Animation about the comics industry

Manga is one of the largest entertainment mediums in Japan, and its close relationship with animation only serves to highlight its importance in Japanese culture. Hundreds of new comics come out every year, and while not all of them are successful, it's clear that the powerhouse that is the comics industry is showing no signs of slowing down.

There is a wide range of subjects and topics in comics and animation, and creating comics itself naturally becomes one of them. It's always interesting to see how the comics industry works behind the scenes. Here's a great animation that shows what comics production is like.

Updated on October 15, 2024 by Hamza Haq: Getting a glimpse into what it's like to create the beloved characters, storylines, and various scenes required to write a comic is more of a meta concept that has gained incredible popularity over the years. Many short-life animations have been produced featuring mangaka (comic book writers) as the main characters. While these animations typically romanticize and sometimes criticize the harsh nature of the industry and the constant race to pump out more books every day, they also convey the charm of touching people's lives through the unique medium of comics.

10 galaxy next door

galaxy next door It follows the story of a mangaka's struggles as he suddenly becomes a landlord with the burden of supporting his younger siblings after his father's death. He balances caring for his little villains with a grueling schedule and a failing career. He hires a new female assistant to help him with his comics, who turns out to be a princess of the Star Tribe. The protagonist accidentally reaches the pen and stabs him, marking him as the princess's fateful husband and binding the two together for life.

galaxy next door It is a romantic comedy animation masquerading as a slice of life set in science fiction. The relationship between Ichiro (the main character) and Shiori (the princess) and the cartoon business are the focus of the animation, and children sometimes express their depressing reality through cartoons.

9 electric guy

electric guy The story of life at Umanohone Bookstore, a store that carries manga, doujinshi, light novels, and even games, is told from the perspective of Umio, an otaku looking for work alongside what she loves most. While Umio is ostensibly the main character, the other employees of Umanohone are equally important. References to popular anime and light novels are sprinkled throughout the story, making the anime feel like it's part of the real world and fans can easily relate to it.

electric guy It's a great, light comedy about what life is like inside a busy comic book store. It's about an idyllic fantasy where you live and breathe your passion for comics, set against a slice of life, with no overarching goal other than enjoying the ride. The characters interact with each other in a grounded, human way. A dash of romance and comedy is an easy recipe for success.

8 comic party

Sendo Kazuki and his friend Kuhonbutsu Taishi head to Tokyo Big Sight, where they discover a large-scale doujinshi convention called Comic Party. Impressed by the works on display there and that he is an artist himself, Kazuki is encouraged by Taishi to begin creating his own doujinshi.

It was originally a dating simulation, comic party We focus on all aspects of doujinshi, which are comics self-published by amateurs. Japan's doujinshi community is as large as the manga community, and some doujinshi creators even create their own comics.

7 cartoon girl

Kaoruko Moeta is a high school manga artist who is struggling to get a high ranking in a magazine. Her editor suggests she move to a dormitory dedicated to cartoonists to further her comics. At the dormitory, Kaoruko meets several other manga artists and they become friends pretty quickly.

cartoon girl is a very light-hearted slice-of-life series about a group of young women who work together to improve comics. The series covers a wide variety of genres, as each character is working on a different comic.

6 Dongin Walk

Osana Najimi, who lost her job as a convenience store clerk, struggles to find a replacement job. After seeing his childhood friends Tsuyuri and Justice becoming doujinshi, Najimi decides to become a doujinshi himself.

Dongin Walk This is a comedy story about the world of doujinshi. Unlike other series, Dongin Walk focuses more on the comedy created by the unique cast members bouncing off each other rather than the actual work. Nonetheless, the series shows how hard doujinshi artists work to create their craft and sell it to others.

5 cartoonist and his assistant

Despite being a fairly successful manga artist, Yuki Aito is a perverted man obsessed with panties. His antics and whims are constantly tempered by his assistant, Ashisu Sahoto. Sahoto keeps him in line and forces him to stop procrastinating or obsessing over trivial matters.

cartoonist and his assistant Another comedy series about the comics industry from the same author. Dongin Walk. Although the series focuses more on the comics industry and the process of creating comics, the eccentric characters are still present.

4 Kakushigoto

Kakushi Goto is a successful manga artist who runs a manga production company. But because his comics are perverted, he tries desperately to make sure his daughter Hime never finds out that he draws comics for a living.

Kakushigoto This is a short-life comedy series created by the creator. Sayonara, Mr. Zetsubo. Fans of the series can expect outrageous rants, dark and cynical comedy, and crazy misunderstandings. The series offers the author's unique perspective on the comics industry while also offering much more.

3 Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun

Chiyo Sakura is in love with her classmate Umetaro Nozaki. But when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for his fan. It turns out that Nozaki is actually a genuine manga artist who writes under a pen name, so Chiyo takes the opportunity to help Nozaki work on his manga in order to get closer to him.

Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun It's a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring interesting characters who all have their own unique characteristics. The series is more invested in comedy than the inner workings of the comics industry, but still provides insight into what the life of a comic book artist is like.

2 Genshiken

Freshmen Kanji Sasahara and Makoto Kosaka join Genshiken, a cultural club where otakus talk about anime, manga, and video games. Joining them is Kosaka's girlfriend, Saki Kusakabe, who hates otakus and everything related to otakus. The series follows these three characters and the rest of the club through their college years.

while Genshiken It deals more extensively with the otaku lifestyle than the manga, with a particular focus on doujinshi in the second half when the characters begin working on an anthology for the club. The series touches lightly on the doujinshi community, but still provides a lot of insight.

1 bakuman

Mashiro Moritaka loves two things: drawing and his classmate Miho Azuki. His classmate Akito Takagi discovers his art and asks him to create a manga with him. Moritaka knows that making manga is difficult because of his deceased uncle, but when he learns that Miho plans to become a voice actor, Mashiro impulsively proposes a promise to marry him if his manga is animated and Miho voices the heroine. Do it.

bakuman is a series by the iconic duo who wrote: death note: Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata. The duo infuses the excitement of shonen fighting manga into a slice-of-life series, turning the process of creating manga into a tense and stressful experience.