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Bakuman. (manga)

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Alternative title:
BAKUMAN-Giấc mơ họa sĩ truyện tranh (Việt Nam)
バクマン。 (Japanese)
爆漫王。 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: drawing manga
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho.
User Ratings: 350 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 92 votes (Eng:68, sub:10, dub:7, ?:2, others:5
1 Spanish
1 Portuguese
1 Italian
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesian
)
 Excellent: 120 votes (Eng:99, sub:12, dub:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish
1 French
1 Indonesia
)
 Very good: 77 votes (Eng:61, sub:9, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:4
1 French
1 Chinese (Taiwan)
1 english & indonesian
1 Italian
)
 Good: 42 votes (Eng:33, sub:3, dub:1, others:5
2 German
2 Spanish
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: 11 votes (Eng:9, sub:2)
 So-so: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Korean
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 840 users, rank: #77 (of 6694)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.597 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2808, rank: #309 (of 7414)
Weighted mean: 8.472 (Very good+), rank: #479 (of 7414) (seen all: 8.61 / seen some: 8.34 / won't finish: 6.31)
Bayesian estimate: 8.463 (Very good+), rank: #75 (of 3483)
Number of tankoubon: 20
Chapter titles: We have 178
Vintage:
2008-08-11 to 2012-04-23 (Japan, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump)
2008-08-27 (Taiwan, serialized in Formosa Youth)
2011-03-11 (Kimdong Publisinghouse Vietname)
Release dates: We have 109
Links: We have 1
Reviews:
Bakuman. GN 17 (Mar 2, 2013)
Bakuman. GN 15 (Nov 6, 2012)
Bakuman. GN 11 (Aug 5, 2012)
Bakuman. GN 9 (Feb 22, 2012)
Bakuman GN 1 (Aug 19, 2010)
News: Show:
Viz Media Panel (Oct 16, 2011)
Weekly Wrapup 31/5 - 5/6 (Jun 6, 2011)
Viz Media Shonen Jump (Jul 24, 2010)
VIZ Media Industry Panel (Jul 3, 2010)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - Star Power (Jan 2, 2012)
Fall 2011 Anime Spotlight (Oct 13, 2011)
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Graphic novel
    Bakuman. (GN 1) 2010-08-03 (from $9.10)
    Bakuman. (GN 2) 2010-11-02 (from $9.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 3) 2011-02-01 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 4) 2011-05-03 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 5) 2011-06-07 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 6) 2011-08-02 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 7) 2011-10-04 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 8) 2011-12-06 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 9) 2012-02-07 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 10) 2012-04-03 (from $7.27)
    Bakuman. (GN 11) 2012-06-05 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 12) 2012-07-03 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 13) 2012-08-07 (from $7.56)
    Bakuman. (GN 14) 2012-09-04 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 15) 2012-10-02 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 16) 2012-11-06 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 17) 2012-12-04 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 18) 2013-03-05 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 19) 2013-05-07 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. (GN 20) 2013-08-06 (from $7.99)
    Bakuman. - Complete Box Set (GN 1-20) 2013-10-01 (from $103.71)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Tetsuichiro Miyaki

Adaptation:
Hope Donovan (vols. 4-10)
Julie Lutz (vols. 11-14, 17-18)
Tetsuichiro Miyaki (vols. 1-3)
Design:
Chii Maene (vol. 13)
Fawn Lau
Editing:
Alexis Kirsch (vols. 2-20)
Amy Yu (vol. 1)
Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Elena Diaz (vol. 14)
James Gaubatz (vols. 1-13, 15-20)
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution:
MANGA Plus
Viz Manga
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Publisher: Daiwon C.I.
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
Translation: Marc Bernabé (Norma Editorial)
Licensed by: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Publisher:
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Panini Comics (México; Colombia)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Norma Editorial)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Yuki Kowalsky
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Azbuka
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Waneko
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Edward Kondo
Distributor: JBGroup
Publisher: JBC
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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