Bakuman

Genre: Animation ,&nbsp; Comedy ,&nbsp; Drama
Country: Japan
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Cast: Atsushi Abe,&nbsp; Satoshi Hino,&nbsp; Saori Hayami,&nbsp; Sayuri Yahagi,&nbsp; Nobuhiko Okamoto,&nbsp; Tomoyuki Shimura,&nbsp; Ayako Kawasumi,&nbsp; Ayumi Fujimura

An Animation and Comedy series first aired in 2010, Bakuman has 3 seasons with 75 episodes and comes from Japan. Episodes run about 25m. Soap2Day lists it with Atsushi Abe and Satoshi Hino in the cast. It holds 8.1/10 from 162 votes. Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho.