History Creator / NaokiUrasawa

* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' (2000-2006)

* ''Mujirushi: Le Signe des Rêves'' (2017–2018; in collaboration with the Louvres museum)

Ever since ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', he has been collaborating with Takashi Nagasaki, who he first met when the latter was made his editor to his debut. Ironically, despite these collaborations, they apparently don't socialize much outside of work.

* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (2003-2009; with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezuka[[note]]Creator/OsamuTezuka's son[[/note]])

* ''Mujirushi: Le Signe des Rêves'' (2017–2018)

* ''Mujirushi: Le Signe des Rêves'' (2017–present)

Ever since ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', he has been collaborating with Takashi Nagasaki, who he first met when the latter was made his editor to his debut. Ironically, despite these frequent collaborations, they apparently don't socialize much outside of work.

Ever since ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', he has been collaborating with Takashi Nagasaki, who he first met when the latter was made his editor to his debut. Ironically, despite these frequent collaboration, they apparently don't socialize much outside of work.

Ever since ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', he has been collaborating with Takashi Nagasaki, who he first met when the latter was made his editor to his debut. Ironically, they apparently don't socialize much outside of work.

* ''Manga/MasterKeaton'' (1988-1994)

* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (2003-2009)

* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (2003-2009; with Takashi Nagasaki)

'''Naoki Urasawa''' (born January 2, 1960) is a critically acclaimed mangaka, noted for psychological storytelling and well-rounded characters which defy and subvert many anime and manga tropes. Writes extremely good suspense, but is not solely limited to the thriller genre. Excellent, detailed artwork, notable for [[CastOfSnowflakes Casts of Snowflakes]] (within a single manga, at any rate, as he is also one of the most prolific users of the ReusedCharacterDesign concept since his idol, Creator/OsamuTezuka). Also has an affinity for {{Jigsaw Puzzle Plot}}s, often introducing new characters and plot points [[ChekhovsGun long before]] revealing their significance. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And big noses.]]

* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (2003-2009;w ith Takashi Nagasaki)

* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (2003-2009)
* ''Manga/BillyBat'' (2008-2016)

'''Naoki Urasawa''' is a critically acclaimed mangaka, noted for psychological storytelling and well-rounded characters which defy and subvert many anime and manga tropes. Writes extremely good suspense, but is not solely limited to the thriller genre. Excellent, detailed artwork, notable for [[CastOfSnowflakes Casts of Snowflakes]] (within a single manga, at any rate, as he is also one of the most prolific users of the ReusedCharacterDesign concept since his idol, Creator/OsamuTezuka). Also has an affinity for {{Jigsaw Puzzle Plot}}s, often introducing new characters and plot points [[ChekhovsGun long before]] revealing their significance. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And big noses.]]

* ''Manga/BillyBat'' (2008- )

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!!Tropes present in his work include:
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* TheReveal

* Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl (1986-1993)
* Manga/MasterKeaton (1988-1994)
* Manga/{{Happy}} (1993-1999)
* Manga/{{Monster}} (1994-2001)
* Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys (2000-2006)
* Manga/{{Pluto}} (2003-2009)
* Manga/BillyBat (2008- )

He is also notable for being a musician (with two albums currently released), and being the host of the documentary series ''Manben'' where he and a crew film a mangaka's workspace for a few days, exploring the day to day grind of the mangaka lifestyle, the peculiarities of the given artist's workspace and workflow, an overview of the mangaka's earlier life and their inspirations for taking up art, etc.

Also notable for writing complex, fleshed out, and realistic characters even when they are based on himself, and for a tendency to have his major characters' names begin with the sound K.

* Manga/{{Monster}}'' (1994-2001)