Bakuman (Volume 18)

Description: Moritaka and Akito complete their new story, Reversi, and hope it will finally lead to them getting an anime series. But standing in their way is Eiji Nizuma with his new story, Zombie Gun. This intense head-to-head battle may have ramifications for the entire manga industry!

Author Biography: Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note, Bakuman and Platinum End..

Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei "New Hope" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakuman, All You Need Is Kill, and Platinum End.