Bakuman (Seasons 1–3)

Bakuman (2010) is an anime about making manga that you can watch online on iFILM. Ninth-grader Moritaka Mashiro can draw; his classmate Akito Takagi can write.

Takagi talks the reluctant Mashiro into teaming up under a single pen name, Muto Ashirogi, with one goal: to become Japan's top manga artists and earn a serial in Shonen Jump. Mashiro has a private reason to try. He confesses to Miho Azuki, an aspiring voice actress, who agrees to marry him only once they both reach their dreams. What follows is years of deadlines, editor rejections, ranking wars and all-nighters at the drawing desk.

It's based on the manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, the duo behind Death Note, which is why this friendly underdog tale doubles as a surprisingly frank look at the publishing trade. Bakuman is for anyone who likes stories about chasing a dream on pure stubbornness, no magic involved. Stream every season of Bakuman online on iFILM.