Bakuman.

Well, guess I might as well write my first review here on MAL. Since reviewing here on this site is highly risky especially in controversial anime due to haters and lovers raging at each other's opinions and tearing apart your criticism I figured to start with a pretty obvious one(at least for me): 'Bakuman'. My review will deal with all of the three seasons of the anime, covering 75 episodes of anime in total. I will start with how I got to watch this anime in the first place before I get to the content. When I first heard of the name 'Bakuman' I looked up the synopsis and...well, I was a little sceptical if the anime could entertain me. No action, no explosions, no stunning world. If you're not into this, you might as well think it is not that much fun. And so did I. Several times I thought 'Nah, let's watch this later.'. But that was a mistake. When I finally got around to watch this, I was glued to my computer. Let's get into the why now: Story: 10/10 While there is no stunning mind-blowing storyline with a lot of explosions or stuff and the story as is does not seem that spectacular, the given story of two guys dreaming of becoming famous mangaka is executed nearly perfectly. Because the road from creating the first storybook up to getting an anime adaption is very long. More than often the protagonist trip on their journey, have to deal with strange fellow mangaka or with their personal life in general. Each and every chapter of the journey of Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi made me want to watch the next episode. The anime shows how hard it is to be successful in life. Just because you have ambitions, it does not mean you are able to achieve them. There are people who have more talent and if you are not careful, they might as well leave you behind. Such is the real life. Furthermore I learned a lot about making a manga in general. If you just read the stuff they print in Shonen Jump you might not imagine how much sweat, blood and energy an author needs just to publish a single chapter. I don't even want to imagine the amount of time in total necessary for even one issue. After watching 'Bakuman' I can only offer my deepest respect for all the mangaka, editors and so on. Art: 9/10 Well, I can't say much about this. Some friends argued the kinda unique style did not please them. While I can relate to their opinon, I did not mind it in the least. While it was no graphical masterpiece, the animations were fluid and the coloring fit the general mood of the anime. Sound: 9/10 The BGM of the anime is pretty good as well. Most of the tracks underlined the atmosphere of the anime pretty well without catching too much attention as to distract from the dialogues of the characters. Which brings me to the Seiyuu. I think each and every participating character did an outstanding job of performing their specific character. More than once they made me laugh out loud while watching just because they did so well. Characters: 10/10 This is without doubt the strongest point of this anime. When you go around and watch like 200+ anime you start to recognize a lot of character patterns. Thus people, me including, tend to get bored of a cast pretty damn quick. That's exactly why Bakuman is so great. Every character is written with so much detail and uniqueness, I don't know if you cannot like them. Especially the kinda weird ones are pretty awesome. Most of the cast develops while the story progresses. Particularly the two male main characters and to a degree the female counterpart Azuki. They start off as somewhat naive lads with a dream, gaining fame and getting more important as the show goes on. I somehow found myself relating to them several times, thinking for some moments I was them, having a dream, want to make it a reality. I got pumped, wanted to do something. This is the kind of feeling I got while watching this anime. There are not that many anime outside who amazed me to that degree. Enjoyment: 10/10 Well, this comes as no surprise. My enjoyment is the sum of all the aspects mentioned above. Thus I will not go into detail this time. Overall: 10/10 I want to be honest. I am pretty biased towards this show. In my mind, it is one of the best anime I have ever watched. A masterpiece, if you want to call it that. In a time where Tsundere, Jiggle-Boob-Fanservice-Anime and other pathetic shows are on a run, it is quite rare to find a single ray of light like this one here. While there obviously will be people who will not like this show after watching it, I would at least ask you to give this one a chance. You won't regret it.

I actually looked this anime up before and didn't really think it was something interesting. When I happened to find the manga of it by accident when looking for something to read I got completely sucked up in the story, so I decided to give the anime a shot! Story (9/10): It's straightforward and kept interesting with plot-twists at the right places. While it's no more than a simple slice of life story it progresses at an satisfying pace and doesn't really have any shortcomings. The most wonderful thing with Bakuman is how interesting it is despite lack of action - I was really suprised! Art (9/10): It's pretty detailed for being a slice of life anime and there's plenty of variety. I also liked how the anime presented the mangakas work in such a dramatic way. Sound (8/10): I didn't notice any shortcomings, but it was always spot on for the comic, drama and plot-twist scenes. Character (8/10): The character development is amazing, I really started rooting for the mains Mashiro and Takagi. I think that's because they're easy to identify yourself with and their struggles for their dream is something most people can relate to. Enjoyment (9/10): I strongly recommend this if your anything into slice of life anime. It has alot of strong points and isn't just some clichèd life-lesson learned story. Watch it already!

