Bakuman (film)

Bakuman
Bakuman
Japanese	バクマン。
Directed by	Hitoshi Ōne
Written by	Hitoshi Ōne
Based on	Bakuman; by Tsugumi Ohba
Produced by	Minami Ichikawa
Starring	Takeru Satoh; Ryunosuke Kamiki
Music by	Sakanaction
Release date	October 3, 2015;
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$13,584,054

Bakuman (バクマン。) is a 2015 Japanese film directed by Hitoshi Ōne, based on the manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba. It is the story of two young manga artists who attempt to break into the competitive world of manga (comics) in Japan. Bakuman was produced by Minami Ichikawa and written by Hitoshi Ōne. The film stars Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Nana Komatsu and Takeru Satoh, Hirofumi Arai, Lily Franky with music by the band Sakanaction. The film featured in the Japanese Film Festival in Sydney and Melbourne, in 2015.^[2]

Plot[]

School classmates Moritaka and Akito one an illustrator, the other a writer, decide to join forces to create a successful manga. Moritaka desires to impress a fellow schoolgirl Miho (Nana Komatsu), who he makes a promise with to allow her to do the voiceover for an animation adaption, once the manga is famous. Both win a major award, and get a pitch at Shōnen Jump, a major manga publisher.^[3]^[4] The two make friends with a group of 4 manga creators who had entered a competition together. When their rival Eiji Niizuma (Shôta Sometani) bests them in the competition, they vow to be better than him. Both eventually get serialised at Shonen Jump, taken under the wing of their editor Akira Hattori, though the situation is made complicated by awkward relationship with the chief editor Lily Franky. The two vow to beat their rival Eiji to be the first to get to the top of the ranking list for sales.

Cast[]

Takeru Satoh as Moritaka Mashiro
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Akito Takagi
Shōta Sometani as Eiji Niizuma
Nana Komatsu as Miho Azuki
Kenta Kiritani
Hirofumi Arai
Sarutoki Minagawa
Kankurō Kudō
Takayuki Yamada
Lily Franky

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack was written and performed by Japanese band Sakanaction, including the theme song "Shin Takarajima", which they released as a single four days before the film's release.^[5]

References[]

^ "Bakuman (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ "Japanese Film Festival" Program Bakuman ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Bakuman Review asianfilmist
^ Shilling, Mark (2015-10-07) "Bakuman depicts life death quest manga success" The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ "サカナクション「バクマン。」主題歌シングル限定盤に劇伴CD" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)
Bakuman at IMDb
Bakuman article at Kotaku

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[1] "Bakuman (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[2] "Japanese Film Festival" Program Bakuman ^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Bakuman Review asianfilmist

[4] Shilling, Mark (2015-10-07) "Bakuman depicts life death quest manga success" The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[5] "サカナクション「バクマン。」主題歌シングル限定盤に劇伴CD" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

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