Bakuman., Vol. 18
By (Author) Tsugumi Ohba
By (artist) Takeshi Obata
18
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
5th March 2013
28th March 2013
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
192
Width 127mm, Height 191mm, Spine 18mm
161g
By the creators of Death Note! The mystery behind manga-making revealed!
Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world
Moritaka and Akito complete their new story, Reversi, and hope it will finally lead to their getting an anime. But standing in their way is Eiji Nizuma with his new story, Zombie Gun. This intense head-to-head battle may have ramifications for the entire manga industry!
Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note, Bakuman and Platinum End..
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei New Hope Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakuman, All You Need Is Kill, and Platinum End.