This is going to be my review of the 3 seasons combined as I feel the same about all of them. Greatness is to be expected of this since it's made by the same duo who made Death Note (Story: Tsugumi Ohba, Art: Takeshi Obata) although it's completely different their previous work. Spoilers : sorry guidelines... I am trying my best not to write any spoilers but it can't be helped (T_T). The story revolves around Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito or as how they refer to each other ''Saikou'' and ''Shuujin'' on their road to become well-known mangaka and get their manga to become into an anime because of a promise they made that with Azuki Miho, a girl who aspires to be a voice actress and has a crush on Mashiro (The same goes for Mashiro towards her though, it's not one-sided). Mashiro is the artist and Takagi is the author. The initial dream was supposed to be that their manga becomes an anime and she voices the lead heroine but during their talk about this Mashiro thinking about what his uncle told him about how he was working so hard as a mangaka because there was a girl he wanted to marry but felt that he is not yet deserving of that as he wanted to marry her when he becomes a real mangaka who can actually make constant good works and make a living of drawing manga, he didn't want to be a gambler, someone that created hit or miss manga and would not be able to make a living out of manga easily, thinking about that Mashiro accidentally yelled out : ''If our dream becomes true please, marry me!'' She of course was happy about that and she too wanted to marry him when their dreams become true. They promised to not meet each other until their dreams come true and to just encourage each other via e-mails. Although this doesn't last long as they meet up several times and every time mentioning how they don't really keep their promise about not meeting each other. Both of them take their meetings as an encouragement to achieve their dreams faster so they can always be together like this. During the course of this 3 season series you will see many rivals and friends to the two main characters, many hardships and sweet success from time to time. The series can give you a big idea of what actually happens in a mangaka's life from how hard it actually is to how it isn't giving authors as much freedom as we think they have because if their series get popular it will get dragged on until it loses popularity and authors are forced to end it quickly. You will learn how hard drawing manga actually is, from mastering the G-pen to inking it and drawing everyday, pulling all-nighters and fighting deadlines. The series have a great supporting cast with characters like : Nizuuma Eiji, who serves as the main rival to Ashirogi Mutou (Mashiro and Takagi's pen name) but also as their main motivation and as a friend. Fukuda (a young adult who is the very epitome of manliness and his manga works compliment that. It's either violent manga with that has panty shots like KYOSHI Knight or a manly motor racing manga like Road Racer Giri). Hiramaru, Aoki and so forth. All you need to know is that every supporting character is great. They basically have a friend/rival relationship with almost everyone in the series except with people like KOOGY and Nanamine who serve as more of antagonists. But Bakuman is keeping it as realistic as possible while adding shounen elements like dreams and such so they don't really hate themselves or are sworn enemies or something and this is something I really like. Bakuman does not revolve only around the two protagonists' career as manga authors but around their personal life as well. From how Mashiro contacts with Azuki via texts, and how sometimes he says the wrong things and has to fix whatever he has said. How Azuki also struggles with her dream from time to time and he is there to help her. When something revolves around Takagi's personal life it's drama with his girlfriend misunderstanding that he cheats on her to how the stories he wrote for one of their mangas made a criminal rob a bank and blame it on the manga which struck him mentally. From time to time we also get Azuki's point of view and how she works towards her dream as well.

(summary for all 3 seasons of bakuman) overall the series is quite a good one, its got everything you'd expect from a good anime. the story is amazing, it can be sad, happy, frustrating, exciting, it really is the full experience. however, the one thing that really annoys me about bakuman is the romance between the lead mashiro and azuki. this is probably the slowest ever romance ive ever watched. its painful to watch for this fact alone. i found myself constantly getting annoyed at the lack of romantic development between these two, towards the end of season 1 i realised just how slow the romance was, and man was i dissapointed. even the ending of the entire series was dissapointing (i wont spoil the ending, but lets say that from the start of the anime, this is the level of romance; 0->10->2->2->2->2->2->2->10). if you are watching this anime for the romance between these 2, i advise that you watch the first 8ish episodes then skip to the last episode in season 3...

Overall I extremely liked Bakuman, at first I wondered why you would watch an anime about two people trying to become manga artists, but actually it was really good. I liked it because it was a kind of slice of life and it was really realistic in the way of two people pursuing their dreams. I enjoyed the way romance was included and a bit of comedy every now and then. Once I had seen most of the first season of Bakuman i was really into it and that was all I would watch because it made you want to know what happened next. Overall I extremely enjoyed Bakuman and i think it should get more recognition.

I started watching this show with really high expectations and I'm pleased to announce that I was not disappointed! "Bakuman" was created by the same duo who brought us the masterpiece known as "Death Note" (Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata) so fans can expect yet another gripping story, but this time with a few more laughs and all-around happy vibes in the mix. It follows the lives of two young boys, Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, as they start their journey to become the best manga artists Japan (if not the world) has ever seen. My summary might not do the show any justice, but it's only due to my fear of revealing any spoilers. Art: (9/10) The art is amazing and so realistic. Only a slight difference when used for comedic effect (slapstick/ gag) but it's so well executed I doubt anyone would complain. Sound: (9/10) I loved all the songs used in the show, except the first OP (way too cheesy in my opinion). Characters and Story: (10/10) I fell in love with all the characters as none of them were annoying or boring. Though our leading men stole the show, it just wouldn't be as successful without the supporting cast. The respect and love the characters have for one another really is something to admire, especially how Mashiro and Takagi's "rivals" motivate the two to give each project they start their all. The intensity I felt when watching these 75 episodes made me forget that I was watching an animated show and not some live action drama! I highly recommend this show to any fan of the slice of life genre. No, scratch that. I recommend this show to EVERY anime fan out there. If you're looking for a great story with likeable characters, you can't go wrong with this one.

