Between 2013 and 2014, Urasawa contributed to the essay series "The Old Guys" that was published in Shueisha's "Jump X" magazine. His contributions and those of the other 32 writers who participated were collected into a July 2015 volume of the same name. In August 2013, Urasawa created his first "monster manga" titled "Kaiju Kingdom", a 41-page one-shot published in "Big Comic". Urasawa is the host of the NHK Educational TV documentary series , which focuses on a different manga artist each episode and explores their individual styles. It began as a one-off special in November 2014, a first season was launched in September 2015, a second in March 2016, a third in September 2016, and a fourth in March 2017. The show won the December 2015 Planning Award as part of Quick Japan's annual TV of the Year awards, decided by broadcast writers. Beginning in July 2015, Urasawa started contributing to the "Musica Nostra" column series that was published in Shueisha's "Grand Jump" magazine.