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Naoki Urasawa
Author · 113 books

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 book cover

Monster, Libro 28

La peor corbata

2004

20th Century Boys 1 book cover

20th Century Boys 1

2000

Monster, Libro 10 book cover

Monster, Libro 10

Las expectativas de Lunge

2002

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 4 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 4

Ayse's Friend

1996

ビリーバット 8 [Birii Batto 8] book cover

ビリーバット 8 [Birii Batto 8]

2012

The Tipping Point book cover

The Tipping Point

2015

ビリーバット 15 [Birii Batto 15] book cover

ビリーバット 15 [Birii Batto 15]

2014

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 12: Die Rosenvilla

1999

Monster, Libro 25 book cover

Monster, Libro 25

Carta de amor del monstruo

2003

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 9 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 9

A Nameless Monster

1998

Yawara! 28 book cover

Yawara! 28

1993

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1

1995

20th Century Boys 14 book cover

20th Century Boys 14

2003

Monster, Libro 22 book cover

Monster, Libro 22

Las puertas de la pesadilla

2003

ビリーバット 19 [Billy Bat 19] book cover

ビリーバット 19 [Billy Bat 19]

2016

PLUTO book cover

PLUTO

Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3

2006

Yawara !, tome 8 book cover

Yawara !, tome 8

2014

20th Century Boys, Volume 3 book cover

20th Century Boys, Volume 3

Hero with a Guitar

2000

Master Keaton, Vol. 12 book cover

Master Keaton, Vol. 12

2012

20th Century Boys 17 book cover

20th Century Boys 17

2004

ビリーバット 16 [Birii Batto 16] book cover

ビリーバット 16 [Birii Batto 16]

2015

Asadora!, Vol. 6 book cover

Asadora!, Vol. 6

2021

20th Century Boys 7 book cover

20th Century Boys 7

2001

Yawara! 9 book cover

Yawara! 9

2010

COFFRET PLUTO T1 A T8 book cover

COFFRET PLUTO T1 A T8

2003

20th Century Boys 12 book cover

20th Century Boys 12

2003

21st Century Boys book cover

21st Century Boys

The Perfect Edition

2016

20th Century Boys 11 book cover

20th Century Boys 11

2002

20th Century Boys book cover

20th Century Boys

The Perfect Edition, Vol. 11

2016

Yawara !, tome 3 book cover

Yawara !, tome 3

2014

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 8 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 8

My Nameless Hero

1998

20th Century Boys 18 book cover

20th Century Boys 18

2005

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 14: Erinnerungen

2000

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 1 book cover

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 1

2018

PLUTO book cover

PLUTO

Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2

2005

ビリーバット 5 [Billy Bat 5] book cover

ビリーバット 5 [Billy Bat 5]

2010

Yawara !, tome 1 book cover

Yawara !, tome 1

1986

Historias cortas de Naoki Urasawa book cover

Historias cortas de Naoki Urasawa

2000

Master Keaton book cover

Master Keaton

No. 2

2015

Yawara !, tome 5 book cover

Yawara !, tome 5

2014

ビリーバット 11 [Birii Batto 11] book cover

ビリーバット 11 [Birii Batto 11]

2013

Monster, Libro 2 book cover

Monster, Libro 2

Asesinato

2001

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 7 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 7

Richard

1997

Master Keaton, Vol. 7 book cover

Master Keaton, Vol. 7

1999

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 18: Das wahre Monster

2002

Asadora!, Vol. 1 book cover

Asadora!, Vol. 1

2019

20th Century Boys, Band 10 book cover

20th Century Boys, Band 10

2002

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 17: Bin wieder da

2001

あさドラ! 5 [Asadora! 5] book cover

あさドラ! 5 [Asadora! 5]

2021

20th Century Boys book cover

20th Century Boys

The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3

2016

20th Century Boys book cover

20th Century Boys

The Perfect Edition, Vol. 10

2016

ビリーバット 6 [Birii Batto 6] book cover

ビリーバット 6 [Birii Batto 6]

2011

あさドラ! 7 [Asadora! 7] book cover

あさドラ! 7 [Asadora! 7]

2022

ビリーバット 20 [Billy Bat 20] book cover

ビリーバット 20 [Billy Bat 20]

2016

Monster, Libro 31 book cover

Monster, Libro 31

Asesinatos inconexos

2004

Master Keaton, Vol. 1 book cover

Master Keaton, Vol. 1

2011

ビリーバット 2 [Billy Bat 2] book cover

ビリーバット 2 [Billy Bat 2]