Bakuman is a very well balanced series that introduces powerful elements of romance, suspense, and comedy. It's an animé adaption of a manga about manga, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata; the same dynamic duo that brought the world Death Note. Surprisingly, outside of its clever story telling elements, Bakuman is -nothing- like Death Note when you compare the two settings and characters. It just goes to show how amazing that these two mangaka are when it comes to variation. I think the story is wonderfully presented, the key to success for this series lies with the execution of the plot rather than the plot itself. It's well paced and has elements of everything. Not only will this series teach you a little about the manga industry, but it goes into great detail with a very strong and not quite as unique an idea as it is well presented under lining romance plot keeping the series going ahead. Aside from this, it also has the same elements of a non-mainstream 'battle' manga, in the form of authors competing against each other. It becomes really fired up as the two protagonists of this series work their fingers to the bone to come up with the best stories and characters they possibly can. Quite a fair few of the episodes leave an air of suspense, an excitement for the next episode. There's not so much of this in the first series since it's setting the scene for the next two seasons of the show, but it really does let you get to grips with the primary characters, that are easy to relate to, you can really emphasize with them. If that doesn't float your boat, there are loads of animé and manga references too, that're used in a serious context. I love the art for this series, the character designs are brilliant and bring back some of that Death Note nostalgia; you can really see some similarities when it comes to how expressive the characters are, or the weird ways in which some of the more eccentric cast move. I think the backgrounds are well designed and match the series perfectly. I think the OST for this series is good; fitting and at times astonishing when it comes to the wide range of situations that you'll see in this series, setting the tone for the suspenseful scenes, the dramatic scenes and the passionate scenes. Bakuman really knows how to nurture the nostalgia lobe of the brain with its good selection. I'm not sure what to think of the opening and ending for season one, the opening comes across as more romantic than anything else, which I didn't really like since the romance plot is only one part of the story. I wanted something a little more upbeat, a little less serious. One other thing to comment on is the voice acting. When I read a manga first, I always wonder what the voices for the characters are going to be like in the animé. I'm usually disappointed by the choices but I couldn't find a single thing to complain about in Bakuman. All of the voices match the characters perfectly, the cast is spectacular and none of them bore me to tears. They're so emotional and real; they give the characters a lot more personality. You can always trust the writer of this series to know how to write characters with personality. Sure, there's the occasional one that pales in comparison to the rest but what you'll find in Bakuman is a cast of characters that you can actually care about. All of the authors are unique, some of them more eccentric than others, and the animé pays a close amount of attention to all of them. It's not just the authors either! The editors themselves slam their heads together, always trying to better themselves and their authors. There's so much tension between the editing department and the authors at times, it's enough to make you grind your teeth together.Just wonderful and excellent characterization. I admire how interesting is when this series throws together two completely contrasting characters, the dialogue is intense and the amount of serious humor is incredible. It's a very enjoyable series with 'good' everything, good enough to make you enjoy the entire product to a very high degree. In all honesty, I preferred the manga for this series but the animé doesn't lose out on anything. I think it helps if you pace yourself while watching it, because the suspense in each chapter or episode really paid off a lot more back when it was being released chapter by chapter or episode by episode. It had a strong effect on me, and made me want to see the next part so much more. I highly suggest this to anyone who liked Death Note, even if it's not within the same genre. I wonder what these two will come out with next; I think anything they make will be decent. If there's one thing you can expect out of this series, it's consistency.

