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1. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
High schooler Hayase Nagatoro loves to spend her free time doing one thing, and that is to bully her Senpai. After Nagatoro and her friends stumble upon the aspiring artist's drawings, they... See full summary »
Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Daiki Yamashita, Kimberley Anne Campbell, Erik Scott Kimerer
Votes: 4,778
2. 37 Seconds (2019)
115 min | Drama
Yuma is a young Japanese woman with cerebral palsy. Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, she struggles to lead a self-determined life.
Director: Hikari | Stars: Eita Okuno, Makiko Watanabe, Nanami Kawakami, Yuka Itaya
Votes: 3,128
3. Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
TV-14 | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kayleigh McKee, Jennifer Losi
Votes: 4,334
4. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Chiyo Sakura confesses her feelings to her schoolmate Nozaki. Due to a misunderstanding, Nozaki thinks Chiyo is just a fan. She then discovers Nozaki's other identity; a shojo manga artist.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Ari Ozawa, Masumi Tazawa, Sawako Hata
Votes: 4,177
5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2020–2024)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The adventures of the talented artist Rohan Kishibe, who investigates strange occurrences.
Stars: Issei Takahashi, Marie Iitoyo, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 257
6. A Galaxy Next Door (I) (2023)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A struggling manga artist starts a romance with his new assistant, who turns out to be an extraterrestrial being in hiding.
Stars: Taku Yashiro, Yû Wakui, Rina Endô, Maria Naganawa
Votes: 603
7. Bakuman (2015)
119 min | Comedy
Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class. His classmate Akito Takagi, notes Mashiro's drawings in it and asks him to become a manga artist to his stories. ... See full summary »
Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nana Komatsu, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 1,824
8. The Comic Artist and Assistants (2014– )
TV-14 | 13 min | Animation, Comedy
A hilarious slice of life comedy that leisurely depicts the day-to-day life of manga artist Aito Yuuki and his assistant, Ashisu Sahoto.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Arisa Noto, Saori Hayami, Rie Kugimiya
Votes: 422
9. Character (2021)
125 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Masaki Suda, Satoshi Fukase, Mitsuki Takahata, Shidô Nakamura
Votes: 1,337
10. Kakushigoto (2020)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A writer of lewd stories tries to keep his work a secret from his innocent and unknowing daughter.
Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Rie Takahashi, Natsuki Hanae, Taku Yashiro
Votes: 985
11. Kabe-Koji-Nekoyashiki-kun Desires to be Recognized (2022)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mamoru Nekoyashiki, an insecure doujinshi artist inadvertently reunites with his childhood friend Kazama Issei, who is now a popular up-and-coming idol. Will sparks fly? Or will their opposite lifestyles come between them?
Stars: Konishi Eito, Rui Kihara, Matsuoka Koudai, Nakao Masaki
Votes: 118
12. Tatsumi (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga.
Director: Eric Khoo | Stars: Tetsuya Bessho, Motoko Gollent, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Mike Wiluan
Votes: 854
13. The Romance Manga Artist (2021– )
46 min | Comedy
Seiichiro Karibe is a manga artist who is not good at socializing. He rarely goes out and has an unusual way of thinking. One day, he meets his late brother's former girlfriend Aiko Kuon and requests her to be his pseudo-romance partner.
Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Shun'ya Shiraishi, Riho Yoshioka, Ainosuke Kataoka
Votes: 26
14. Shijûkara (2022)
Drama, Romance
Shinobu Watanuki (Sayaka Yamaguchi) has been married to her husband Yohei for 15 years. She is 40-years-old and has a middle student aged son. She has spent over 20 years as a manga ... See full summary »
Stars: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Rihito Itagaki, Tomu Miyazaki, Noriko Iriyama
Votes: 18
15. Otonari ni Ginga (II) (2023)
15 min | Comedy, Romance
A struggling manga artist starts a romance with his new assistant, who turns out to be an extraterrestrial being in hiding.
Stars: Rikako Yagi, Hayato Sano, Sae Koyama, Rikuto Ishizuka
Votes: 9
16. Blue Flame (2014– )
40 min | Comedy
Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru (Yuya Yagira) is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûya Yagira, Mizuki Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Muro, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 120
17. Jeanne no Sabaki (2024)
Drama
Minami Sanpuu is a popular manga artist who is believed by many to be a woman. In actuality, though, his real identity is Gotaro Eichizen, a single father with two children. One day, he ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Tamaki, Yuki Sakurai, Saki Takaoka, Sara Oshino
18. Tokiwa-so no seishun (1996)
110 min | Drama
A look at the youthful beginnings of manga giants Motoo Abiko, aka Fujiko Fujio, Fujio Akatsuka and Hiroo Terada, when they all lived in the same, dingy apartment building -- named Tokiwa-so -- in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Sadao Abe, Satoko Abe, Arata Furuta
Votes: 131
19. Mother (2014)
83 min | Horror
This is an autobiographical flick that details incidents that occur even as a publishing company is working on a book on Umezu' s life.Chief editor,Sakura, is aware of the overwhelming ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuo Umezu | Stars: Ainosuke Kataoka, Kimie Shingyôji, Mimi Maihane, Shôko Nakagawa
Votes: 25
20. Katakoi gurume nikki (2020– )
Drama
Madoka Tokoro works at a publishing company and is an editorial staff of Juice, a monthly manga for young women. At age 33, she has not experienced real love. Madoka is in love with Naoya ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuika Motokariya, Yûta Hiraoka, Rei Fujita, Katsumi Hyodo
Votes: 6
21. I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow (2013)
103 min | Comedy
41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit.
Director: Yûichi Fukuda | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Donald Ash, Gaku Hamada, Ai Hashimoto
Votes: 197
23. Yuyû wandârando (2023)
Drama
Based on a sauna-themed manga-essay by Mankitsu, Tomosaka Rie stars as a manga artist who is told by her younger brother that she doesn't look too well and should go to a sauna to detox. ... See full summary »
Stars: Rie Tomosaka, Kenta Suga, Ikuko Tani, Hina Higuchi
24. Million Joe (2019)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
A magazine editor finishes a popular mangaka's manga after he dies and keeps it a secret from the public.
Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Motoki Fukami, Kanji Tsuda, Kôhei Takeda