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Naoki Urasawa

Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 2, 1960 (66 years)
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.

Known For

  • Monster
  • PLUTO

Naoki Urasawa Filmography

2007
Bokura no jidai (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi (TV Series) · as Self

2023
PLUTO (TV Series) · as Original Story
2013
Mighty Boy · as Manga
2011
The Tibetan Dog · as Character Designer
2009
2009
2004
Monster (TV Series) · as Original Story
1998
Master Keaton (TV Series) · as Original Story
1996
1992

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