No, it isn't anything to do with the capital of Azerbaijan... I came into Bakuman. on the back of "Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun", and I expected something similar - light comedy revolving around manga. Bakuman. isn't like that at all. Instead, it's an uplifting tale about the pursuit of ambitions and dreams, and compelling enough that you should be hooked from the first episode. If you read the synopsis and liked the idea, go and watch it now - you won't be disappointed. Bakuman.'s story isn't ground-breaking, but it is extremely well executed. The relentless pacing of the anime is excellent in creating the idea of progress towards the character's goals, especially during the start of the show. The show isn't afraid to show the character's hardships either, which makes the successes ever sweeter, and hooks the viewer into the cycle of ups and downs that is making manga. Bakuman.'s story is a very, very enjoyable ride. However, the story would be nothing without memorable characters to act it out, and Bakuman. has these in spades. The central duo, Mashiro and Takagi, are extremely likeable, with infectious enthusiasm and energy throughout, and although I can't say much without giving away some sort of plot detail, the show's supporting cast are equally brilliant. Bakuman.'s characters are possibly its greatest strength - you sympathise with them, and invest yourself in their various struggles. No matter what sort of character you identify with in anime, someone in Bakuman. is guaranteed to strike a chord. Art and Sound are good enough. The OP, "Blue Bird" is catchy enough, and fits the mood down to the ground. Bakuman.'s music becomes familiar, and gets an almost pavlovian response once you've heard it enough. Art is consistent too, though I personally think that it improves in the later series. I'm not qualified enough to say whether it's a beautifully drawn masterpiece or just serviceable, but it looks good to me. To conclude, Bakuman. is a great anime. Its characters are well-written, its story is well-executed, and the fabulous pacing makes its message inspirational. Maybe it just struck a chord with me, but watching the characters sweat to make their dreams happen made me want to do the same - it really is that good. I pulled all-nighters to watch Bakuman., and I can't think of a better recommendation than that.

This is one good anime. Yup, one good one. Never give up, and achieve your dreams. C'mon at least once, hopefully.. someone told you that. Well at least I have, for me anyways. That's what the guys from Bakuman did. They never give up, it's all about hard work. It's the effort. In this awesome series, you'll find 2 boys. An artist. A writer. With the two, they go on the road to become mangakas. You will be following these 2 boys through their dreams, the rivals they face, the hardships, the effort they put in, their love life and their success. This anime will leave you begging for more. Story: 9. A really good written story here. There is suspense, their are times that make you left and their are times when you want to cheer them on. Art: 8. Really good art. Sound: 8. Really good music. Character: 9. Developed characters with their own attitudes and views. Enjoyment: 9. Makes you stay in your seat and watch even when you need to go pee. Overall, a total score of 9/10.

Bakuman! Wow, what a ride! Story-8 ----------------- The story is so original and such a great idea. It's very well thought out. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the main characters' hard work and determination always resulting in failure up until the very end, when things finally came together for them. It was saddening as I watched through the show but at the end, looking back, it wasn't as bad as it seemed at that time. Once you reach the end everything is so climactic that most bad things from the past are forgotten. And I gotta say that when Miho finally gained the courage to call Mashiro, at the end made me tear up a bit, and it takes a powerful anime to do that to me. Art-7 ------------- Simple yet sweet, the art of Bakuman is nothing to write home about, but it is enjoyable. Sound-7 --------------- I really like the OP/EDs and themes. Not the best but good! Koji's song is by far my favorite though! Character-7 -------------------- The characters of this show are a little weird to me. The relationship between Miho and Mashiro being the most strange. The way they are in love with each other but are too scared to talk to each other over a 2 year time span is crazy. Just something I cannot fathom, but maybe it's more of a Japanese thing. Overall though, the characters are very enjoyable. Enjoyment-9 ------------------- Just sit back, relax, and have some snacks ready. I'd highly recommend watching this show in bulk because the faster you reach the end the more i think you'll enjoy the show. I didn't and I found it hard to get through for a while but around the end I just finally dug into it and loved it. Overall-9 ------------------- This show will always be loved and remembered by me. I really hope this show paves the way for other similar animes in the future! It's a great show! Watch it!

I watch anime to see fascinating people do fascinating things. Normal, everyday stories don't entertain me as much. With that bias, I didn't expect to enjoy Bakuman as much as I have. I loved it, absolutely loved it. Bakuman offers a perspective on manga, that as anime viewers or readers of the west, we rarely get a glimpse of, but that is not the selling point of Bakuman. What's truly at the heart of this story is the two main characters, young, charismatic and extremely hard-working individuals that want to accomplish their goal of becoming the best manga artists in Japan. Bakuman's story is fast-paced, just like the two main characters, it doesn't waste time diddle-dawdling on the unimportant stuff. The introduction of new characters and development of the old ones are timed perfectly so there's never an interruption to it's pacing. Of course, this is a character driven story, as if the characters had no motivation of their own to work then the story wouldn't go anywhere. So characters are extremely important and good news my friends, they are all likeable. The complete lack of archetypes in this series is extremely refreshing and all characters offer different perspectives on the manga business and what it means to never give up on the dream. They all have goals, they all have hurdles to over come, and they are all the type of people that would like to take to the cafe and have a glass of ouzo with. Maybe it's the anime I watch, but I'd like to see this type of character development more often. The art and sound are both good, I don't really have much to say about that. The opening track isn't my kind of music, and I normally watch OPs but this time I just skipped ahead, same with the ED. The background tracks had nothing that stood out to me, but nothing seemed out of place or bad. Voice acting I can't really comment on since I haven't developed an ear yet for the nuances of the Japanese language. However, there was a lack of whiny high pitched female voices so that's a plus in my books. My only concern for Bakuman is that it might go the same way as Death Note. The same author-artist team are responsible for both and I found the second half of Death Note extremely disappointing. At the time of me writing this, the second season is airing and the third season is on it's way, so hopefully it will stay as good as it is (no comment on the manga, I haven't read it).

