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
- Katte ni Shirokuma
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Amano, Masanao (2004-01-01). Manga Design (in French). Taschen. ISBN 9783822825914.
- 1 2 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