, and in each episode, there is a human drama. Along the way, he also saves the world a few times from the hands of terrorists.

Kenji was born in 1980. At that time, Japan was running toward the future. In the time of the economic growth, Japanese children saw a lot of cultural movement. Some are gone, some remain. "20th century boys" this based on that chaos. Kentaro Takekuma, who was born in the same year as Kenji, is going to reexamine the culture of that period. This is the best guidebook to understand the background of "20th century boys."