Naoki Urasawa interview
June 4th, 2009 | by magazines |
Naoki Urasawa interview
Here is a transcription of what is said in the video. Please, excuse my poor english! m(_ _)m
1st Part (Train) : The narrator explains that he take the train as a normal japanese. He says that with the help of his new mangakas friend, he will meet the new manga magazines superstar Naoki Urasawa. He explains that Urasawa success is so high, that he is one of Japan’s 5 first most well paid mangakas. He says that Urasawa’s creation can touch a big crawd, from childrens to adults with it’s excellent mix of exciting thriller suspense and 70’s nostalgia.
2nd Part (Urasawa speaks):
“Yes, in my job, i love the drawing job, but, physically, it’s a very tyring activity. So, when i create a story and some idea is really good, i know exactly how i will use it. Finally, more than the drawing, this is what i love the most, creating a story.”
-silence-
“You know, i think that in Europe, they take more time to draw a comic. In Japan, the mangaka’s working ryhthm for the magazines is really intense, i think that it’s a working rhythm that can’t be done in France (note: the journalist is a french). So, when you look quickly at a manka, you can think that a little importance is given to the drawing.”
3rd part (Urasawa’s assitants are drawing):
The narrator explains that, in Japan, manga creator must draw 25 pages per week for the mangas magazines. He says that in Europe, a comic creator has to draw 72 pages per year, in japan, a mangaka must draw more than 1300.
After that, he explains that a mangaka write the story, draw the sketches, give the notes to his assistants and finalise the work. He explains after that, that this intense work influances the artistic style of the mangas : The drawing are simples and are centred on the action and the emotion of the characters.
4th part (Urasawa is speaking):
“I think that there is a real difference between a manga and an european comic book. In fact, i think that what really changes, is the number of informations on every page. In a manga, there are more drawing boxes, it’s more sequenced. Across the boxes, every scene, every action is drawed with more details, the time is more explosed.”
5th part (20th Century Boys):
A voice is reading the texts on screen in some acting fashion.
6th part (Urasawa speaks):
“In fact, to success in mangas, it’s important to understand the feeling of the actual time.
Understand what is vital for us, understand what we are in need in this time.
Are we needing more new sensations or, in contrary, to go back to our past?
We must understand the feeling of or time!” (note:I really love this final part, it’s really a profound reflection!)
The video ends with some cool screens of urasawa playing guitar.
Hope you enjoy it.
ALI
25 Responses to “Naoki Urasawa interview”
By RandomName158 on Jun 4, 2009 | Reply
Best Manga writer out there? I should think so. All of his works that I’ve read have gripped me from page one and don’t let go till its done.
By KTKore on Jun 7, 2009 | Reply
You just have an attention span of a gnat.
By amazingdany on Jun 10, 2009 | Reply
Manga fans, check out onemangaDOTcom for free manga. Cool site. But reading on your screen, kinda annoying.
By wrongimpressionist on Jun 12, 2009 | Reply
YAWARA is the longest one.
By Amagasaki777 on Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
NASA >Jigoro>Pinapple Army>Monster>20centuryboys>YAWARA!>Master Keaton>Pluto>HAPPY
short manga is way better
By carrieko on Jun 17, 2009 | Reply
I totally agree, although the bit with the giant robot in Tokyo reminded me a lot of the brain monster in “Watchmen.” The plot also has bits of King’s “The Stand” in it, too, don’t you think?
By EJPal on Jun 18, 2009 | Reply
that song makes me feel invincible
By homgprdgn on Jun 20, 2009 | Reply
Far and away the greatest manga writer out right now. The ending of Monster was epic.
By chusankun on Jun 20, 2009 | Reply
hes a genius. period. ~♥
By ShinigamiZanpaktou on Jun 21, 2009 | Reply
For me it’s more like a Stephen King novel, “It”. A group of kids (with a leader) who have a secret clubhouse and only one female member (who is tomboyish) being bullied by bigger kids and meet up again when they are adults to defeat an evil force.
By wrongimpressionist on Jun 24, 2009 | Reply
Pinapple Army>Master Keaton>HAPPY!>YAWARA!>Monster>20th Century Boy>NASA
By littlekogis on Jun 26, 2009 | Reply
Does anyone else feel like 20th Century takes inspiration from Watchmen? Like, they’re both a lot about childhood nostalgic dreaming taking a negative reality during adulthood, and certain members of the group returning in unusual ways…. (talking about the villains).
By HawaiianBlue2000 on Jun 27, 2009 | Reply
Ive always adored his works. Monster is my favorite!
By thelizperson on Jun 30, 2009 | Reply
Tres bonne! J’adore Naoki Urusawa!
(pardone-moi pour le francais mauvais… je suis American…)
By elxtranjero on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
Is he very tall? or the guitar is small? Je ne sais comme ecrire le dernièr a francais lol….
By kagarirulezz on Jul 4, 2009 | Reply
He’s really good!
Bon vidéo, beaucoup d’information, ça me fait vraiment plaisir de voir mon un de mes “héros” en vrai…
Les mangakas sont vraiment travailleurs (
By yahari on Jul 7, 2009 | Reply
Pas de soucis. Je l’ai rajouté comme video reponse.
By bokutachi on Jul 8, 2009 | Reply
Très bonne video. J’ai apprécier que tu la mettes sur youtub. D’ailleur, j’ai fait une version sous-titrée en anglais - histoire de la rendre accessible a plus de monde. J’espere que tu n’y vois pas de mal ^^
By ouenfan on Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
C’est clair, il est le meilleur mangaka du monde avec Takehiko Inoue ! Vivement la sortie de Pluto en France !
By Gantz64 on Jul 14, 2009 | Reply
le meilleur mangaka à n’en pas douter
By pretearking on Jul 16, 2009 | Reply
Who’s that? Jiro Taniguchi?
By excel958 on Jul 18, 2009 | Reply
LONG LOVE THE EXPO!
I cosplayed as Tomodachi at Otakon this year!
By teddybjornhot on Jul 18, 2009 | Reply
Yes that’s it!
Thanks alot! I really appreciate it
By KorvisVitosis on Jul 21, 2009 | Reply
i love… love love love… Naoki Urasawa… i wish i could find him and hug him… although that might come of as quite odd…. but still…
By gbloodmanx on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply
naoki urasawa is a good mangaka is the best….good documentary