Koji Aihara
相原 コージ
Born (1963-05-03) 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

Video games

  • Maka Maka
  • Day of the Idea

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Amano, Masanao (1 January 2004). Manga Design (in French). Taschen. ISBN 9783822825914.
  2. 1 2 Paul Gravett, Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
  3. ↑ "Ring 0/Orochi's Tsuruta Directs Live-Action Film of Zombie Manga Z". Anime News Network. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.


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