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Bakuman. (TV)

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Alternative title:
バクマン。 (Japanese)
爆漫王。 (Japanese)
바쿠만. (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: manga, school
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant to pursue his dream as his uncle, once a mangaka with his own serializations, died from overwork trying to regain his lost status. With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka.
User Ratings: 1039 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 144 votes (sub:124, dub:13, ?:1, others:6
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 344 votes (sub:310, dub:14, others:20
8 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 314 votes (sub:275, dub:21, raw:1, others:17
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 127 votes (sub:119, dub:4, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 71 votes (sub:68, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 25 votes (sub:21, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2142 users, rank: #505 (of 6585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.206 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3636, rank: #294 (of 6586)
Weighted mean: 8.111 (Very good), rank: #322 (of 6586) (seen all: 8.22 / seen some: 7.28 / won't finish: 6.40)
Bayesian estimate: 8.104 (Very good), rank: #231 (of 4960)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
2010-10-02
2014-05-09 (Philippines, TeleAsia Filipino)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Blue Bird" by Kobukuro (eps 1-13)
#2: "Blue Bird" (Second Verse) by Kobukuro (eps 14-)
Ending Theme:
#1: "BAKUROCK - Mirai no Rinkakusen" (BAKUROCK~未来の輪郭線~) by YA-KYIM (eps 1-13)
#2: "Genjitsu to Iu Na no Kaibutsu to Tatakau Mono-tachi" (現実という名の怪物と戦う者たち) by Takahashi Yu (eps 14-)
Official website:
Trivia: We have 9
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Blu-Ray (Region A)
    Bakuman. - Season One Part One (Cancelled Release) (Blu-Ray)
DVD (Region 1)
    Bakuman. - First Issue (DVD 1) 2011-11-22 (from $12.49)
    Bakuman. - Second Issue (DVD 2)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Shimazu (ep 4)
Noriaki Akitaya (eps 1-3)
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (ep 3)
Noriaki Akitaya (ep 1)
Yuta Maruyama (ep 2)
Music: Audio Highs
Original creator:
Takeshi Obata (art)
Tsugumi Ohba (story)
Character Design: Tomoyuki Shitaya
Art Director: Chikako Shibata
Chief Animation Director: Tomoyuki Shitaya
Animation Director:
Sachiko Kotani (ep 4)
Tomoyuki Shitaya (eps 1-3)
Sound Director: Jun Watanabe
Director of Photography: Kazuya Iwai
Animation Work Manager: Ryuuichi Mizuno (eps 18, 24)
Editing: Masahiro Goto
In-Between Animation:
Atsumi Sakai (ep 2)
Ayako Isokawa (eps 12, 22)
Emi Mochizuki (ep 4)
Haruka Sano (ep 2)
Masanobu Uchida (ep 2)
Masayuki Nonaka (ep 2)
Nana Mori (ep 2)
Natsuko Sadamoto (ep 4)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (ep 2)
Production Advancement: Masato Akiba
Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada
Sound Recording: Ayumi Andou
Theme Song Arrangement: Hiroto Suzuki (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroto Suzuki (ED)
Mitsuyuki Miyake (ED)
Naoto Suzuki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Ryou Inukami (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Kobukuro (OP)
YA-KYIM (ED)
Atsushi Abe as Moritaka Mashiro
Satoshi Hino as Akito Takagi

Ayako Kawasumi as Kō Aoki
Ayumi Fujimura as Aiko Iwase
Hirofumi Nojima as Yūjirō Hattori
Junichi Suwabe as Shinta Fukuda
Kenji Hamada as Tarō Kawaguchi
Kentarou Tone as Akira Hattori
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Chief Editor Sasaki
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Eiji Niizuma
Saori Hayami as Miho Azuki
Sayuri Yahagi as Kaya Miyoshi
Shinji Kawada as Assistant Chief Editor Heishi
Showtaro Morikubo as Koji Makaino (ep 21)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Takurō Nakai

