
Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys. Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University. Series list (not including short stories collections): - Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo; - YAWARA! 1986-1993; - Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika; - Happy! 1993-1999 - MONSTER 1994-2001 - 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006 - 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007 - PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom - BILLY BAT 2008-2016 - Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014 - Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre - Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing
Series
Books

Monster, Libro 28
La peor corbata
2004

20th Century Boys 1
2000

Monster, Libro 10
Las expectativas de Lunge
2002

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 4
Ayse's Friend
1996
![ビリーバット 8 [Birii Batto 8] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344523755i/15812683.jpg)
ビリーバット 8 [Birii Batto 8]
2012

The Tipping Point
2015
![ビリーバット 15 [Birii Batto 15] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415909188i/23556522.jpg)
ビリーバット 15 [Birii Batto 15]
2014

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 12: Die Rosenvilla
1999

Monster, Libro 25
Carta de amor del monstruo
2003

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 9
A Nameless Monster
1998

Yawara! 28
1993

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1
1995

20th Century Boys 14
2003

Monster, Libro 22
Las puertas de la pesadilla
2003
![ビリーバット 19 [Billy Bat 19] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1472355916i/30233349.jpg)
ビリーバット 19 [Billy Bat 19]
2016

PLUTO
Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3
2006

Yawara !, tome 8
2014

20th Century Boys, Volume 3
Hero with a Guitar
2000

Master Keaton, Vol. 12
2012

20th Century Boys 17
2004
![ビリーバット 16 [Birii Batto 16] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1434597308i/23762287.jpg)
ビリーバット 16 [Birii Batto 16]
2015

Asadora!, Vol. 6
2021

20th Century Boys 7
2001

Yawara! 9
2010

COFFRET PLUTO T1 A T8
2003

20th Century Boys 12
2003

21st Century Boys
The Perfect Edition
2016

20th Century Boys 11
2002

20th Century Boys
The Perfect Edition, Vol. 11
2016

Yawara !, tome 3
2014

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 8
My Nameless Hero
1998

20th Century Boys 18
2005

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 14: Erinnerungen
2000

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 1
2018

PLUTO
Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2
2005
![ビリーバット 5 [Billy Bat 5] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329409724i/9787328.jpg)
ビリーバット 5 [Billy Bat 5]
2010

Yawara !, tome 1
1986

Historias cortas de Naoki Urasawa
2000

Master Keaton
No. 2
2015

Yawara !, tome 5
2014
![ビリーバット 11 [Birii Batto 11] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383579209i/18752373.jpg)
ビリーバット 11 [Birii Batto 11]
2013

Monster, Libro 2
Asesinato
2001

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 7
Richard
1997

Master Keaton, Vol. 7
1999

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 18: Das wahre Monster
2002

Asadora!, Vol. 1
2019

20th Century Boys, Band 10
2002

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 17: Bin wieder da
2001
![あさドラ! 5 [Asadora! 5] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1619197788i/55276270.jpg)
あさドラ! 5 [Asadora! 5]
2021

20th Century Boys
The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3
2016

20th Century Boys
The Perfect Edition, Vol. 10
2016
![ビリーバット 6 [Birii Batto 6] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329736622i/12987426.jpg)
ビリーバット 6 [Birii Batto 6]
2011
![あさドラ! 7 [Asadora! 7] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1669486419i/60176464.jpg)
あさドラ! 7 [Asadora! 7]
2022
![ビリーバット 20 [Billy Bat 20] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1477997876i/32055768.jpg)
ビリーバット 20 [Billy Bat 20]
2016

Monster, Libro 31
Asesinatos inconexos
2004

Master Keaton, Vol. 1
2011
![ビリーバット 2 [Billy Bat 2] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344514806i/11028565.jpg)
ビリーバット 2 [Billy Bat 2]
2009

Yawara! 7
1988
![ビリーバット 13 [Birii Batto 13] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386295390i/19222895.jpg)
ビリーバット 13 [Birii Batto 13]
2014
![ビリーバット 4 [Billy Bat 4] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344520027i/8774065.jpg)
ビリーバット 4 [Billy Bat 4]
2010

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 2
2018

Asadora!, Vol. 3
2020

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 13: Flucht
2000

20th Century Boys, Tome 20
2005

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 5
After the Carnival
1997

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 2
Surprise Party
1995

20th Century Boys 6
2001

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 15
The Door to Memories
2000

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1
Herr Dr. Tenma
1995

21st Century Boys, Vol. 2
2007

20th Century Boys 13
2003

20th Century Boys 5
2001

20th Century Boys, Volume 9
Rabbit Nabokov
2002
![ビリーバット 18 [Billy Bat 18] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450911649i/28284167.jpg)
ビリーバット 18 [Billy Bat 18]
2015

Yawara! 3
1987
![あさドラ! 8 [Asadora! 8] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1711773643i/73897814.jpg)
あさドラ! 8 [Asadora! 8]
2023

Yawara! 13
1990
![あさドラ! 4 [Asadora! 4] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598496408i/54389660.jpg)
あさドラ! 4 [Asadora! 4]
2020

Yawara! 5
1988
![ビリーバット 17 [Billy Bat 17] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441178955i/26211036.jpg)
ビリーバット 17 [Billy Bat 17]
2015

20th Century Boys
The Perfect Edition, Vol. 7
2016

PLUTO
Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Vol.1
2004

20th Century Boys, Volume 4
Love and Peace
2001

20th Century Boys, Tome 21
2006

Monster, Libro 20
Lo que de verdad importa
2003

Yawara !, tome 2
2013

20th Century Boys 16
2004

¡Yawara!, vol. 4
2014

Another Monster
Informe de una investigación
2002

Master Keaton, Vol. 9
1999

Mujirushi
The Sign of Dreams
2018

Sneeze
Naoki Urasawa Story Collection
2019

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 16: Schön, dass du wieder da bist
2001

20th Century Boys
The Perfect Edition, Vol. 8
2016
![ビリーバット 7 [Birii Batto 7] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344523583i/12534738.jpg)
ビリーバット 7 [Birii Batto 7]
2011

21st Century Boys, Band 1
2007

Asadora!, Vol. 2
2019
![ビリーバット 10 [Birii Batto 10] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383567361i/18751997.jpg)
ビリーバット 10 [Birii Batto 10]
2013

20th Century Boys, 19
2005

20th Century Boys, volumen 1
2016

20th Century Boys, Volume 2
The Prophet
2000

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 6
The Secret Woods
1997
![ビリーバット 3 [Billy Bat 3] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329052005i/8270916.jpg)
ビリーバット 3 [Billy Bat 3]
2010

Yawara! 1
1987

20th Century Boys 8
2002

Yawara! 16
1990

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 10
Picnic
1998

20th Century Boys 15
2003

Billy Bat, vol. 1
2009

20th Century Boys, Tome 22
2006

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert
Monster, Band 11: Toter Winkel
1999

PLUTO
Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 7
2009

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 3
511 Kinderheim
1996