The Comic Artist and His Assistants | |
Cover of The Comic Artist and His Assistants volume 1 by Square Enix
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マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと (Mangaka-san to Ashisutanto-san to) |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiroyuki |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Gangan, Shōnen Gangan, Gangan Online |
Original run | 2008 – 2012 |
Volumes | 10 |
Audio drama | |
Released | January 26, 2011 |
Episodes | 1 |
Manga | |
The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 | |
Written by | Hiroyuki |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Gangan |
Original run | August 2013 – September 2014 |
Volumes | 1 |
Anime television series | |
The Comic Artist and His Assistants: The Animation | |
Directed by | Takeshi Furuta |
Written by | Aki Itami |
Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
Studio | Zexcs |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, AT-X |
Original run | April 7, 2014 – June 23, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
The Comic Artist and His Assistants: The Animation | |
Directed by | Takeshi Furuta |
Written by | Aki Itami |
Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
Studio | Zexcs |
Licensed by | |
Released | June 25, 2014 – November 26, 2014 |
Runtime | 6-10 minutes (per episode) |
Episodes | 6 |
The Comic Artist and His Assistants (Japanese: マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと Hepburn: Mangaka-san to Ashisutanto-san to?) is a Japanese 4-panel manga series by Hiroyuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from 2008 to 2012. It was collected in ten tankōbon volumes, with the last being published on December 25, 2012. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 began serialization in August 2013. An anime television series adaptation by Zexcs began on April 7, 2014 and ended on June 23, 2014 with streaming service Crunchyroll offering an English subtitled version.
Manga author Yūki Aito is an incredibly perverted man whose main loves and desires is to love everyone close to him and draw panties. His assistant, Ashisu, is constantly put into awkward situations and is forced to cope with Aito's shenanigans.
The manga was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from 2008 to 2012. It was compiled in 10 volumes released between October 27, 2008 and December 25, 2012. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 began serialization in August 2013.
A drama CD of The Comic Artist and His Assistants has been released on January 26, 2011.
The anime adaptation began broadcast on Tokyo MX from April 7. Anime streaming service Crunchyroll hosted a simultaneously released English subtitled version. Shortly after, Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for digital and physical release in North America. The series was released in Japan on 6 Blu-ray and DVD discs at a rate of one per month from June to November 2014. Mini OVAs were included with each volume of the Blu-ray/DVD packages. Sentai released the series on subtitled-only Blu-ray and DVD on September 15, 2015. The opening song titled "Pure Impurities" (純粋なフジュンブツ "Junsuina fujunbutsu"?) and ending song titled "Spica." are both sung by idol group StylipS.