An absolutely lovely view of the Japanese comics (manga) industry, without the over-the-top, "shonenjumpesque" attitude of many such stories! Beautifully scripted and masterfully acted by the whole cast! If I were to select a personal top3 list of the best performances, I'd say I really loved Kuroki Haru as the former judoka turned energetic manga editor, Odagiri Joe as the calm and deep senpai, and Matsushige Yutaka as the crazy editor-in-chief / hardcore Hanshin fan (though I may be partial here, being kind of a torakichi myself :))