Cast & creator
Naoki Urasawa
Best known for Monster, Monster, Yawara!
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.
Also known as: 浦澤直樹, 浦沢 直樹
17
film credits
14
television credits
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1989–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (31)
Showing 31 of 31 credits
Monster
Comic Book
2004Monster
Original Story
2004
Yawara!
Writer
1989Yawara!
Creator
1989
PLUTO
Creative Consultant
2023PLUTO
Original Story
2023
Master Keaton
Comic Book
1998Master Keaton
Original Story
1998
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Self - Manga Artist
2023
Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo
Self - Presenter
2020
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
2015Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
Creator
2015
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Screenplay
200820th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Comic Book
2008
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Happy!
Original Story
2006
Tibetan Dog
Character Designer
2011
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Comic Book
2009
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Comic Book
2009
TEZUKA! God of Manga
Self
Happy!
Comic Book
2006Happy!
Original Story
2006
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
Creator
1992Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
Comic Book
1992
Yawara! Atlanta Special
Creator
1996Yawara! Atlanta Special
Comic Book
1996
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
Creative Director
2025
Yawara!
Comic Book
1989
Manga World
Self
2005
Mighty Boy
Original Story
2013