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?

Big changes are in store now that Moritaka and Akito have their very own series in Shonen Jump. Hanging out with their favorite manga creators, hiring assistants, keeping track of the weekly reader surveys--life as a professional manga artist is tough Can these two survive the pressure?

Author: Tsugumi Ohba
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 06/07/2011
Series: Bakuman #5
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781421537948
Original Edition
Audience: 08 - 12

About the Author
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.