Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga

• Ja Kanji — サルでも描けるまんが教室 • Ja Romaji — Saru demo egakeru manga kyōshitsu • Genre — Comedy, parody

• Type — manga • Author — * Koji Aihara • Kentaro Takekuma • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Big Comic Spirits • First — 1989 • Last — 1991 • Volumes — 3

• Type — manga • Title — Saruman 2.0 • Author — * Koji Aihara • Kentaro Takekuma • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Monthly Ikki • First — October 25, 2007 • Last — May 24, 2008 • Volumes — 1

• Portal — yes Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, also abbreviated as Saruman, is a Japanese instructional manga series created by Koji Aihara and Kentaro Takekuma. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1991, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media, being serialized in its Pulp magazine from 2001 to 2002; it was also released in a single volume. A second series, titled Saruman 2.0, was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from 2007 to 2008; its chapters were collected in a single volume, released in 2017.

Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga is a how-to gag manga presented in the form of a instructional guide on manga creation. It follows two young men who aspire to become manga artists while harboring ambitions of dominating Japan. The work incorporates extensive parody and analysis of manga conventions.

Created by Koji Aihara and Kentaro Takekuma, Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1989 to 1991. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from November 1990 to June 1992. It was republished in two wideban volumes, under the title Saruman, on July 19, 1997. Two "21st Century Collector's Edition" volumes were released on August 28, 2006. In North America, the series was published in Viz Media's Pulp magazine from May 2001 to August 2002. Viz Media only released a collected volume on November 6, 2002. Another series, titled Saruman 2.0, was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from October 25, 2007, to May 24, 2008. A collected volume was released by Shogakukan Creative, almost ten years after the manga's first publication, on June 26, 2017.