08 Asari Yoshito $B$"$5$j$h$7$H$(B
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
08 Asari Yoshito $B$"$5$j$h$7$H$(B
Asari Yoshito's style tends to be simple, almost cutesy...except for the times
he does exploding entrails and shotgun wounds. Whereupon his attention to
detail is impressive. A selective bibliography follows.
(born 20th November, 1962)
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Tampenshu $BC;JT=8(B - published by Tokuma Shoten, 1989, Y680.
A collection of some of Asari's short comics from 1980 to 1988, showing
the variety of different stories and styles that Asari is comfortable
with. My personal favorite is The Magnificent Seven Zombies. (A somewhat
paraphrased title.) Included is a list of all Asari's published stories up
to 1988, for fanatical collectors.
Space Family Carlvinson $@1'Ch2HB2%+!<%k%S%s%=%s(B - currently serialized on
Shonen Captain, 1986-present, 11 volumes @ Y390.
When a motley band of travelling performers have a deep-space collision
with another spacecraft, they find that the sole survivor of the other
craft is a humanoid infant. They decide to raise the child as their own on
the nearest planet as they wait for other members of the girl's race to
come and find her. Corona-chan grows up as their daughter, and the manga
details her five-year-old adventures with her fuzzball mother, her
robot-soldier father, her living-central-nervous-system pet, and the other
bizarre members of the local village.
Manga Science $@$^$s$,%5%$%(%s%9(B - published by Gakushukenkyusha,
1991-present, 5 volumes [written with roman numerals] @ Y800.
The Manga Science series is something Asari Yoshito did for a Gakken
science magazine (aimed at fifth graders). Each episode, he handles a
different topic. He talks about recent developments: cloning lettuce,
milk-derivative cloth, food made out of crab shells... The entire second
volume is dedicated to the space program.
Wahhaman $B%o%C%O%^%s(B - currently serialized on Afternoon, 1992-present, 6
volumes @ Y420.
Wahhaman is a special robot soldier built ten thousand years ago by the
Atlanteans. Found and dug up in present-day Tokyo, he cannot remember any
of his past, due to a nasty knock to the head he received at some point.
People tend to mistake Wahhaman, who is unable to speak except for
laughing when going into battle, for someone or something that they are
looking for in their own lives.
Let's Go!! Unagi-chan $B9T$1(B!!$@$&$J$.$A$c$s(B - irregularly featured on
Newtype, 1994.
Asari's bizarre Sailor Moon parody.
Chikyu Boei shojo Iko-chan $@CO5eKI1R>/=w%$%3$A$c$s(B - published by Kadokawa
Shoten, 1990, Y890.
Chukuchi Boeigun $@Cf6uCNKI1R73(B - published by Tokuma Shoten, 1989, Y680.
Wagahai wa Robot de aru $@8cGZ$O%m%\%C%H$G$"$k(B [I, Robot] - serialized on
Nora, 1993, Y800.
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