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fireaxe
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Okay maybe I'm wrong here but I always thought Inio Asano was a guy... Does anyone know for sure? |
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whoisfriend
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Yup. Inio Asano is male. Picture: http://www.comicvine.com/inio-asano/26-59694/ |
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chiarascuro
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Wow, that was fast. Then again most of his manga are pretty short anyway...
Though this'll probably give him more time to focus on Oyasumi Punpun then. ^^ |
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Myaow
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I wish that more of his works would become available in English... his art is one of a kind!
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RAmmsoldat
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seconded, he's on my list of manga artists that get a free pass meaning his name alone will get me to buy a book. |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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I once felt the same, but later I found them more and more like a loser's whining, so I stopped following. |
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ElectricDork
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I was surprised at how overtly and explicitly sexual this manga is. I mean, both Solanin and What a Wonderful World have a small amount of nudity and/or sexual content, but nothing like A Girl by the Sea, in which adolescent sexuality is a primary theme. And with the characters involved being so young, I doubt Viz will ever bring this one Stateside.
But yeah, I love Asano's art and his decidedly melancholy (perhaps even pessimistic) musings on life, so I'd take whatever I could get. I wonder how well the aforementioned titles did for Viz. |
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Bonham
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I haven't read A Girl by the Seaside, so I can't comment on that, but I would presume that it was Goodnight Punpun that sealed it for you? For me, everything else by Asano is excellent (aside from What a Wonderful World!, which is just a promising beginning for an artist), but Punpun is practically unreadable after the first couple volumes. It's just one scene after another of excessive self-loathing that bathes in pessimism. If a character isn't literally static "comic relief," then they're impossibly depressed. If it wasn't for the excellent Before Dawn and the End of the World, I would have thought that Asano had completely lost it.
I would guess Solanin did well enough for Viz to license What a Wonderful World! As for the latter title, who knows, although it might not have sold much, as Viz has not licensed more Asano titles. |
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