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Title
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Mangaka
Person
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Birthplace
Ishioka City , Ibaraki Prefecture
Biographical Text
<p>Inio Asano (浅野いにお) is a Japanese manga artist born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1980. He won the inaugural Sunday GX Rookie Prize in 2001 and debuted professionally in <em>Big Comic Spirits</em>, quickly establishing a reputation for character-driven stories that blend slice-of-life realism with psychological unease. His art style is notable for its photorealistic backgrounds, achieved partly through layering digital photography with hand-drawn characters.</p>
<p>His best-known works include the existential <em>Goodnight Punpun</em>, which follows a boy from childhood through a deeply troubled adulthood, and the science-fiction series <em>Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction</em>, which was adapted into a pair of theatrical anime films in 2024. The Yomiuri Shimbun called Asano one of the voices of his generation in 2010.</p>
Bibliography
<h2>2000s</h2>
<p><strong>2000</strong> <br />Futsū no Hi (普通の日) <br />Sotsugyōshiki Jigoku (卒業式地獄)<br /><br /><strong>2001</strong> <br />Uchū kara Konnichi wa (宇宙からコンニチハ) <br /><br /><strong>2002</strong> <br />Subarashii Sekai (素晴らしい世界) | Published in English as "What a Wonderful World!" (2002 - 2004) <br /><br /><strong>2003</strong> <br />Nijigahara Horogurafu (虹ヶ原ホログラフ) | Published in English as <a href="https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp26/group6/items/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Nijigahara Holograph"</a> (2003 - 2005) <br /><br /><strong>2004<br /></strong>Hikari no Machi (ひかりのま) (2004 - 2005) <br /><br /><strong>2005</strong> <br />Sekai no Owari to Yoake Mae (世界の終わりと夜明け前) (2005 - 2008) <br />Soranin (ソラニン) | Published in English as "Solanin" (2005 - 2006) <br /><br /><strong>2007</strong> <br />Oyasumi Punpun (おやすみプンプン) | Published in English as "Goodnight Punpun" (2007 - 2013) <br /><br /><strong>2008</strong> <br />Ozanari-kun (おざなり君) (2008 - 2011) <br /><br /><strong>2009</strong> <br />Umibe no Onna no Ko (うみべの女の子) | Published in English as "A Girl on the Shore" (2009 - 2013)</p>
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<h2>2010s</h2>
<p><strong>2010</strong> <br />Kontorōru Purasu Tī Asano Inio Wākusu (Ctrl+T 浅野いにおWORKS)<br />Planet<br /><br /><strong>2012</strong> <br />Toshi no Se (としのせ) <br /><br /><strong>2013</strong> <br />Kinoko Takenoko (きのこたけのこ)<br /><br /><strong>2014 <br /></strong>Deddo Deddo Dēmonzu Dededededesutorakushon (デッドデッドデーモンズデデデデデストラクション) | Published in English as "Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction" (2014 - 2022) <br /><br /><strong>2015</strong> <br />Bakemono Recchan/Kinoko Takenoko: Asano Inio Tanpenshuu (浅野いにお短編集 ばけものれっちゃん／きのこたけのこ) <br />Yūsha Tachi (勇者たち) (2015 - 2018)<br /><br /><strong>2016</strong> <br />Funwari Otoko (ふんわり男) <br />Sayonara Bye-Bye (さよならばいばい) <br /><br /><strong>2017</strong> <br />Reiraku (零落) | Published in English as "Downfall" <br /><br /><strong>2018</strong> <br />Sābisueria (サービスエリア) <br />TEMPEST</p>
<h2>2020s</h2>
<p><strong>2020<br /></strong>Moshi mo Tōkyō (もしも東京)</p>
<strong>2023</strong><br />MUJINA INTO THE DEEP (ビッグコミックス) | Published in English as "Mujina into the Deep" (2023 - 2026)
Birth Date
1980
Occupation
Mangaka
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Title
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Asano, Inio
浅野 いにお