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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: 1146 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 155 votes (sub:133, dub:13, ?:2, others:7
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 370 votes (sub:330, dub:15, others:25
10 Spanish subtitled
6 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 348 votes (sub:302, dub:25, raw:1, others:20
7 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 147 votes (sub:139, dub:4, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 80 votes (sub:74, dub:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:23, raw:2, dub:2, others:2
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, raw:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 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 2356 users, rank: #481 (of 10089)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.173 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.376, rank: #421 (of 10272)
Weighted mean: 8.081 (Very good), rank: #467 (of 10272) (seen all: 8.19 / seen some: 7.23 / won't finish: 6.25)
Bayesian estimate: 8.074 (Very good), rank: #310 (of 7753)
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:
NHKアニメワールド バクマン。 (Japanese)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Bakuman. - Season One Part One (Blu-ray) delayed/cancelled
DVD (Region 1)
    Bakuman. - First Issue (DVD 1) 2011-11-22 (from $5.99)
    Bakuman. - Second Draft (DVD 2) delayed/cancelled
DVD (Region 2)
    Bakuman. - Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2013-06-17 (from $18.62)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Kenichi Kasai
Noriaki Akitaya
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script:
Reiko Yoshida (11 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 25
)
Seishi Minakami (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 24
)
Tsutomu Kamishiro (5 episodes
eps 8, 13, 16, 19, 23
)
Yuniko Ayana (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 15, 18, 21
)
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Shimazu (ep 4)
Noriaki Akitaya (eps 1-3)
Rion Kujo (eps 16, 21)
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (ep 3)
Kenji Takahashi (eps 6, 12, 19)
Noriaki Akitaya (ep 1)
Seimei Kidokoro (ep 4)
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
Executive producer:
Kenji Saitō
Masahiro Nojima
Tomoya Negishi

3D Animation:
Jun Shiota
Kenichi Yoshimoto
Animation producer:
Atsushi Fujishiro
Atsushi Fujiyo
Yuji Matsukura
Yūta Miyamoto
Animation Work Manager: Ryuuichi Mizuno (eps 18, 24)
Background Art:
Mayumi Ogawa
Shinobu Yamaguchi
Shiori Nagaoka
Tomohiro Morishita
Yoshiaki Mizuno
Yukako Ogawa
Color design:
Hiromi Okamoto
Mayumi Tanahashi
Digital Paint:
Haruka Yoshida
Kana Tanabe
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 25)
Michiko Watanabe
Mika Funahashi
Shōko Mori
Yuka Kojima
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
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)
In-Between Check:
Ayako Isokawa (ep 24)
Chisa Shibata
Eri Uchiyama
Hiroki Okamoto
Junji Kobayashi (ep 3)
Nobuko Hagino
Nozomu Ichijo
Ruka Sawano
Takae Yamaguchi
Takako Kōno
Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (ep 21)
Atsushi Komori (ep 1)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 3)
Daisuke Tsumagari (ep 1)
Eri Baba (ep 4)
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 3)
Hiroshi Uchida (ep 3)
Jōji Matsuoka (ep 1)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 3)
Kayano Tomizawa (ep 4)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 4)
Kazunori Aoki (ep 3)
Keiichi Ishida
Keiichirō Honjō (ep 2)
Keiko Ijima (eps 1-2, 4)
Makiko Kamimura (ep 4)
Masanori Osawa (ep 1)
Masao Ōhashi (ep 3)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 1)
Mayuko Kato (eps 1, 4)
Michiko Noda (ep 3)
Misao Abe (ep 1)
Miyuki Katayama (ep 3)
Moe Usami (ep 10)
Momoko Yamada (ep 3)
Reina Yamauchi (ep 3)
Rion Kujo (ep 13)
Ryo Hokama (ep 3)
Ryōsuke Tanigawa (ep 4)
Sachiko Kotani (eps 1-2)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 1)
Takeshi Igarashi (ep 4)
Tetsuya Takeuchi
Tomohiro Kishi (ep 1)
Yousuke Toyama (ep 2)
Yuji Yanagise (ep 2)
Yukio Okano (ep 2)
Yuujirou Moriyama (ep 4)
Photography:
Ai Miura
Hidenori Manaka
Kazuya Iwai
Naomi Okita
Osamu Satō
Yūki Etō (eps 16-24 even)
Production Advancement: Masato Akiba
Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada
Sound Recording: Ayumi Andō
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
Kentarō Tone as Akira Hattori
Kenyū 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
Youto Kazama as Souichi Aida

