Urasawa Naoki

Tribute manga drawn by Urasawa Naoki to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Aoike Yasuko's From Eroica with Love. Published in 2023/2 issue of Mystery Bonita.

Chaos ensues after Take's guitar, which belonged to his late uncle, gets stolen.

Tribute series by other artists to celebrate Aoike Yasuko's Eroica Yori Ai wo Komete's 45th anniversary. It started to run in Mystery Bonita's 2021 July issue. The artists who have contributed so far (as of 2023 June): 1- Shitou Ryoko (2021/7) 2- Sakai Miwa (2021/8) 3- Mineo Maya (2021/9) 4- Nanamaki Kanako (2021/10) 5- Akaishi Michiyo (2021/11) 6- Nakayama Seika (2021/12) 7- Aoki Tomo (2022/1) 8- Toono Yukiko (2022/2) 9- Ogawa Yayoi (2022/3) 10- Shima Atsuko (2022/4) 11- Haruna Remon (2022/5) 12- Hagio Moto (2022/6) 13- Aoki Tomo (2022/7) 14- Takahashi Miyuki (2022/8) 15- Yamato Waki (2022/9) 16- Honda (2022/10) 17- Shitou Kyoko (2022/11) 18- Aoki Tomo (2022/12) 19- Hamada Shouko (2023/1) 20- Urasawa Naoki (2023/2) 21- Shiomi Chika (2023/3) 22- Nogami Takeshi (2023/4) 23- Anno Moyoco (2023/5) 24- Yamamura Higashi (2023/6) 25- Nagano Noriko (2023/7) 26- Kihara Toshie (2023/8)

A curated collection of eight short stories and essay manga by famed mangaka Naoki Urasawa, creator of the acclaimed series Monster and 20th Century Boys! Urasawa's characters confront fantastical elements ranging from psychic powers, to alien visitors to planet Earth, to attacks by giant monsters. On the flip side, the author philosophizes about his real-world experiences with the wild and wacky international music scene. Plus, a classic, funny animal tale, in Urasawa's inimitable style!

The one-shot tells a story about the late Kenji Endō, the real-life musician that was the inspiration for Kenji from 20th Century Boys!

In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom—and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there’s more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye.

A man and his daughter meet a mysterious man who has more than a few secrets and tall tales to tell about France and The Louvre Museum. What awaits for those who dare to follow their dreams? This miniseries is a collaboration between celebrated mangaka Naoki Urasawa, the Louvre museum in Paris, France, and Fujio Productions. Official Release: Indonesian release by Level Comics as Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2020)

The one-shot opens with two slightly different members of a yakuza group talking together at a family restaurant. The yakuza group is in the middle of a dispute, and some members visit a young man named "Damiyan" who has a mysterious power.

A manga writer/artist duo are trying their best to have their work accepted by someone who appears to be their superior. However, their latest work has been denied! Their superior requests that they write a manga about a drama where a man protects the peace of the world. The two get together and begin to write a manga about a boy who promises a girl protection! The leads in this story are the duo mangaka mentioned in the 20th Century Boys manga, who together go by the name of Ujiko Ujio, a pun on the duo who went by Fujiko Fujio (FUJIKO Fujio (A) and FUJIKO F. Fujio), the creators of Doraemon. (1 volume complete)

Billy Bat is a comic-in-a-comic and the real protagonist is a Japanese-American artist named Kevin Yamagata who draws Billy Bat for "Marble Comics". Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, looking like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny "Laurel", sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page saying that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic. As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo…

Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Picking up directly after the events of 20th Century Boys, it seems like the world is finally out of danger, but the mystery of "Friend" still exists. As the world is threatened again, Kenji must search his memories for any clue about "Friend."

