Bakuman.

As a child, Moritaka Mashiro dreamt of becoming a mangaka, just like his childhood hero and uncle, Tarou Kawaguchi, creator of a popular gag manga. But when tragedy strikes, he gives up on his dream and spends his middle school days studying, aiming to become a salaryman instead.

One day, his classmate Akito Takagi, the school's top student and aspiring writer, notices the detailed drawings in Moritaka's notebook. Seeing the vast potential of his artistic talent, Akito approaches Moritaka, proposing that they become mangaka together. After much convincing, Moritaka realizes that if he is able to create a popular manga series, he may be able to get the girl he has a crush on, Miho Azuki, to take part in the anime adaptation as a voice actor. Thus the pair begins creating manga under the pen name Muto Ashirogi, hoping to become the greatest mangaka in Japan, the likes of which no one has ever seen.

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Mashiro, Moritaka Main

Abe, Atsushi Japanese

Takagi, Akito Main

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Niizuma, Eiji Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Hiramaru, Kazuya Supporting

Morita, Masakazu Japanese

Azuki, Miho Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Fukuda, Shinta Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Hattori, Akira Supporting

Tone, Kentarou Japanese

Miyoshi, Kaya Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Yoshida, Kouji Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Aoki, Yuriko Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Kasai, Kenichi Director, Storyboard

Akitaya, Noriaki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Watanabe, Jun Sound Director

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Dec 26, 2024

MrSlamboni

Recommended

Despite being listed primarily as a romance, that aspect of Bakuman is actually its weakest. This is to be expected, of course. After all, the target demographic is shounen. Drama and romance usually thrives when there are deep interactions between the characters or a complex story. If that were the case, the story would be marketed for older demographics. For a shounen, this romance is acceptable. For older audiences, it is too simple, shallow, unrealistic and uninteresting.

However, Bakuman is strong in other aspects. Watching it gives the feeling of watching a classic-superhero-action-shounen anime. It's about competing with others, forging rivalries and friendships and striving to ... be the best. I never thought watching people write and draw would be so suspenseful and exciting. I do not know how manga companies work in real life, but Bakuman's portrayal of them is believable to a good extent.

Some parts were weak. The romance was very weak in general. However, the rest maintains a very solid and consistent quality. It's not the best thing in existence but it has been enjoyable to watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 25, 2023

solrules

Mixed Feelings

Overall pretty mediocre for such a high rated anime. The beginning seems promising but it soon fumbles and drags on till the end. Mashiro is one of the most unlikeable MCs. His character is way too arrogant and narcissistic for you to empathize with his journey. Takagi is another generic sidekick with no personality of his own other than being an MC asslicker. Takagi is supposed to be the main writer here and yet you see Mashiro often going off on his own, lashing out against his only "friend" for the most foolish reasons. Except for a corny childhood fantasy of a future marriage, there's ... no real passion driving their day-to-day grind to become a mangaka. The side characters are as generic as the main ones. There's not a hint of 'comedy' except for a few sequences involving Kaya who's probably the only normal character in this show. Their kiddy romance is forced. Takagi and Mashiro both have awful personalities to even get girlfriends, let alone marriage proposal.

While the concept was fresh, there's not enough deep dive into how these "geniuses" managed to juggle both school and a serious career like that of a fiction writer/mangaka that requires full time attention not just physically but also mentally. Even coming up with solid ideas takes months of brainstorming unlike what is supposedly happening here. The editor Hattori is way too unrealistic/kind for them to grab hold of in one go. I don't even want to comment on what's happening with their forced eccentric "genius" character Niizuma. The op/ed songs are again very dull and hence very fitting for this anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 30, 2023

Hale999

Not Recommended

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I thought i would enjoy it while watching it because of the MAL score but i got disappointed.

That was the most sexist anime i have ever seen in my whole life. I thought it would get better about the sexism it has on the next episodes but no it just went worse. The first episodes was good and amusing if you avoid some parts in it. But the last 6-7 episodes were too boring i couldnt stand them.

The anime is about making a manga but Mashiro doesn't even want to be a mangaka. He just do it for marrying with a girl in his ... class he never talked.

Also the romance in the anime is literally the most ridiculous thing it has. Miho is dumb and her relationship with Mashiro is weird. Mashiro is unnecessarly angry and impulsive to the people except Miho. They dont even comminucate with each other normally.

The art is not bad but i didn't like it. Animations were good.

Don't watch it it's waste of time.

And why everyone is mad at Miyoshi.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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