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
YAWARA! 完全版 20
2015
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 10
2014
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
Yawara - Tome 12
2014
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
Yawara - Tome 15
2014
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
Yawara !, tome 9
2014
Yawara !, tome 11
2014
![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
Yawara - Tome 13
2014
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 !, tome 7
2014
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
Yawara !, tome 6
2014
![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
![あさドラ! 9 [Asadora! 9] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1732371823i/221853729.jpg)
あさドラ! 9 [Asadora! 9]
2024
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
YAWARA! 完全版 19
2015
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