Dreams do come true if you work hard for it. Young or old, anyone can do it. This anime showed me the life of aspiring mangakas and how one gambles to be serialized. It's no easy task, there's always a trial and error to attract readers. I learned what mangakas go through before we, as readers, get to see their work. It's a tough job! A name must be interesting first before it gets finalize in inking. It's a slice-of-life anime, especially if you can relate to Mashiro and Takagi of being an aspiring mangaka. You get to see that it's possible to balance school work and striving for your dream. Along the way, there are parts where you already expect what might happen but because of being curious of how these two go through the challenges, you can't stop watching. Also, it's exciting to see whenever they receive good news. During the series, you can see the development between Mashiro and Takagi as partners. How their ideas sync together to make a name that will truly earn them being serialized. There are also a few details what mangakas do, especially what tools they use which is interesting. Also, you learn a thing or to what's going on inside the editing department for mangas. How each manga is chosen for serialization and how readers rate the chosen manga. Overall, the story is great. It's rare to see an anime that tells about the lives behind mangakas. I haven't read the manga yet so I don't know how the story is going to turn out. I can't wait for the next season.

Overall pretty mediocre for such a high rated anime. The beginning seems promising but it soon fumbles and drags on till the end. Mashiro is one of the most unlikeable MCs. His character is way too arrogant and narcissistic for you to empathize with his journey. Takagi is another generic sidekick with no personality of his own other than being an MC asslicker. Takagi is supposed to be the main writer here and yet you see Mashiro often going off on his own, lashing out against his only "friend" for the most foolish reasons. Except for a corny childhood fantasy of a future marriage, there's no real passion driving their day-to-day grind to become a mangaka. The side characters are as generic as the main ones. There's not a hint of 'comedy' except for a few sequences involving Kaya who's probably the only normal character in this show. Their kiddy romance is forced. Takagi and Mashiro both have awful personalities to even get girlfriends, let alone marriage proposal. While the concept was fresh, there's not enough deep dive into how these "geniuses" managed to juggle both school and a serious career like that of a fiction writer/mangaka that requires full time attention not just physically but also mentally. Even coming up with solid ideas takes months of brainstorming unlike what is supposedly happening here. The editor Hattori is way too unrealistic/kind for them to grab hold of in one go. I don't even want to comment on what's happening with their forced eccentric "genius" character Niizuma. The op/ed songs are again very dull and hence very fitting for this anime.

