Koji Aihara
Koji Aihara (相原 コージ, Aihara Kōji, born 1963 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a manga artist.[1] He grew up reading the works of Osamu Tezuka.[2]
Aihara 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, Koujien, 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
- Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
- Bunka Jinrui Gag
- Koujien
- Mujina
- Manka
- Z ~Zed~[3]
Video games
- Maka Maka
- Day of the Idea
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XiZ-SXfp50cC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1958&dq=Koji+Aihara+manga&ots=mEzMxJBExV&sig=IlWwW6XZTYH-4Fffm7ljAhbR0Ws#PPA1944,M1
- ^ 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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