Bakuman 2015

High school classmates Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, one an artist, the other a writer, decide to team up to create a successful manga series. Moritaka desires to impress his crush, Miho Azuki, with whom he makes a promise to have voice a character in the anime adaptation of one of his works and marry once he has a successful manga. Mashiro and Takagi successfully pitch a manga to Weekly Shōnen Jump, the biggest manga magazine in Japan, which wins second place at the Tezuka Awards. The two make friends with Shinta Fukuda, Kazuya Hiramaru, and Takuro Nakai, three manga creators who also entered the competition. But, it is fellow high school student Eiji Nizuma who bests them in the competition and becomes their rival.

Shortly following the other four, Mashiro and Takagi eventually get serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Under the wing of their editor Akira Hattori, the two vow to beat Eiji and be the first to get to the top spot in the magazine’s readers’ ranking. When Mashiro has a health issue, Weekly Shōnen Jump editor-in-chief Sasaki decides to put their manga on hiatus until they graduate. However, with the help of their friends, Mashiro and Takagi create a chapter that not only has Sasaki change his mind, but also reaches number one in the rankings. However, their manga is cancelled shortly after. The film ends on Mashiro and Takagi’s last day of high school, with the two enthusiastically discussing plans for their next manga.