Bakuman, the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and draw by Takeshi Obata, the same creator of Death Note, has the metalanguage as the central idea, in other words, the mangá talking about mangá, the cinema talking about cinema, the language talking about language. The main discussion that can been about this (and the positivest too) is it's not resume only in a autoavaliation like art work, with discussions about composition and narrative like citations in mangá, but a autoavaliation like media product in a big mass cultural industry (japonese editorial market, in this case), that work in a hierarquic and hard system positions and excessive quality control in all work maded. The metalanguage in Bakuman, knowing the anime serie has mangá like main theme and central approach, is caracterizated by the legacy of the biggest classics of Weekly Shounen Jump, magazine where Ohba and Obata work and other famous mangás like Naruto, One Piece and Slum Dunk was published. It's clear the Mashiro love for Ashita no Joe and Takagi for Dragon Ball, that is artistic and personal inspiration for the pair. They, working hard to produze a work that comes to the first places in Shonen Jack classifications, the ficticial magazine of the anime, search inspirations not only in the mangás, but in games, books, movies too, like when Takagi read and watch many thriller movies and books to create "Detective Trap". It's shows japaneses mangás has many influencies in other media products, main american movies of Hollywood and Walt Disney animations, and its metalanguage can be used and interpretate not only in mangas, but in all types of art. In same time that Bakuman metalanguage shows the influencys both in own work and in characters development, it has many problems in add something to the manga creation process. It, basically, take the same clichês already worked in many classics Jump battle shounen mangás and repete all of this in Bakuman. If in the beginnig of story Ashirogi Muto was creating works like "Money and Inteligence", a which, constantly, were pointed out as differentiators compared to what is normally published in Shounen Jack (something that happen with Death Note in Shounen Jump too), the own mangá, in its development, is transformed less in a "Money and Inteligence" to be more a generic battle shounen that Shounen Jump normally publish, where Mashiro and Takagi has the same posture and behavior of any other shounen protagonist like Naruto, Luffy or Midoroya, with empty and repetitive speeches like meritocracy, "power of friendship", "fight for your dream", individualism, non-sense rivalities, family and romance as motivations, etc. The main problem of this approach in Bakuman is not the fact all of this is cliches and ready-made formulas, but the fact Bakuman was showed as something different of all this, like a work with a mission of "show to readers how is made the stories that everybody loves and what is the process behind this", but Bakuman fail with this "mission". The story of Ashirogi Muto in mangaka career is a overcoming story with difficulties and changellens, and one of this many changellens don't only frightens PCP and Reversi creators, but editors and other artistas as Fukuda and Hatorri, which is the authoritarianism of magazine superior positions, that follows the instructions of the command of publishing company and keep all the status quo. Bakuman, however, contains a certain fear of making direct and explicit criticisms of the Japanese publishing market, trying to be the most neutral possible about it to don't displease who pain their payment, that is the biggest and most important Japan mangá magazine. It was just this fear to be subversvive that Bakuman didn't make any development to be a different mangá, transforming in a Weekly Shounen Jump generic work. To not be unfair to anime serie and say it didn't any development about it, some episodies and moments shows actors revolting against some actions and decisions of Shounen Jack magazine, like Fukuda and him group with Ashirogi and Nakai to opposite the participation of Koogy in the concourse, like when Niizuma, Fukuda, Nakai, Hiramaru, Aoki and others protest against the interruption of Detective Trap while Mashiro was in hospital, like when Ashirogi want to create a work with their preferences, when Niizuma want to finish Crow and many other examples. But all of this cases all these examples are just brief manifestations with short-term consequences, as this, at no time, changed anything in the structure and organization of the magazine. Niizuma finish Crow, but he must to produce Zombie Gun with the same requirements. Ashirogi Muto created the manga style that want, but must to made stories and characters that editor require. The "Fukuda team" to overcome with its works the mediocre work of Koogy, but nothing prevents the magazine from doing the same thing again in the future with another subcelebrity. All of this are behaviors that showed as "revolucionary" does not affect the status quo of Shounen Jack at all. The mangakas characters, in all anime serie, uttering slogans and cute little speeches such as “change Jack”, “make unorthodox fight manga” and “defending the authors' position vis-à-vis the magazine/publisher”, attributed to Fukuda, Ashirogi and Hattori, respectively, but which almost cause consequences serious and irreversible to itself, as in the arc where Ashirogi Muto was almost expelled from the magazine. The scenare and context of mangá takes turn between profissional life of artists in mangaka career and their personal lifes with friends, boy/girlfriends and, mainly, as society members. Bakuman fail in show the anguish and tiredness of artistas in rotine (romantizaded every time), but it's very competent to show their personal lifes as Japaneses young adults. The main motivation of characters in mangaka career is the idead mangás are a way out of the monotonous, depressive, and boring lives imposed by conventional society careers as a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or someone who works daily in an office. Mashiro and Takagi, for example, has in beginning a dream of life besides college study or office work. Kanai-san feels like a failure without social or love life and see mangas like the only end for this. Hiramaruhe bets on mangaka's career as an alternative to his tiring and conventional work, even if his new routine as an artist is not very different from that (this disillusionment of the character is precisely the main comic relief of the work). All this examples has the idea of mangá as hope to a "better life", even the own serie shows mangaka life so stressing than any other job and Japanese editorial market is so perverse and authoritary than any other industry, but it, obvious, can't be showed explicity. Any critic that Bakuman cound make to Japanese industry mangás (basicly it object of analysis) is totally destructed by ready-made formulas that only likes this industry and stupidies romatizations of any problem (of health, personal, psychologial, etc) of mangakas. One of the main examples of this (and possibly one of the most absurd) is how the obssesion of Niizuma Eiji for mangás is retrated like "genius trait" and, main, self effort, something saw as childish and sickly to any person in real life. Bakuman is a great experience to who wants explore varying a little visual elements and sets already wearily seen in samurai, vampire and demon stories in isekais and shounens, but not also want the approach to be different from what is put in the mainstream. It has a original and excellent idea, but thrown away when it story ins't also good. Bakuman born with the "mission" of explain manga industry, but the result is the same of a making-off movie: marketing, propaganda and absence of taking a critical position on the studied object.

