
Person
Naoki Urasawa
Writing · Born 1960-01-02 · Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist and musician. He has been drawing manga since he was four years old, and for most of his professional career has created two series simultaneously. The stories to many of these were co-written in collaboration with his former editor, Takashi Nagasaki. 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.
Known for

Monster
Comic Book

Yawara!
Writer

PLUTO
Creative Consultant

Master Keaton
Comic Book

ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Self - Manga Artist

Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo
Self - Presenter

Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
2015
Song FUKUYAMA
2015

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Comic Book

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIERCreative Director
- 2023PLUTOCreative Consultant
- 2023ANIME MANGA EXPLOSIONSelf - Manga Artist
- 2021BoyDirector
- 2020Naoki Urasawa's Manben neoSelf - Presenter
- 2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
- 2015Song FUKUYAMA
- 2015Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
- 2013Mighty BoyOriginal Story
- 2011Tibetan DogCharacter Designer
- 200920th Century Boys 3: RedemptionComic Book
- 200920th Century Boys 2: The Last HopeComic Book
- 200820th Century Boys: Beginning of the EndScreenplay
- 2006Happy!Comic Book
- 2006Happy!Original Story
- 2005Manga WorldSelf
- 2004MonsterComic Book
- 1998Master KeatonComic Book
- 1996Yawara! Atlanta SpecialCreator
- 1992Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!Creator
- 1989Yawara!Writer
- 1989Yawara!Comic Book
- —TEZUKA! God of MangaLui-même
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