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Bakuman., Vol. 2
By (Author) Tsugumi Ohba
By (artist) Takeshi Obata
2
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
2nd November 2010
9th December 2010
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
200
Width 127mm, Height 191mm, Spine 18mm
175g
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
After Moritaka and Akito collaborate on a manga together, they venture to publishing house Shueisha in hopes of capturing an editor's interest. As much potential as these two rookies have, will their story impress the pros and actually get printed
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.