Yeah, I know that I have a dit this before, but screw it. I l’amour anime. Is it the only thing I love. No, not even close. Hell, animé isn’t even my favori animated montrer ever. But, it’s still good. And no, again, I am no weeaboo. I can’t stress that enough. And yet, not every animé has to be a bunch of guys fighting each other, ou a bunch of aléatoire fan service. It can also be a very well thought out series. And that series is known as Bakuman.
The series follows a young boy named Mashiro, who had an uncle known for creating manga, ou a Japanese comic book for those stubborn enough to ignore me. However, after his uncle died from overwork, Mashiro wanted to do his best to try and have a normal career. He also has a crush on this one girl named Azuki, but he is too nervous to tell her. But, when his classmate and haut, retour au début student, Takagi, finds out about his crush par finding the drawings in his notebook of her, he asks Mashiro if he will help him in creating a populaire manga. At first, Mashiro declines, but soon, when Takagi tells Azuki that he will be a part of manga, and asks if Azuki will be a voice actress for the animé adaption of their manga. Mashiro has no choice to help him when he see’s Azuki happy about this news. But, during this, Mashiro accidentally proposes to her. But Azuki agrees to marry Mashiro when their dreams come true, and this soon leads to Mashiro and Takagi’s determination to become manga artists.
Of course, if toi think those were the only characters, you're wrong. Other characters include Miyoshi, Takagi’s girlfriend who, even though she has a very short temper, and doesn’t fuck around, since she does know martial arts, she is actually a very kind hearted and funny character at times. There is also Nizuma, a boy who has been drawing manga all his life and is considered a genius. He is also the rival of Mashiro and Takagi, since he is able to write much better manga in a matter of days, and it takes them months to even get an honorable mention. He also says he will work at Weekly Shonen Jump (All toi manga readers will know what I mean) on the condition that he will have the right to annuler any manga series he hates, which is pretty cruel for this series. I would mention the other characters, but we’d be here all day. For an animé about écriture manga, it has plus characters than Transformers.
Also, some fun facts, because……… Well anyway, after some research I found out that there are only seven episodes of Bakuman that have been dubbed. The only question is why. Why were their only seven dubbed episodes while the remaining sixty eight episodes remained in Japanese. Apparently, the company who worked on the dub, Media Blasters, has put the series on hold, and has not donné out any information as to when the remaining dubs will be released. It’s possible that they will return to it, but seeing as this series is a couple years old, I sadly doubt it. Also, this series was made par the same people who worked on Death Note… Yeah, imagine that. The same people who made an animé about an overly emotional teenager with a god complex who kills people with Satan’s notebook worked on a series about two kids making manga. Because…. It’s just so obvious. toi can just TELL the creators had a part in this without looking at the credits. And lastly, this animé has it’s own video game on the DS…. No, I am not kidding. It’s called Bakuman DS Mangaka He No Michi… toi use the styles and the touch screen to draw manga and write in the speech bubbles. Does Bakuman really need a video game. It’s a great show, but, come on, Namco Bandai, it’s not good enough to warrant it’s own video game.
Now, what I really like is that this isn’t an animé about some kids going on an adventure ou fighting monsters ou anything like that. It’s just two guys, with a dream, trying to achieve a dit dream, and getting passed all obstacles in their way. And that is what I like about this series so much. It is just about the lives of two guys working hard to make their dreams come true. Okay, guys. I need to be serious right now, so, be prepared for this, because I doubt this will happen again. Before I watched this anime, I wanted to work on creating animated shows. I got my inspiration from watching all kinds of dessins animés like Samurai Jack, animé like Tengen Toppa, and video games like Skullgirls. However, after telling my parents, they didn’t really like the idea. They wanted me to have a job that I could have a good life with. I know they did it because they didn’t want me to be a poor person, but I just couldn’t take their opinions. It didn’t help much either, since par this point, I was wondering if I should even get a career in animating. I was just a nervous wreck at this point, not knowing what I should do with my life after high school. But, then, after visiting in the library, I found the manga of Bakuman and thought “Why the hell not”. And after lire it, I was a bit interested. I then looked up the animé for it… And what I saw made me realize. I shouldn’t take other’s opinions, even my parents. What I should do is follow my dreams. And that is what I am doing now. I am working hard to create animated shows, and when I am done with high school and college, I will begin my dream. That is what makes this animé perfect. It tells toi to work hard for your dreams, no matter what. And that is what toi should do. Never give up on your dreams. Always work hard and make those dreams a reality. It’s like that one Shia LaBeouf video… only with a lot less anger.
And in conclusion, that is what makes Bakuman such a great series. Is it perfect? No. The plot twists could have been better, especially since the creators of Death Note worked on it, but hey, this is definitely a perfect animé that I would recommend to anyone. It is a perfect slice-of-life animé and I would gladly watch again, just because of what it has done for me, and possibly others. But, hey, that’s only my opinion. What’s Your Take.