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There are two direct official adaptations of Bakuman's manga in real life.
Otter 11
As @ʞɹɐzǝɹ said, Otter 11 has been published in Shonen Jump as a oneshot by Takeshi Obata(Art) and Tsugumi Oba(Story), which are the same persons that made Bakuman.
PCP (Perfect Crime Party)
PCP has been adapted as a novel by Takeshi Obata(Art) which is the illustrator ...
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The magazine QuickJapan vol. 81 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 ...
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Bakuman seems to be based on real characters. As listed in the Cultural References' article on Bakuman Wikia, with their similarities mentioned on the MangaFox forums:
Ashirogi Muto appear to be based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
Akito Takagi and Moritaka Mashiro resemble Ohba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi, respectively. The writer and the artist part ...
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I'll highlight the main points made in this article by Justin Sevakis:
Well, the thing is, Bakuman. presents a very romanticized, very clean-cut, idyllic perspective on the "manga industry." And it works in that sense - it's goal, as a manga itself, is to make you care about the dreams of these young Shonen archetypes and hope that they will achieve all ...
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Takagi Akito's parents are shown in a flashback in chapter 8 of the manga which is titled Ame to Muchi, in which Takagi explains that his dad was laid off from a bank and his mother pressured him to become a banker, but he stood up to her and she never commented on his choices after that.
Takagi's mother calls him "Acchan":
Takagi's father:
In chapter 76 ...
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To Love Ru (A discussion between the protagonists and fellow mangakas about this ecchi manga and how it was targeted at boys)
Death Note (Mentioned while talking about successful manga)
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Bleach by Tite Kubo
Slam Dunk: A manga about basketball (brought up when the protagonists are talking about their ...
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Because the anime was broadcasted on NHK.
NHK, being a public TV channel in Japan, doesn't allow commercial advertising.
Much like the BBC, NHK is funded by a "receiving fee" by every Japanese household, with no commercial advertising and the maintenance of a position of strict political impartiality.
(Emphasis mine)
Their official domestic ...
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In episode 22 of season 2, Shuukan Shounen Janpu editors Hattori Akira and Miura Goro have a meeting with Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito (the mangaka team known as Ashirogi Muto) to discuss what their next manga series will be like.
In this scene, Hattori gives the following explanation of 「シリアスの笑い」(shiriasu no warai [「笑い」 can be translated as "humor", "...
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Although I agree with you based on the size of the item in her palm that it looks like the size of a smartphone, it makes most sense to assume this is supposed to be a packet of white tissues (which should be drawn slightly smaller than it is in the close-up shots) because 1) tissues are the most common of such items to be handed out in public places ...
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Ashita no Joe
One Piece
Bleach
Naruto
Dragon Ball
Gintama
Beet the Vandel Buster
Star of the Giants
Death Note
The Qualifications of a Man (Ikki Kajiwara)
Father's Soul / Soul of the Father (Kaizuka Hiroshi)
KochiKame
Hikaru no Go
Kamen Rider
Fist of the North Star
Hunter X Hunter
Flower Angel TenTen
Beelzebub
Yoroshiku Mechadock
To Love Ru
Nura: The Rise ...
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In the Manga Bakuman has references to several other works from time to time
One Piece
Bleach
Naruto
DragonBall
Touch
To Love ru
Enigma
Sakigake Otokojuku
Kimi ni Todoke
Death Note
Gintama
Fist of the North Star
Star of the Giants
Ai and Makoto
Doraemon
Slam Dunk
Hunter X Hunter
Ashita no Joe
There are some missing in the list I will add those once I ...
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Just to add up to @Madara's answer.
Computers are also used to generate backgrounds. They'll generate wire mesh objects and room, if neccesary they'll apply complicated lighting and shadows (like sunlight passing through a complicated ceiling), apply textures to the models, and then print them and work by hand over them!
You can see the process of an ...
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It is not stated in neither Yuujirou's or Akira's Bakuman Wiki pages nor MAL pages that they are siblings, the conclusion being that they are not. It may be a pure coincidence. I am not very informed regarding this anime though.
Akira Hattori wiki page
Yuujirou Hattori wiki page
also
Akira Hattori MAL page
Yuujirou Hattori MAL page
As you can see ...
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Yes they did skip some of story in the manga version. There was one part in particular where they make a manga, and in the anime they submit it whereas the anime they just said no I'm going to turn in a better one. I'll add the episode\chapter numbers when I find it.
Starts sifting through chapters
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