PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus of an uneven sheet in which projections are less likely to be crushed.SOLUTION: In a manufacturing method of a surface sheet of an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin and a disposable diaper, a sheet 2 is heated while the sheet passes rotors 18a, 18b having uneven-shaped outer peripheral surfaces, and an uneven sheet 1 with an uneven shape is formed. The uneven sheet having passed the rotors is conveyed at a speed slower than the peripheral speed of the rotors.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2