THIS WILL BE A REVIEW OF ALL THREE SEASONS Minor Spoilers Ahead Bakuman, to say the least, is an absolute masterpiece. I stretched my watch through over the course of 6 months and after I was done, I felt just like I did after finishing one of my first ever anime, Yu Yu Hakusho. I wanted more, even though the story had a great conclusion. I loved it so much, I just felt empty after watching. This show even inspired me to try drawing, and then start reading manga! It was truly an inspiring tale that was fun all throughout. Plot - As one will probably already know, Bakuman is about these two kids who want to write manga and how they acheive their dream. For as boring as this sounds, it was presented absolutely phenomenally. It took some time to get going, but the writers did a great job of making the show feel just like an action packed shonen anime, although less cheesy and plot-armory. Serialization meetings felt suspenseful, battles for rank pumped up my adrenaline, and brainstorming ideas throughout the show illustrated just how much they grew as writers and illustrators. Not to mention, this show was also very educational about how the manga industry operates and even to an extent, anime. Characters - Bakuman has quite the wide variety of characters and I must say, each one is damn amazing. They all feel so damn unique. There are so many just plain fun characters in this show that just makes every second a joy to experience. From the characters that just feel like close friends, to the outright crazy and wacky ones, every character is amazing to have on screen. Our main characters, Mashiro and Takagi, are a great pair and watching them work in the studio is a lot more entertaining than it should be. Even with more than just them, I felt as if I was hanging out with my good friends when watching, I wanted to see them succeed, and when their fortune was good, I would be happy right along with them. The writers even managed to make enemies feel just like characters out of your favorite battle series. The writing was phenomenal, making writing comics feel the same as a death battle, amazing! It's not as if they all stayed assholes, they were redeemed, at least for me. Everyone truly felt unique, and the emotions the characters' felt even resonated with me as a viewer. Bakuman has some of my favorite characters of all time, and one of my favorite plot lines of all time. This show is absolutely worth a watch no matter who you are, although I must warn you, the show can take a little bit of time to get going. Hell it's crazy to think that I almost dropped this show, and now it's on eof my favorite pieces of media of all time. That fateful night I was bored and saw the phrase "from the creator of Death Note" is one I'll always hold dear, what a fateful day that was. Now that it's over I legitimately miss the characters. As sad as it sounds, I feel like I just said bye to some of my best friends and I'm not going to see them again. Bakuman was just fun, nothing that makes you think too much, nothing that's dark, just some good hearted fun, and some of the most I've had at that. This show will always be close to my heart and dammit everyone has to watch, I swear you won't regret it! Always follow your dreams!

When I recall reading the manga of Bakuman. a story about creating manga was very exciting and living its own very new gender, and maybe if not the author of Death Note was writing it, it may not be such a successful, yes it's maybe strange to hear the author of DN writing a slice of life story and not look that way that much but as the story required it its not a wonder - creating a manga is not a simple thing and needs a lot of skills, and Ohba can create genius characters and smart dialogs and really pull it off to make an excitement manga about... creating manga, so when I began to watch Bakuman my expectation was high, the problem is that part of the adaption failed from me. You see, it's not that this kind of genre is new, Hikaru No Go for example is very similar to this kind of story, so when you get to the point you can see the weakness - the start may start very slow, generally because of the characters are new in this area of business so it may take a while to see, hmm, the great action, but unlike Hikaru No Go that is a game and can start immediately to the game, manga is really kind of slow, so when you except for a shounen manga like this to act you will except for a serious power-up and the characters will be right for the manga business, but for the realism of the story, the story occurring in the real life where to get pro mangaka is to send the manuscript to an editor, have a meeting and that is after you have a good story with perfect art for the newcomers, so in Bakuman is start really slow, but that's not to say there'll be no power-up - the characters of cours have brilliant mind high intelligent, how do you know it? very much life how Right in DN showed as a genius, in their life point of view and they're kind of dialogs, so making art and story isn't much difficult and have a good start as a mangaka, if it's not enough they also have each of them skills in either story or art, so the start is may slow in the manga 'till they get to the main point of the manga business there a lot of slice of life, the problem in the anime that most of its slice of life is very not as fun as I remember in the manga and in some point very plain 'till the 13rd episode which starts the second fun part of the series, but it's still kind of worth waiting knowing what's ahead and somehow built the setting very good. If you asked me before watching the series - what is so exciting about creating manga, well, it seems kind of strange in the start but when you get to those episodes you get really excited - the changing opinions, the editor meeting, the expectation to know the rank results, it's really pumping out, it may not be so exciting in reality but the story really live for its genre and make it really exciting. Rather than that, the story is actually split to 2 parts - the work on the manga to be a popular and the slice of life part, the slice of life part is actually necessary - the dream to get an anime for Saiko girlfriend Miho, which they're own relationship is all over the place in the anime, I'll confess: even in the manga their own relationship is really cliche but as I said the studio overused the slice of life genre in the anime its more cliche than in the manga, but the part of the work is really what is count and live for my expectations and exciting like the manga. Story - 8 For real, the story as it is the greatness as its live for its genre is kind of usually shounen stuff - going to be the very best in the manga, but the obstacles and the characters that really drive the story forward, and as I said earlier, even the slice of life story is very plain and the romance is very cliche, but what makes the anime exciting is more the character's determination and they're acts, as excepted from this kind of genre. Characters - 10 As the most shounen stories, what makes the characters to keep on is their dreams and their determination to keep on, but without it there's plenty to see in them, although their characters are kinda odd and funny sometimes, like Mashiro being very shy but when he needs he can get over it, Takagi can be very bold but funny on the other side, and as the season continues more interesting characters appear so the character development is really the main core of the series, making the story more and more interesting, or more like saying in the anime written friend but read rival that makes the rivals more favorable rivals then other anime shows, making the watcher cheer for them too as the main characters. Art - 8 As in the manga, the art doesn't stand out very much, as the main genre is slice of life the art living for its gene, so the art for the anime is not as DN respectively, the interesting part of the anime, however, is showing for the best - the outlook of the mangaga's artistic ability is shown in the very best way in the anime, showing for each mangaka their skills. Sound - 8 As the art, the sound also not very much stand out and living the slice of life genre and very basic and enjoyable, especially at the comedy sccenes The opening theme in the start may be very addictive but at some point even in the second part of the anime when it's changed a bit was very annoying, and as for the ending themes I didn't find in one of them something to stand out or addicting but to be very nice. Enjoyment - 9 As I said earlier, something about making manga and talking about it in the anime is very exciting, true that the slice of life genre in the anime might be too plain but was very enjoyable too especially the comedy. Overall - 8 What made me really doing to that score is mostly the slice of life part that wasn't as I recall from the manga and was very plain, however it's mostly due to the high content of the slice of life in the first part of the season and can be played nice and the second part is really worth the first part, starting the first debut 'till he very climax of the season.

