<p>The magazine <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4778311566"><em>QuickJapan</em> vol. 81</a> published interviews with the authors Ohba and Obata, and the editor Soichi Aida. Aida stated that:</p>

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  <p>Like how the number of players who play a sport would increase after a manga on the sport gets popular, I do think about people who would think "I might try drawing a manga" after reading <em>Bakuman</em>. If <em>Bakuman</em> does well, we would see more people aspiring to be a manga artist. If we have more manga artist candidates, the future of <em>Jump</em> is bright. As an editor, I do dream about those stuff.</p>
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<p>He might be drawing an analogy with how the population of Go players increased significantly after Obata's earlier work <em>Hikaru no Go</em>. More competitors + survival of the fittest = only the best of the best can remain... that's the editor's point of view. </p>

<p>Meanwhile, Obata has stated that he has always loved Fujiko Fujio A's <em>Manga Michi</em> (a semi-autobiographical work about the Fujiko Fujio duo), and the idea for <em>Bakuman</em> started from wanting to do a <em>Manga Michi</em> of his own. So, you can say that it was less about "bringing in fresh air to the industry" for the authors, at least; but there was no reason to keep the editors and the publisher from anticipating it.</p>

<p>As for the effect on the industry, the number of young people bringing their manga to <em>Jump</em> office did increase, according to the QJ magazine.</p>

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2013-08-20T23:06:30.357Z
2013-08-20T23:06:30.357Z
Asahiko
<p>The manga and anime <em>Bakuman</em> talks about two middle school boys wanting to be published on a Shonen magazine. The anime clearly set a goal and create antagonists for narration purposes but the story explain rather accurately expectations, procedures and workloads of a real magazine.</p>

<p>Was Bakuman deliberately made and published on Shonen Jump to attract new artists in the industry? If so, are there any documented effect of this type of promotion nowadays, i.e. about more young people trying to join the industry?</p>

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I don't think Japan has a shortage of young manga artists. Is there any information on how many new artists debut per year?
noko
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2013-08-09T18:25:43.240Z
The guy who drew Bakuman also did Death Note and Hikaru no GO. I think he likes working with mangas different from the norm.
krikara
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Was Bakuman deliberately made to attract new manga artists in the industry?
# Was Bakuman deliberately made to attract new manga artists in the industry?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-05-18
The manga and anime *Bakuman* talks about two middle school boys wanting to be published on a Shonen magazine. The anime clearly set a goal and create antagonists for narration purposes but the story explain rather accurately expectations, procedures and workloads of a real magazine.

Was Bakuman deliberately made and published on Shonen Jump to attract new artists in the industry? If so, are there any documented effect of this type of promotion nowadays, i.e. about more young people trying to join the industry?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't think Japan has a shortage of young manga artists. Is there any information on how many new artists debut per year?  
> **username_2**: The guy who drew Bakuman also did Death Note and Hikaru no GO. I think he likes working with mangas different from the norm.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-08-20. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
The magazine [*QuickJapan* vol. 81](http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4778311566) published interviews with the authors Ohba and Obata, and the editor Soichi Aida. Aida stated that:

> Like how the number of players who play a sport would increase after a manga on the sport gets popular, I do think about people who would think "I might try drawing a manga" after reading *Bakuman*. If *Bakuman* does well, we would see more people aspiring to be a manga artist. If we have more manga artist candidates, the future of *Jump* is bright. As an editor, I do dream about those stuff.

He might be drawing an analogy with how the population of Go players increased significantly after Obata's earlier work *Hikaru no Go*. More competitors + survival of the fittest = only the best of the best can remain... that's the editor's point of view.

Meanwhile, Obata has stated that he has always loved Fujiko Fujio A's *Manga Michi* (a semi-autobiographical work about the Fujiko Fujio duo), and the idea for *Bakuman* started from wanting to do a *Manga Michi* of his own. So, you can say that it was less about "bringing in fresh air to the industry" for the authors, at least; but there was no reason to keep the editors and the publisher from anticipating it.

As for the effect on the industry, the number of young people bringing their manga to *Jump* office did increase, according to the QJ magazine.
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