Naoki Urasawa

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📍 Japan

Urasawa builds long-form suspense out of ordinary faces and small gestures, letting dread accumulate across hundreds of pages. Monster and 20th Century Boys demonstrate it most clearly.

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Work and credits

Notable works

  • Monster
  • 20th Century Boys
  • 21st Century Boys
  • Pluto
  • Billy Bat
  • Asadora!

Publishers

ShogakukanVIZ Media

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