2009

Yawara! 7 book cover

Yawara! 7

1988

ビリーバット 13 [Birii Batto 13] book cover

ビリーバット 13 [Birii Batto 13]

2014

ビリーバット 4 [Billy Bat 4] book cover

ビリーバット 4 [Billy Bat 4]

2010

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 2 book cover

Mujirushi ou Le signe des rêves, Tome 2

2018

Asadora!, Vol. 3 book cover

Asadora!, Vol. 3

2020

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 13: Flucht

2000

20th Century Boys, Tome 20 book cover

20th Century Boys, Tome 20

2005

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 5 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 5

After the Carnival

1997

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 2 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 2

Surprise Party

1995

20th Century Boys 6 book cover

20th Century Boys 6

2001

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 15 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 15

The Door to Memories

2000

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1

Herr Dr. Tenma

1995

21st Century Boys, Vol. 2 book cover

21st Century Boys, Vol. 2

2007

20th Century Boys 13 book cover

20th Century Boys 13

2003

20th Century Boys 5 book cover

20th Century Boys 5

2001

20th Century Boys, Volume 9 book cover

20th Century Boys, Volume 9

Rabbit Nabokov

2002

ビリーバット 18 [Billy Bat 18] book cover

ビリーバット 18 [Billy Bat 18]

2015

Yawara! 3 book cover

Yawara! 3

1987

あさドラ! 8 [Asadora! 8] book cover

あさドラ! 8 [Asadora! 8]

2023

Yawara! 13 book cover

Yawara! 13

1990

あさドラ! 4 [Asadora! 4] book cover

あさドラ! 4 [Asadora! 4]

2020

Yawara! 5 book cover

Yawara! 5

1988

ビリーバット 17 [Billy Bat 17] book cover

ビリーバット 17 [Billy Bat 17]

2015

20th Century Boys book cover

20th Century Boys

The Perfect Edition, Vol. 7

2016

PLUTO book cover

PLUTO

Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Vol.1

2004

20th Century Boys, Volume 4 book cover

20th Century Boys, Volume 4

Love and Peace

2001

20th Century Boys, Tome 21 book cover

20th Century Boys, Tome 21

2006

Monster, Libro 20 book cover

Monster, Libro 20

Lo que de verdad importa

2003

Yawara !, tome 2 book cover

Yawara !, tome 2

2013

20th Century Boys 16 book cover

20th Century Boys 16

2004

¡Yawara!, vol. 4 book cover

¡Yawara!, vol. 4

2014

Another Monster book cover

Another Monster

Informe de una investigación

2002

Master Keaton, Vol. 9 book cover

Master Keaton, Vol. 9

1999

Mujirushi book cover

Mujirushi

The Sign of Dreams

2018

Sneeze book cover

Sneeze

Naoki Urasawa Story Collection

2019

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 16: Schön, dass du wieder da bist

2001

20th Century Boys book cover

20th Century Boys

The Perfect Edition, Vol. 8

2016

ビリーバット 7 [Birii Batto 7] book cover

ビリーバット 7 [Birii Batto 7]

2011

21st Century Boys, Band 1 book cover

21st Century Boys, Band 1

2007

Asadora!, Vol. 2 book cover

Asadora!, Vol. 2

2019

ビリーバット 10 [Birii Batto 10] book cover

ビリーバット 10 [Birii Batto 10]

2013

20th Century Boys, 19 book cover

20th Century Boys, 19

2005

20th Century Boys, volumen 1 book cover

20th Century Boys, volumen 1

2016

20th Century Boys, Volume 2 book cover

20th Century Boys, Volume 2

The Prophet

2000

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 6 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 6

The Secret Woods

1997

ビリーバット 3 [Billy Bat 3] book cover

ビリーバット 3 [Billy Bat 3]

2010

Yawara! 1 book cover

Yawara! 1

1987

20th Century Boys 8 book cover

20th Century Boys 8

2002

Yawara! 16 book cover

Yawara! 16

1990

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 10 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 10

Picnic

1998

20th Century Boys 15 book cover

20th Century Boys 15

2003

Billy Bat, vol. 1 book cover

Billy Bat, vol. 1

2009

20th Century Boys, Tome 22 book cover

20th Century Boys, Tome 22

2006

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert book cover

Naoki Urasawa Präsentiert

Monster, Band 11: Toter Winkel

1999

PLUTO book cover

PLUTO

Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 7

2009

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 3 book cover

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 3

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1996

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