Naoki Urasawa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Naoki Urasawa
Occupation	Manga Artist
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1960(1960-01-02)
Age	64
Birthplace	Fuchu
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Capricorn

Naoki Urasawa Biography

Naoki Urasawa is one of the most popular and richest Manga Artist who was born on January 2, 1960 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga artist and musician, is called Pu Ze Zhi Shu in Japan. He was born January 2, 1960. Since the age of four, he has been creating manga. For most of his life, he has also created two series at once. Urasawa is often referred to as one of the greatest manga artists. He has won the Shogakukan Manga Award three consecutive times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice and the Kodansha Manga Award once. His works were in over 126 million copies by 2016.

Urasawa illustrated the action series Pineapple army (1985-1988), which Kazuya Kudo wrote. This was Urasawa’s first major work. Yawara, a sports manga, was his first serial that Urasawa wrote and illustrated. (1986-1993). The adventure series Master Keaton (1988-1994) was illustrated by him. Takashi Nagasaki wrote the manga Happy! (1993-1999). His first international success was with the thriller Monster (1994-2001), which was followed by 20th Century Boys (1999-2006). He created the mystery series Billy Bat (2008)-2016, following the highly acclaimed Pluto (2003-2009), a reimagining of Astro Boy, Osamu Tzuka’s biggest influence. Urasawa started his current Renzoku Manga Shosetsu Asadora series after two short series. 2018

Following Master Keaton’ s end, Urasawa began Monster in Big Comic Original in December 1994. It earned him the 1999 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and his second Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2001. It ended in December 2001, was collected into 18 volumes, and adapted into an anime television series in 2004. Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, praised Monster and proclaimed “Urasawa is a national treasure in Japan.” With Happy!’ s ending, Urasawa began 20th Century Boys in Big Comic Spirits in

1999. It earned him the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, and his third Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2002. It ended in 2006 and was collected into 22 volumes. The story briefly continued as 21st Century Boys in 2007, which was collected into two volumes. 20th Century Boys was adapted into three live-action films, which were released in 2008 and

While working on 20th Century Boys, Urasawa began adapting “The Greatest Robot on Earth” story arc of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy into the series Pluto. It was serialized in Big Comic Original from September 9, 2003 to April 5, 2009 and collected into 8 volumes. It earned him his second Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008, Urasawa began working for Kodansha, serializing Billy Bat in Weekly Morning. It ran from October 16, 2008 to August 18, 2016 and was collected into 20 volumes. Also in 2008, Urasawa took a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught “Modern Expression Course: Manga Classes” two to three times a year, although the class met every month. Initially planned for only five students, he agreed to expand it to fifteen in an effort to create more “real artists.”

Urasawa began his career as an assistant and made his professional debut with “Beta!” in 1983. Before creating the serialized work Dancing Policeman in the following year. In 1985, he began Pineapple Army, his first major serialized piece, in the semimonthly Big Comic Original. Kazuya Kudo wrote the book and he was its illustrator. It was completed in 1988, and eight volumes of tankobon were published. Urasawa started Yawara while working on Pineapple Army! He illustrated and wrote the weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in 1986. He won the 1989 Shogakukan Manga award in the General category for his work. It was also adapted into an animated television series and a live-action movie. It was published in 29 volumes after its end in 1993.

Naoki Urasawa Net Worth

Naoki Urasawa is one of the richest Manga Artist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Naoki Urasawa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fusanosuke Nasume stated that Urasawa’s style was influenced by Osamu Tezuka and Shinji Nagashima before he entered university. However, he went on to say that Urasawa’s style became more aligned with Katsuhiro Otomo’s in 1979. Urasawa stated that Tezuka created the manga form we know today. Then came caricatures and then comics changed when Katsuhiro Otomo arrived. There is no room for more changes, I think. Even though Urasawa’s works are like Yawara! Although Urasawa’s works like Yawara were light entertainment for young girls, Natsume said Urasawa created his own style with Monster. He described it as realistic or directorially based with cinematic panels layouts similar Otomo artists and gekiga artists. Natsume noted that many of Urasawa’s characters look like movie stars. Urasawa described his manga approach as similar to storyboarding movies. He also acknowledged that his work is adult-oriented and stated that he didn’t like manga written for children as a child. He did however mention that Otomo and he prefer their work to be called manga, not gekiga.

Urasawa brought some manga that he had drawn to Shogakukan when he visited to apply for a job in the business sector. Urasawa was not given the time of his Weekly Shonen Sunday editor, but Big Comic Original’s head editor happened to pass by, and decided to take Urasawa to their editorial section. He submitted manga to their 1982 New Manga Artist Award. His unpublished work, “Return”, was awarded the award. He thought of becoming a professional manga artist only after that.

When Pineapple Army ended, Urasawa began Master Keaton for Big Comic Original in November 1988. He illustrated it, while Hokusei Katsushika wrote it. It ended in August 1994 and was collected into 18 volumes. An anime television adaptation began in 1998, before finishing as an original video animation in

2000. Likewise when Yawara! ended, Urasawa began another solo series in Big Comic Spirits. Happy! ran from 1993 until 1999 and was collected into 23 volumes. It was adapted into two live-action television films in 2006.

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He also does not determine the page or panel layouts in advance. Having drawn manga for over five decades, he just follows his instincts, explaining “When I start to structure a story narratively, the question of tempo — developing a character moment-to-moment and then jumping to a two-page spread — how do you determine where that happens? It’s like breathing to me — I know when it feels right.”

Facts & Trivia

Naoki Ranked on the list of most popular Manga Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Naoki Urasawa celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.

For most of his career, Urasawa has written two different series simultaneously. Urasawa frequently collaborates with manga editor and author Takashi Nagasaki, to the point where Nagasaki has been called his “producer.” The two met when Nagasaki was made Urasawa’s editor upon his debut. Although the two continue to collaborate even after Nagasaki became freelance, they rarely socialize outside of work. With the exception of 2018’s ongoing Renzoku Manga Shōsetsu Asadora!, none of Urasawa’s manga have ever been legally available in digital formats. The author stated that he prefers physical books.

What is Naoki Urasawa's best work?

1. 1 Pluto.
2. 2 20th Century Boys (1999-2006) & 21st Century Boys (2007) …
3. 3 Yawara! …
4. 4 Asadora! …
5. 5 Master Keaton (1988-94) & Master Keaton Remaster (2012-14) …
6. 6 Billy Bat (2008-16) …
7. 7 Mujirushi: The Sign Of Dreams (2017-18) …
8. 8 Happy! …

What is Naoki Urasawa known for?

Urasawa has been called one of the artists that changed the history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once. By December 2021, his various works had over 140 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Is Pluto by Naoki Urasawa?

Pluto (stylized as PLUTO) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Original magazine from 2003 to 2009, with the chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes.

How good is Naoki Urasawa?

Well-known for his thrilling and unpredictable ways of storytelling, overarching plots,and an ever-changing cast of characters. Urasawa is a captivating storyteller. Without a doubt, he’s one of the greats in manga history. Whenever people read his mangas, most of the time, they do not see things coming.

Who is the best mangaka?

• 8 Moto Hagio. …
• 7 Takehiko Inoue. …
• 6 Naoki Urasawa. …
• 5 Kentaro Miura. …
• 4 Hirohiko Araki. …
• 3 Eiichiro Oda. …
• 2 Akira Toriyama. …
• 1 Osamu Tezuka. Osamu Tezuka is by far the most prolific creators in the entire medium.