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.
Acting
Crew
TV
Monster
Comic Book
2004
TV
PLUTO
Creative Consultant
2023
Movie
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Screenplay
2008
Movie
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Comic Book
2009
Movie
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Comic Book
2009
TV
Master Keaton
Comic Book
1998
Movie
Tibetan Dog
Character Designer
2011
Movie
Yawara! Atlanta Special
Creator
1996
TV
Yawara!
Writer
1989
Movie
Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
Creator
1992
TV
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
Creator
2015
Movie
Boy
Art Direction
2021