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Bakuman. (manga)

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[ serialized in [Weekly Shonen Jump] ]

Related anime:
    Bakuman. (TV) (adaptation)
      Bakuman. 2 (TV) (sequel)
        Bakuman. (TV 3) (sequel)

Alternative title:
BAKUMAN-Giấc mơ họa sĩ truyện tranh (Việt Nam)
バクマン。 (Japanese)
爆漫王。 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: drawing manga
Objectionable content: None
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: 272 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 76 votes (Eng:54, sub:10, dub:7, ?:2, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesian
1 Portuguese
)
 Excellent: 95 votes (Eng:75, sub:12, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 French
1 Indonesia
1 Spanish
)
 Very good: 60 votes (Eng:46, sub:9, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian
1 Chinese (Taiwan)
)
 Good: 32 votes (Eng:25, sub:3, dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish
1 German
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:3, sub:2)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, Eng:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 681 users, rank: #95 (of 4224)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.695 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.1908, rank: #299 (of 4231)
Weighted mean: 8.563 (Excellent−), rank: #322 (of 4231) (seen all: 8.70 / seen some: 8.41 / won't finish: 6.17)
Bayesian estimate: 8.552 (Excellent−), rank: #62 (of 2659)
Number of tankoubon: 20
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 76
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)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Tetsuichiro Miyaki

Adaptation: Tetsuichiro Miyaki
Design: Fawn Lau
Editing: Amy Yu
Touch-up Art & Lettering: James Gaubatz
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: Viz Manga
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Yuki Kowalsky
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Edward Kondo
Distributor: JBGroup
Publisher: JBC
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
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Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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