Directed credits
2
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Director
Naoki Urasawa
Writing
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 115936
IMDb ID: nm1780055
Known for: Writing
Born: January 2, 1960
Age: 66
Place of birth: Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1989 - 2025
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 7.27
Wikidata: Q348436
Also known as
浦澤直樹 • 浦沢 直樹
Frequent jobs
Creative Director (1)Director (1)Comic Book (5)Creator (3)Original Story (2)Writer (2)Character Designer (1)Creative Consultant (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
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.
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Character Designer
Tibetan Dog
2011 • Movie
Screenplay
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008 • Movie
Director
Boy
2021 • Movie
Writer
Happy!
2006 • Movie
Comic Book
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009 • Movie
Comic Book
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
2009 • Movie
as Lui-même
TEZUKA! God of Manga
Movie
Creator
Yawara! Atlanta Special
1996 • Movie
Creator
Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
1992 • Movie
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018 • Movie
Creative Director
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025 • Movie
Comic Book
Yawara!
1989 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Naoki Urasawa.
Comic Book • 74 eps
Monster
2004 • Series
Writer • 124 eps
Yawara!
1989 • Series
Comic Book • 39 eps
Master Keaton
1998 • Series
Creative Consultant • 8 eps
PLUTO
2023 • Series
as Self - Manga Artist • 1 eps
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
2023 • Series
Creator
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
2015 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 21 eps
Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo
2020 • Series
Original Story • 2 eps
Happy!
2006 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Naoki Urasawa.
Original Story
Mighty Boy
2013 • Movie
Character Designer
Tibetan Dog
2011 • Movie
Comic Book
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009 • Movie
Comic Book
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
2009 • Movie
Screenplay
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008 • Movie
Writer
Happy!
2006 • Movie
Creator
Yawara! Atlanta Special
1996 • Movie
Creator
Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
1992 • Movie
Comic Book
Yawara!
1989 • Movie
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Acting Appearances in Series
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