Bakuman バクマン。

Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho. 

(Source: ANN)

Now no matter how weird Mashiro's hopes are. They are still, in the end, hopes and dreams. Which is what Bakuman is about really - hopes and dreams. Though it also emphasizes on extrinsic motivation on Mashiro at first as he really had ZERO interest in working together with Takagi. But in fact deep down he wanted to draw manga and follow in the same path as his deceased uncle who worked as a Gag mangaka. 
This story shows just how difficult it is to achieve your goals, especially in the Manga market (seriously do you know how many mangas there are out there?) and their goal is to  get their anime adapted into an anime before they're 18 years old. Mashiro and Takagi are no Tite Kubo I can tell you that. Since most of their plots are in the sci-fi genre. Their editor however is a good at what he does, be it in judging their stories and what it means to draw manga. Nizuma Eiji, a rival mangaka, has something they don't and that would be love for manga. 


Overall I enjoy this anime very much. It teaches people like me who aspire to be mangaka what it takes and the terms used in the industry. Though I'm planning to be a BL mangaka...


Oh well I'd have to start somewhere right? I'd follow Bakuman's example and start practicing. :D