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Self Portrait Kia Asamiya (麻宮 騎亜 Asamiya Kia) is the pen-title of the popular Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres & appeals to diverse audiences (1990s).

He is easily-known for utilizing influences from either U.s. comics, television, and movies in his work, & describes himself as a large fan of each Batman and Star Wars. One of a virtually all widely-published Japanese manga-ka, nearly all of his stories own been translated into more languages, including English. His 2 virtually all successful & popular manga series to-date come Nadesico and Silent Möbius.

Before becoming the mangthe creative person, Asamiya worked as a character designer for a total of anime series, & possibly designed system for a select few of the late Godzilla movies (1980s). For this career, he utilized the different pen-title, Michitaka Kikuchi (菊地 道隆 Kikuchi Michitaka), & maintained them agent identities one by one for numerous years. Many of the anime series that he worked in were super popular each in & outside of Japan, virtually all notably including Sonic Soldier Borgman. Possibly when focusing primarily in his manga career, Asamiya continued to run character designs & originative consultatiin on anime series according to his stories, now and then under a Kikuchi title.

In the early 2000s, Asamiya has shifted his focus from either adolescent & young-adult stories to stories designed for toddlers & for an Western audience. In the previous out break, he credits his immature toddlers as a motivation, however in the latter pack, he points to an extended-standing want to operate by having his preferred Western characters. To it prevent, he has worked in projects using [http://www.imagecomics.com Image Comics], [http://www.marvel.com Marvel Comics], & [http://www.dccomics.com DC Comics], besides when getting the manga adaptation of the flick, "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace".

When numerous Japanese creative person (& creative person in the main) come quite reclusive, Asamiya typically makes an effort to exist as available to his fans. He maintains the web site by using news & info all about his studio, [http://www.tron.co.jp Studio TRON] (known as fallowing a Disney movie TRON). He too helps & helps his Official Fan Club by sending the babies regular announcements & limited-edition product. Despite these actions, he shunned altogether public photography, & experienced the typically-hilarious habit of depicting himself by using the placeholder sign for a face. It has be a trademark feature of his books that instead of the picture of the creative person, there exists an in an elaborate way adorned rectangle sporting the words "Now Printing".

Bibliography
Shin Seiki Vagrants (Artwork just) Compiler Assembler 0X Silent Möbius Dark Angel Meteor Schlattschiff Nadesico Steam Detectives Corrector Yui Ebiru-kun Dark Angel: Phoenix Resurrection Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace manga adaptation Batman: Child of Dreams Uncanny X-Men (Ink & Pencils) !Karapuri! Junk - Record of Last Hero -

Filmography
(uncomplete) Sonic Soldier Borgman TV series and OAV Hades Project Zeorymer TV series Compiler OAV Silent Mobius TV series and movies Martian Successor Nadesico TV series and movie Steam Detectives TV series Corrector Yui TV series Duplex Divine Video Game

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