Hitoshi Ashinano

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Hitoshi Ashinano (芦奈野ひとし, Ashinano Hitoshi^?) is a mangaka born on April 25, 1963 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. His works include his debut Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō (for which he won the Afternoon Four Seasons Award), a series which ran for almost twelve years in Kodansha's monthly anthology Afternoon, and Position, which ran in the now defunct Afternoon Season Zōkan and later in Bessatsu Morning. ^[1] He has also been known to create dōjinshi under the name "suke".^{[citation needed]}

His manga is characterised by minimal use of screentone, with shadow effects instead achieved with hand-drawn hatching, which gives scenes a pale, whitish appearance.^{[citation needed]} His work also usually has a rather laid-back, nostalgic feel with undertones of mystery; there are frequent stretches with little or no dialogue.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to his debut, Ashinano worked as an assistant to manga artist Kosuke Fujishima.^[2]

[edit] Works

• Kumabachi no koto (February 2007, Afternoon)
• Misaki (July 2006, Afternoon)
• Position (1999, Afternoon Season Zōkan)
• Trbo Type S (2006, tribute manga for E no Moto)
• Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō (1994-2006, Afternoon)

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