This anime has everything you ask for: love, comedy, and every bit of slice of life. You get to see how manga is made, which you don't see everyday at all and this tells you a lot on how artists strive for success to make them. Coming from Shonen Jump! And the original manga series is by the creator of Death Note, you'll see some familiar titles and skits of there manga brands in the series. The music and sounds are not annoying either it fits the scenes accordingly well from start to finish. Unforgetable characters and for some reason I liked Fukada from the series. Guess he is just swag is all along with Nizuma Eiji. CROoOoW!

Bakuman: the REVIEW This anime is PIKA-APPROVED!!! Story: After seeing his creepy doodles of the female lead, Middle schooler Takagi is inspired to ask classmate Saiko to join their quest to make Japanese comics aka manga. I know very much nothing about the world as manga as the only manga I've ever read was about this owl and his weird adventures in woodlands or some shit. ANYway, it explains stuff very clear, and it always left you wanting more! Art: Art is excellent. plus those manga scenes are delicious, like a giant freaking crepe thing that they sell and yet the Japanese are confused by American portions of food. Sound: first of all, a dude sing the theme song. Character: here's where it just makes me insanely mad. What's his name, saiko and his girlfriend yet not girlfriend are SO FUCKING ANNOYING LIKE WHO THE HELL WAITS FOR THEIR IMPOSSIBLE (YES, THEIR DREAMS ARE FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE) TO not just date, cuz they can't even talk to eachother cuz "oh look at me, i'm shy and innocent and bashful and pure so that's "KAWAII DESU". We get it ANIME, you just LOOOOVVVEEE bashful types. But they're such losers in the love department. Is this why the Japanese youth are terrible at dating? ONCE A FUCKING AGAIN, anime proves it's TRASH at the core. But props for no annoying panty shots/ nude scenes. Enjoyment. besides Saiko's terrible dating instincts (that marriage would realistically go in the trash) it's by far one of the best mangas i mean animes i mean near homoerotic stories I've ever seen. I mean, I'd let Takagi bone me. And I'm not even into blondes!!! Overall: if you like bro stories with crappy romance arcs, but just amazing insight into the world of manga, then I'd advise it for your weirdly specific tastes. OR if you just like to see kids fresh out of middle school have amazing success which will subsequently make you consider committing seppukku cuz let's be real... you spend all your time watching this crap. me too bro, me too

This review pertains to all 3 seasons of Bakuman. The story is one that puts a lot of focus on the relationships between the individuals rather than on the plot as a whole. This leads to there being a large number of characters that are well developed and you become very emotionally invested in. The art is adequate, but there is nothing particularly breathtaking about it. This doesn't take away from the story at all, and in fact may be a boon because it does not distract the viewer from the story. The mood and emotional aspect of the anime is not only appropriate, but also exceptionally balanced. It isn't a simple tragedy or comedy, and the ups and downs don't feel out of place. Again this is a boon because even though you will feel for the characters, it won't end up putting off or cause the story to lose focus. Overall it is an enjoyable series that is really a complete package. In terms of priority for viewing the priority should not be very high unless you wish to get a view into the lives of manga authors. This is why I definitely recommend that everyone who reads manga or watches anime watches this or reads the manga. It allows you to appreciate just how much work goes into what we often give barely any heed, the fact that the authors also have to make a living.

BAKUMAN: Is there anyone who dont like this anime after watching it... Its a v.good anime which is one of the must watch. Though the name is not so famous and not familiar to many people, it will surely steal ur hearts.. :) The main thing in this anime is that u will get to know many things about anime and manga, how the mangakas suffer to be a part of it and etc... The story is so good because it has a touch of love story in it. Though some episodes are predictable, its still stunning and thrilling... Coming to music, the opening song is so beautiful that, even if i dont understand it i downloaded it to my mobile.. The rival of mashiro, nizuma, ejji character is so cool so that u will love his craziness when u finish watching it... Overall, i suggest this is a must must watch anime of all time.... (Plz dont expect any fighting and battle in here... lol) Watch it and ENJOY... !!!!