Someone - or something - is destroying the seven most powerful robots in the world one after the other; brutally dismantling them without any provocation on their part. Gesicht, one of the seven and a detective for the European Federation — Europol, embarks on a mission to capture the killer…and confront the mysteries behind the vague but disturbing memories that keep haunting him in his dreams. Urusawa's approach on "The Greatest Robot on Earth" chapter of Astro Boy done in celebration of Atom's in universe birthday (April 7th, 2003). Won the 9th Japan Media Arts Award Excellence Prize Won the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award Grand Prize Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2010

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world. Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2001 Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2008 Volume Titles: Tomodachi Yogen-sha Gitā o motta eiyū Aitoheiwa Sai kai Saigo no kibō Shinjitsu Kendji no uta Rabbit Nabokov Kao no nai shōnen Seibun hyōji Tomodachi no kao Owarinohajimari Shōnen to yume Ban paku ban zai Kagami no mukou Cross counter Min'na no uta Kaettekita otoko Jinrui no shōbu Uchūbito genru Seigi no hajimari See AnimeNewsNetwork for the live-action adaption. Wikipedia

Monster weaves the riveting story of brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. A string of strange and mysterious murders begin to occur soon afterward, ones that professionally benefit Dr. Tenma, and he emerges as the primary suspect. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller. Official English Won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga

Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara. One of them is called A Bat & 2 Balls.

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of 250 million yen fell upon them. To pay back the debt Miyuki quit school. What was the incredible choice she took to do this?

A collection of 10 short stories spanning 12 chapters, NASA is representative of Naoki Urasawa's writing style prior to his success as an author of psychological thrillers.

A relaxing and fun piece about a policeman who finds himself dancing to the sound of anger. The volume also contains four extra short stories.

A young boy in a local village tries to look for Matsutake mushrooms after some time has passed due to failure on finding any mushrooms.

A ronin law student at an unnamed university named Momoyama is tasked by the Yasui patriarch to investigate the whereabouts of his missing daughter.

A bank robber laying low as a rabbit mascot gets stuck in a hostage crisis when he decides to help two kids because their mom was held hostage.

A bunch of patients tries to covertly break out in order to eat ramen outside a hospital despite a strict curfew.

Yawara Inokuma is a talented judoka raised and trained by her grandfather Jigoro. Her grandfather says she's supposed to become the hope of Japan's judo team in Seoul in 1988, but she has different plans: to finish high school and find a boyfriend…like all her friends. But being a normal girl and an olympic champion are two different things. Which path will she choose to follow? Won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1990

Hiraga-Keaton Taichi. Half Japanese and half British. Oxford University graduate. Formerly a member of the British Special Air Service. Currently a detective and archaeologist. Ten years ago, he excavated the remains of what he believed to be the origin of a European civilization, and decided to quit his detective work to concentrate on his research. However, he is a hot seller and the requests for his services never cease... and 20 years later, Keaton is still traveling around the world?! The legendary academic suspense of the 20th century is back again in the 21st century in a completely new edition!

Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, who has a Japanese father and an English mother, works as an insurance op (investigator) while teaching archaeology at a university. He is also a former instructor of survival techniques in the SAS (Special Air Service) of the British army. Keaton's dream is to work as an archaeologist to discover the mysterious Danube civilization. In reality, however, he spends his days doing detective work, which is always fraught with danger. When he is thrown out into the desert, he uses his knowledge as a weapon to survive, and he uses chocolate to disable a bomb planted by terrorists. He is supported by his daughter Yuriko, who scolds Keaton for his clumsiness, his father Taihei, who is still thriving in his old age, and his partner Daniel, an insurance investigator, while still feeling regret over his ex-wife. Official Release: English release by Viz Media Indonesian release by Elex Media (cancelled)

Pineapple Army is a story about a legendary Japanese ex-mercenary, working as a self-defense instructor. He is sent all around the world for a job by an international self-defense agency, and in each episode, there is a human drama. Along the way, he also saves the world a few times from the hands of terrorists.

Kenji was born in 1980. At that time, Japan was running toward the future. In the time of the economic growth, Japanese children saw a lot of cultural movement. Some are gone, some remain. "20th century boys" this based on that chaos. Kentaro Takekuma, who was born in the same year as Kenji, is going to reexamine the culture of that period. This is the best guidebook to understand the background of "20th century boys."