Bakuman: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bakuman follows the story of high school student Mashiro Moritaka a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day he draws a picture of Azuki Miho, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class and forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Tagaki Akito is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, only leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams.

Series details

• Title: Bakuman
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2010-10-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 6709
• IMDb ID: tt1738419
• TVDB ID: 193811

Cast and credited roles

• Satoshi Hino — Akito Takagi
• Atsushi Abe — Moritaka Mashiro
• Saori Hayami — Miho Azuki
• Sayuri Yahagi — Kaya Miyoshi
• Ayumi Fujimura — Aiko Iwase
• Kenyuu Horiuchi — Hisashi Sasaki
• Kenji Hamada — Nobuhiro Mashiro
• Daisuke Kirii — Miura Gorou
• Tone Kentarou — Hattori Akira
• Kazama Yuuto — Aida Souichi
• Shinji Kawada — Heishi Yoshihisa
• Masakazu Morita — Hiramaru Kazuya

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-10-02; final listed air date 2011-04-02.
• Season 2: premiered 2011-10-01; final listed air date 2012-03-24.
• Season 3: premiered 2012-10-06; final listed air date 2013-03-30.

Source and licence

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