Aya Suzaki as Misayo Amane (ep 22)
Chihiro Takada as Somukawa (ep 10)
Cho as Fumio Mashiro
Daisuke Kirii as Gorou Miura
Emiri Katō as Amy (ep 6)
Harumi Sakurai as Ootsuki Nanami/Erina (ep 16)
Hidenari Ugaki as Masahiro Mashiro
HYDE as HYDE (ep 21)
Kentarō Hayami as Assistant editor-in-chief Yahagi (eps 24-25)
Kikuko Inoue as Miyuki Azuki
Kumiko Higa as Kayoko Mashiro
Masakazu Morita as Kazuya Hiramaru
Masako Katsuki as Mother of Akito
Mayu Harumiya as Momoko Matsuda
Moe Inui as Kindergarten teacher (ep 18)
Nozomi Hashimoto as Woman (ep 20)
Rina Hidaka as Mina Azuki
Ryotaro Okiayu as Leader of the clones (ep 6)
Takayuki Kondou as Akito Takagi's Brother (Ep 18)
Takehito Koyasu as Yoshida Kouji
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Broadcaster: NHK
Key Animation: Studio Gimlet
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney
Translation:
Duane Johnson (eps 6-7)
Midori Maejima (eps 1-5)
Executive producer: John Sirabella

Acquisition Liaison: Yoko Hayama
DVD Authoring: Dave Beinlich
Post-Production Supervision: Christian Moran
Production Coordination: Amanda Shuckman
Production Supervision:
Carl Morano
Sean Molyneaux
Recording engineer: Anthony Tortorici
Subtitling: Clark Cheng
Kevin T. Collins as Akito Takagi
Michael Sinterniklaas as Moritaka Mashiro

Amanda Shuckman as Kaya Miyoshi
Chris Niosi as Yujiro Hattori
Dan Green as Chief Editor Sasaki
Robby Sharpe as Eiji Niizuma
Stephanie Sheh as Miho Azuki
Veronica Taylor as Aiko Iwase
Wayne Grayson as Akira Hattori

Jason Griffith as
Hayato
Kawasaki
Julie Francis as Kayoko Mashiro
Marc Diraison as
Kim
Nobuhiro
Mike Pollock as Fumio Mashiro
Robby Sharpe as Suzuki
Scottie Ray as Aida
Veronica Taylor as Miyuki Azuki

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
Viz Media Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK & Ireland.)
Internet Streaming: Animax UK (UK)
Licensed by:
Kaze (UK and Ireland)
Media Blasters
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Moritaka Mashiro
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Anibox
French cast
French staff
Adrien Solis as Moritaka Mashiro
Grégory Laisné as Akito Takagi

Bastien Bourlé as Taiki Uchida
Bernard Jung as Hisashi Sasaki
Bruno Meyere as
Kazuya Hiramaru
Soichi Aida
Camille Donda as Aiko Iwase
Caroline Combes as Mina Azuki
Christophe Seugnet as Akira Hattori
Cyril Aubin as Yujirô Hattori
Emma Darmon as Miho Azuki
François Creton as Ishizawa
Frédéric Souterelle as Yoshihisa Heishi
Gwen Lebret as
Gorō Miura
Kōji Makaino
Ingrid Donnadieu as Yuriko Aoki
Isabelle Volpe as Kaya Miyoshi
Jean-François Pages as Nobuhiro
Jean-Marc Montalto as Masakazu Yamahisa
Jean-Pierre Leblan as Shinta Fukuda
Lucas Bleger as Takurō Nakai
Nathalie Karsenty as Miyuki Azuki
Nicolas Beaucaire as Eiji Niizuma
Nikie Gay Lescot as Kayoko Mashiro
Philippe Namann as Shōyō Takahama
Philippe Siboulet as Kōji Yoshida
Sylvain Solustri as Fumio Mashiro

French companies
Distributor: Kaze (France)
Dubbing: WanTake
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze (Italy)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Kazé Germany
German cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Anthony Steven San Juan as Akito Tagaki
Louie Paraboles as Moritaka Mashiro

Jefferson Utanes as Koji Makaino
Mark Ivan Uy as Yūjirō Hattori
Nica Rojo as Kaya Miyoshi
Rona Aguilar as Miho Azuki
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: TeleAsia Filipino
Internet Streaming: MyPinoy.tv
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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