Asuka Horiguchi as Schoolgirl (ep 9)
Aya Suzaki as Misayo Amane (ep 22)
Ayako Uemura as Female Student (ep 3)
Ayumi Fujimura as
Girl (ep 3)
Lecturer (ep 15)
Receptionist (eps 6, 22)
Schoolgirl (ep 21)
Ayumi Tsunematsu as Eiji's Mother
Azusa Kataoka as Schoolgirl (ep 15)
Chihiro Takada as Somukawa (ep 10)
Chinatsu Akasaki as Female College Student (ep 5)
Chō 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
Hinako Sasaki as Boy (ep 14)
Hiro Nakajima as Schoolgirl (ep 9)
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Language Teacher (ep 4)
HYDE as HYDE (ep 21)
Kana Asumi as Kana Nanba (ep 15)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Seong Kim
Sunglasses Father (ep 5)
Suzuki
Keiko Taniguchi as School Nurse (ep 2)
Kenji Nojima as Hayato (ep 6)
Kentarō Hayami as Assistant editor-in-chief Yahagi (eps 24-25)
Kikuko Inoue as Miyuki Azuki
Kōichi Bandō as
Kimura (ep 10)
Male Student (eps 5, 12)
Kōki Miyata as Hidemitsu Ishizawa
Kumiko Higa as Kayoko Mashiro
Manabu Sakamaki as
Baseball Team Coach (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Nakano
Kawasaki
Male Student (ep 5)
Reporter (ep 23)
Shimoyama (ep 14)
Masakazu Morita as Kazuya Hiramaru
Masako Katsuki as Mother of Akito
Mayu Harumiya as Momoko Matsuda
Mayuki Makiguchi as
Female Announcer (ep 3)
Moritaka Mashiro (Young)
Mika Teratani as Boy (ep 14)
Miki Makiguchi as
Female College Student (ep 5)
Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Miwako Suguro as Grandmother (ep 1)
Moe Inui as Kindergarten teacher (ep 18)
Narumi Satō as Boy (ep 14)
Nozomi Hashimoto as Woman (ep 20)
Nozomi Kojyo as Satō (ep 7)
Rie Yamaguchi as Schoolgirl (ep 21)
Rina Hidaka as Mina Azuki
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Leader of the clones (ep 6)
Sakura Yoshioka as Woman (ep 11)
Saori Gotō as Saori (ep 23)
Sayuri Hara as Schoolgirl (ep 15)
Shizuka Ishigami as
Oota (ep 10)
Segawa (ep 16)
Takayuki Kondō as Akito Takagi's Brother (Ep 18)
Takehito Koyasu as Yoshida Kouji
Takuya Kuriyama as Schoolboy (ep 11)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Akito's Father (ep 6)
Tsubasa Takanohashi as
Editor (ep 14)
Male Student (eps 1, 5)
Tanaka (ep 10)
Yasuaki Takumi as Male Student (ep 1)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as
Eiji's Father (ep 7)
Homeroom Teacher
Office President (ep 15)
Seijirō Nakaji (ep 25)
Taiki Uchida
Youto Kazama as Biology Teacher (ep 9)
Yuka Saitō as Female DJ (ep 5)
Yuka Takakura as Schoolgirl (ep 20)
Yuko Mizobe as Schoolgirl (ep 21)
Yūsaku Yara as Narration (ep 6)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Broadcaster: NHK
Key Animation: Studio Gimlet
Production:
NHK Enterprises
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Shueisha
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
DVD Encoding: Dave Beinlich
Editing:
Christian Moran
Dave Beinlich
Post-Production Supervision: Christian Moran
Production Coordination: Amanda Schuckman
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 Schuckman 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

Matt Bernhard
Rachael Lillis
English companies
ADR Production:
NYAV Post (eps 1-7)
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
Viz Media Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK & Ireland.)
Internet Streaming:
Animax UK (UK)
Hulu
Peacock
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
KAZÉ (UK and Ireland)
Madman Entertainment
Media Blasters (Expired)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Moritaka Mashiro

Hee Seong Kim as Shinta Fukuda
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Anibox
French staff
French cast
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-Marco 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

Bérangère Rochet
David Dos Santos
Julie André
Rebecca Stella
Virginie Ledieu
French companies
Broadcaster:
J-One
Mangas (from 2 October 2013)
Distributor: KAZÉ (France)
Dubbing: WanTake
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: KAZÉ (Italy)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Jörn Friese
Jeffrey Wipprecht as Akito Takagi
Marcel Mann as Moritaka Mashiro

Dirk Hardegen as Takurou Nakai
Eleni Möller as Miho Azuki
Marc Suesterhenn as Souichi Aida
Mayke Dähn as Aiko Iwase
Nicole Hise as Kaya Miyoshi
Olaf Reitz as Chefredakteur Hisashi Sasaki
Sascha von Zambelly as Akira Hattori
Tim Knauer as Shinta Fukuda
Toni Michael Sattler as Yuujirou Hattori

Benedikt Hahn as Hayato
Christina Puciata as Kayoko Mashiro
Dennis Saemann as Kawasaki
Dorothea Zwetkow as Moritaka (Kind)
Ferdi Özten as Suzuki
Gabriele Wienand as Akitos Mutter
Giuliana Jakobeit as Miyuki Azuki
Gretha Grimm as Amy
Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Fumio Mashiro
Jana Dunja Gries as Mina Azuki
Lars Schmidtke as Yoshihisa Heishi
Louis Friedemann Thiele as Kim Songyu
Patrick Kropp as Hidemitsu Ishizawa
Rolf Berg as Masahiro Mashiro
Tom Jacobs as Nobuhiro Mashiro
Tom Raczko as Eiji Niizuma
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Dubbing: Green S.a.r.l. (Beirut, Lebanon)
Arabic 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
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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