Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. 

It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records.
 Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.

Urasawa's characters confront fantastical elements ranging from psychic powers, to alien visitors to planet Earth, to attacks by giant monsters. On the flip side, the author philosophizes about his real-world experiences with the wild and wacky international music scene.
 
Plus, a classic, funny animal tale, in Urasawa's inimitable style!
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
1. DAMIYAN! 
2. Tsuki ni mukatte nagero! 
3. Oyaji Shu 
4. Henry and Charles 
5. It's a Beautiful Day 
6. Musica Nostra 
7. Kaiju Okoku 
8. Solo Mission

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