- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 2, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Naoki Urasawa
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.
Filmography
movieLA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025 · Creative Director
tvPLUTO
2023 · Creative Consultant, Original Story
tvANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
2023 · Self - Manga Artist
movieBoy
2021 · Art Direction, Director
tvNaoki Urasawa's Manben neo
2020 · Self - Presenter
movieThe Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Song FUKUYAMA
tvSong FUKUYAMA
2015
tvManben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
2015 · , Creator
movieMighty Boy
2013 · Original Story
movieTibetan Dog
2011 · Character Designer
movie20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009 · Comic Book
movie20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
2009 · Comic Book
movie20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008 · Screenplay, Comic Book
movieHappy!
2006 · Writer, Comic Book
tvHappy!
2006 · Original Story
movieManga World
2005 · Self
tvMonster
2004 · Comic Book, Original Story
tvMaster Keaton
1998 · Comic Book, Original Story
movieYawara! Atlanta Special
1996 · Creator, Comic Book
movieYawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
1992 · Creator, Comic Book
tvYawara!
1989 · Writer, Creator
movieYawara!
1989 · Comic Book
movieTEZUKA! God of Manga
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