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{{nihongo|'''Koji Aihara'''|相原 コージ|Aihara Kōji}} is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido.<ref name=MD/> |
{{nihongo|'''Koji Aihara'''|相原 コージ|Aihara Kōji}} is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido.<ref name=MD/> |
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Aihara grew up reading the works of [[Osamu Tezuka]].<ref name=Gravett/> He made his debut with ''Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu'' in 1983, which ran in ''[[Weekly Manga Action Magazine]]''.<ref name=MD/> He is one of the authors of ''[[Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga]]'', a satiric look at the manga industry.<ref name=Gravett>[[Paul Gravett]], [[Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics]]</ref> Aihara's other best-known works include ''Bunka Jinrui Gag'', ''Koojien'', ''Mujina'' and ''Manka''.<ref name=MD/> ''Manka'' has been described as being similar to [[Waka (poetry)#Tanka|tanka]] in that it shows the breadth of human emotion within the short space of a [[yonkoma]].<ref name=MD/> He has also drawn a yonkoma parody of a Japanese dictionary. His work has been described as breaking new ground for themes in comedic manga, and as showing "meticulous detail".<ref name="MD">{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books? |
Aihara grew up reading the works of [[Osamu Tezuka]].<ref name=Gravett/> He made his debut with ''Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu'' in 1983, which ran in ''[[Weekly Manga Action Magazine]]''.<ref name=MD/> He is one of the authors of ''[[Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga]]'', a satiric look at the manga industry.<ref name=Gravett>[[Paul Gravett]], [[Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics]]</ref> Aihara's other best-known works include ''Bunka Jinrui Gag'', ''Koojien'', ''Mujina'' and ''Manka''.<ref name=MD/> ''Manka'' has been described as being similar to [[Waka (poetry)#Tanka|tanka]] in that it shows the breadth of human emotion within the short space of a [[yonkoma]].<ref name=MD/> He has also drawn a yonkoma parody of a Japanese dictionary. His work has been described as breaking new ground for themes in comedic manga, and as showing "meticulous detail".<ref name="MD">{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XiZ-SXfp50cC&q=Koji+Aihara+manga&pg=PA1958|title = Manga Design|last = Amano|first = Masanao|date = 2004-01-01|publisher = Taschen|isbn = 9783822825914|language = fr}}</ref> He also designed the characters for the RPG video games ''Maka Maka'' and ''Idea no Hi'' (scenario and character design draft). |
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Revision as of 03:18, 14 December 2020
| Koji Aihara 相原 コージ | |
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| Born | May 3, 1963 Noboribetsu, Hokkaido |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Katte ni Shirokuma Koojien |
Koji Aihara (相原 コージ, Aihara Kōji) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido.[1]
Aihara grew up reading the works of Osamu Tezuka.[2] He made his debut with Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu in 1983, which ran in Weekly Manga Action Magazine.[1] He is one of the authors of Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, a satiric look at the manga industry.[2] Aihara's other best-known works include Bunka Jinrui Gag, Koojien, Mujina and Manka.[1] Manka has been described as being similar to tanka in that it shows the breadth of human emotion within the short space of a yonkoma.[1] He has also drawn a yonkoma parody of a Japanese dictionary. His work has been described as breaking new ground for themes in comedic manga, and as showing "meticulous detail".[1] He also designed the characters for the RPG video games Maka Maka and Idea no Hi (scenario and character design draft).
Works
Manga
- Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu
- Katte ni Shirokuma
- Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
- Bunka Jinrui Gag
- Koojien
- Mujina
- Manka
- Z ~Zed~[3]
Video games
- Maka Maka
- Day of the Idea
References
- ^ a b c d e Amano, Masanao (1 January 2004). Manga Design (in French). Taschen. ISBN 9783822825914.
- ^ a b Paul Gravett, Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
- ^ "Ring 0/Orochi's Tsuruta Directs Live-Action Film of Zombie Manga Z". Anime News Network. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
External links
- Koji Aihara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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