UME, Mangaka (Tokyo Toy Box) - toco toco

toco toco - UME, Mangaka
TODAY'S GUEST
UME, Mangaka Unit
今回のゲスト
うめ、漫画家ユニット
PLACES WE WENT TO
Akihabara Area
Acquire corp., Akihabara Area
Yanaka Ginza, Nippori Area
UME’s Atelier
訪れた場所
秋葉原周辺
株式会社アクワイア、秋葉原周辺
谷中銀座、日暮里周辺
うめさんのアトリエ
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Our first episode of the year features UME, a two-person mangaka unit based in Tokyo composed of writer Takahiro Ozawa and artist Asako Seo.
UME is behind the Tokyo Toy Box series, which takes place in the game industry. The manga was a big success in Japan and has also recently been adapted for television.
First, we will head towards Akihabara, a place of inspiration for UME as it is where the Tokyo Toy Box story is set. Besides recreating the city’s backgrounds, a few local companies were also taken as reference in the story, one of them being Acquire, a studio that is behind renown series such as Tenchu, Way of the Samurai or Akiba’s trip. UME did several collaborations with the studio, and some of its manga characters were also featured in Acquire’s game Akiba’s Trip 2.
We will then head towards the Yanaka Ginza shopping street, where UME often go to take walks and enjoy drinks after a hard week’s work. Its atmosphere is representative of Shitamachi, the Eastern Tokyo, with its small shops and a scenery that remains almost unchanged for the past decades.
Our last stop will be at UME’s atelier, where we will learn more about the mangaka’s backgrounds, their work philosophy and their attachment to technology. The latter was a trigger for Ozawa to write the story of UME’s latest series STEVES, a story about Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. UME were also the first mangakas in their magazine to completely switch to digital and more recently they were the first Japanese mangaka to self-publish their work on Kindle.
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www.chabudai.com
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[@hopeful5795]

This is inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

[@ArchipelDocumentaries]

Thank you for watching!

[@hilotronax]

If only someone would translate the Tokyo Toy Box manga and release it in english. Oh, well.

[@katanaswordfish]

Great as usual! Keep it up!

[@MrTeteX9]

Haha i'm reading Tokyo Toy Box read now ! So fun to see the creator in the same time :)

[@TMTLive]

Oh yeah, I've been planning on reading Tokyo Toy Box. Guess I'll get some volumes next time I'm in Japan.

[@orateusdijin6557]

keep up the inspirational work!

[@djefardeur7958]

Amazing!

[@lesbozos6390]

exelllent ! vous nous avez manqué !!

[@rfpixel]

aaaaamazing!!!!! I love it!!! thank you for this!

[@ArchipelDocumentaries]

Thank you for watching!

[@purplealchemistofficial]

These are so well done! You all should be proud!

[@K4zuo3]

Yeah!! Next Fuudo!!!

[@NewCanadianTurtle]

My new favourite channel. Thank you for uploading these. Please do one for Yoshihiro Togashi

[@ArchipelDocumentaries]

Thank you - as you may imagine Yoshihiro Togashi is a tricky one, hopefully someday...

[@Eyeshield1Fan]

Toujours aussi cool :)

[@ArchipelDocumentaries]

Merci!

[@user-gg7gx6vy8w]

Thank you for this~ I actually plan to become a mangaka later on in life. Alot of people have helped me along the way,especially my 先生. This is even more inspiring (๑˙❥˙๑)

[@aus-li]

Hey, did you ever become a mangaka?

[@EmiTheLoomistar]

>My 先生 kek

[@capitalismoburgues5549]

Yo how is are you going?

[@rustcohle3803]

i wish this became an anime man, i want to watch something about the game industry... not a god dam rom com

[@CrazyGuyVision]

I have their manga Tokyo Toybox and also Giga Tokyo Toybox in licenced Thai tanslated edition! I love the story so much. Too bad Thai publisher stopped publishing halfway at vol.3. Kinda shitty when the sales of certain manga was not good. They'd do that

[@NeostormXLMAX]

MAN WHY IS TOKYO TOYBOX STILL NOT AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A TRANSLATOR YET EVEN IN SCANS?

[@user-jt5yf9pg8k]

好きなことしてる人ってかっこいい

[@Haphazy]

So, is "shiyô wo ichibu henkô suru" - something like - to be convicted and resolute towards a change, rather than being precautious or indecisive about it..?

[@vandalsavage1424]

why you guys don't share the original soundtracks's links/titles? なんでええええ？？？？

[@ApolloSol]

Ume isnt behind the No Game No Life anime, are they?

[@fabriciosantos2032]

Legenda em português pls aaaaaaa

[@nowii5442]

Music?

[@cristiestovall34]

why is your channel name squid squid tv??

[@ArchipelDocumentaries]

"toco toco" is a word to describe the sound of footsteps in Japanese.

[@shakeinsoda]

私の国ではgigatokyotoyboxの最終巻はリリースされません:(