Movies and TvShows featuring "mangaka" theme.
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro is a romantic comedy TV show that revolves around the interactions between a high school girl named Nagatoro and a shy male student known as Senpai. Nagatoro enjoys teasing and tormenting Senpai, often making fun of his hobbies and interests. However, as their interactions continue, a deeper connection begins to form, and Senpai starts to see Nagatoro in a different light. Will these two opposites attract or will their misunderstandings keep them apart?
After his father’s death, Ichiro is left to care for his siblings alone. They’re barely scraping by with only a small inheritance and his job as a manga artist, which isn’t going so great. That is until a talented and beautiful assistant is hired! Her name is Shiori, and she’s a gift from above—literally. While working late one night, her true identity is revealed and they’re instantly engaged!?
High school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on her classmate Umetarou Nozaki, who is actually a famous manga artist. When she confesses her feelings to him, she ends up becoming his assistant and gets involved in the world of manga creation. The show follows their comedic and romantic adventures.
Kakushi Gotou is a single father who tries to hide his career as a mangaka, a Japanese comic book artist, from his daughter, Hime. The story follows their daily lives and the challenges they face in maintaining this secret.
Comic creator Rohan Kishibe, along with his partner-cum-editor, Kyōka Izumi, challenge various incidents beyond human knowledge.
The life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful. His priorities are askew and subjecting his assistants to his fantasies has taken precedent over work. Despite his abuse of power, his assistants are willing to play along. Thankfully, editor Mihari is there to keep him in line, from threatening to fire him to physical punishment.
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An unpopular manga artist named Shin Karino has to care for his new neighbor, Kotaro Sato, a 5-year-old child who lives alone. Despite his young age, Kotaro seems to be more put together than his own strange neighbors, and Shin learns valuable lessons about life, friendship, and responsibility through their unique bond.
Since his father died, manga artist Ichiro has barely scraped by, forced to support his two younger siblings on just a middle school education. He doesn't even have time to learn how to use a computer, which forces him to keep wrestling with pen and paper. When his art assistants quit to strike out on their own, on top of juggling deadlines, family, and the constant fear of losing his job, Ichiro feels close to a total breakdown. But then a new assistant pops into Ichiro's life, and his prospects immediately start to brighten! She's an incredible artist, she always finishes on time, and she's beautiful, to boot! But she also seems to know an awful lot about him, and soon, she makes a confession that bends Ichiro's mind beyond the confines of Earth…
About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living, and doing her work from home job. One day when forced to get out of her house for a while she finds and orphaned kitten in the park. The kitten is sick and she takes the kitten to the vet. This kitten brings her out of her depression and gives her new hope.
A team of girls with zero experience in manga editing are off and running toward their dream of creating the biggest manga magazine in Japan! They seem to do nothing but run into problems and failures... But still they're working hard every day!
37 Seconds is a Japanese movie that follows the story of a 23-year-old disabled woman named Yuma who dreams of becoming a successful manga artist. Yuma, who has cerebral palsy, navigates her way through Tokyo's red-light district and explores her sexuality. Along her journey, she confronts societal expectations, embraces her independence, and faces the challenges of living with a disability. Through her determination and talent, Yuma breaks barriers and strives to achieve her dreams.
Protagonist Kouki Narumi is a high school student who also writes a manga serialized in a certain weekly publication. Kaoruko Rokuonji is the student council president and illustrator for a popular manga. One day, just as Kaoruko happens to be trying to recruit a male student council member, she learns Kouki's true identity and the fact that it's his manga she has been illustrating. Kouki agrees to join the student council under the condition that she keeps his identity secret. Then his younger sister, Toa Narumi, and her friend Mihiro Miyase also join the student council...
Madoka, a manga editor at a publisher is secretly in love with Naoya, a colleague in the sales department. She tries to eat the same foods as he does in order to get a feel of his gourmet experiences.
For Mamoru Nekoyashiki, a dōjinshi artist, the only thing that satisfies his need for approval is to sell his original BL manga at the popular Kabesa section (a section for popular dōjinshi circles on the wall side of the venue) and be recognized by readers at the event. But then one day, something happens to him! He meets Issei Kazama, a childhood friend he once had a crush on who is now a popular up-and-coming idol. Their lives in distant worlds should never have crossed paths, but you can't take your eyes off this story of two young men growing up in each other's presence!
Reboot of the original Manben series from 2014-2017. Naoki Urasawa is returning to visit eight different manga authors, observe them in their daily work and discuss the creation of manga.
Character follows the story of a talented manga artist who unknowingly becomes entangled with a psychopathic killer. As the artist delves deeper into the dark world of his creation, he finds himself facing violence, murder, and a mysterious individual intent on causing chaos. With the police detective on their trail, the artist must confront his own demons and protect his loved ones from the deadly consequences of his art.
Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa (creator of 20th Century Boys and Monster) as he sets out to break new ground for manga even further than he already has. In an attempt to educate viewers about manga and preserve the intricate craftsmanship and process of Japanese artists on video for future generations, he invites a manga artist to have their workplace filmed for a couple of days, so as to display them in the process of crafting chapters for their current serializations. After the footage has been shot, Urasawa meets with the artist and they discuss the footage, talking about the artist's workplace and workflow, the difficulties involved in the mangaka lifestyle, their reasons for drawing manga in the first place, and their perspective on the current industry and their own work.
Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Morinaga Tonko is Honoo's senior at school and the manager of the badminton team which Honoo belongs to. Right before summer vacation, Moyuru makes a decision. He decides to take his manga manuscripts to a publishing company in Tokyo.
Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated because he feels Million Joe should be finished. Soichi Kurei then makes a suggestion to Tsuneo Magata's chief assistant Ryota Terashi. The suggestion is to hide the death of Tsuneo Magata and for Ryota Terashi to finish the manga series using Tsuneo Magata's notes.