Naoki Urasawa, a manga artist who has released big hits one after another and is always at the forefront of the manga world.
To commemorate his first full-scale solo exhibition, he is conducting a super long interview of 145,000 characters for a total of 12 hours and 38 minutes about his half-life and behind the scenes of the production.
A large number of treasured cuts and famous scenes that show the process of production are recorded in B5 size, centering on illustrations that are not included in his art book "Man-ben".
This is the definitive official guidebook for understanding the charm of manga artist Naoki Urasawa and his works.
Chapter 1
Q. Why do you keep drawing manga all the time?
Childhood to high school
Chapter 2
Q. When was the writer Naoki Urasawa established?
[Early URASAWA] ~ [Pineapple ARMY] (Screenplay / Kazuya Kudo)
Chapter 3
Q. What is a royal road manga?
[YAWARA!]
Chapter 4
Q. How to make an episode that moves people's hearts?
[MASTER Keaton] (Screenplay / Katsushika Hokusei / Takashi Nagasaki)
Chapter 5
Q. What is your motivation to continue drawing feature films one after another?
[Happy!]
Chapter 6
Q. What is the secret to creating attractive characters?
[MONSTER]
Chapter 7
Q. How far do you decide to start drawing your work?
[20th Century Boys]
Chapter 8
Q. What do you need to draw emotions?
[PLUTO] (Osamu Tezuka, produced by Takashi Nagasaki, supervised / Makoto Tezuka / cooperation / Tezuka Productions)
Chapter 9
Q. How do you draw a world without material photographs?
[BILLY BAT] (Story co-production / Takashi Nagasaki)
Chapter 10
Q. How long will you continue to draw manga?
Now ~ from now on
Recommended information from the editor
In order to thoroughly clarify the charm of Urasawa's work and the person himself, we are conducting a 12-hour super long interview from the original scenery to the next work.
"MONSTER" Glimmer's final scene sketch, "YAWARA!" "MASTER Keaton" initial setting rough, "20th Century Boys" name, etc. ], Many illustrations such as color illustrations and unforgettable scenes that are not included in the book are also included.
A treasured cut and an interview with over 140,000 characters are included.
32 years since his debut, 150 books, 30,000 pages in total, 126.62 million copies in total.