Kei Aoyama
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese manga artist
who committed suicide in October 2011 (at some point between October 6 and October 9). He is known for works involving teenaged boys and girls. The last comic he was working on before his suicide, Yoiko no Mokushiroku, was about religion and cult.
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
who committed suicide in October 2011 (at some point between October 6 and October 9). He is known for works involving teenaged boys and girls. The last comic he was working on before his suicide, Yoiko no Mokushiroku, was about religion and cult.
Serialization
- Swweeet (Monthly Ikki April 2005 - June 2006, ShōgakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
) - Strobe light (Continue Vols. 33 - 43, 45 - 46, Ohta Publishing)
- China Girl (Big ComicBig Comicis a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1968-02-29 by Shogakukan in Japan. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968. It is paired with sister magazine Big Comic Original, going on sale in the weeks...
2009 No. 3 – No. 11, ShōgakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
) - Yoiko no Mokushiroku (EveningEvening (magazine)is a bi-weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult men. It is printed in black and white on newsprint and saddle-stapled in B5 format, and retails for 330 yen...
2010 No. 18 -, KōdanshaKodansha, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
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One-shot
- Chabangeki (Monthly Ikki May 2003, ShōgakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
) - Drip (Monthly Ikki October 2003, ShōgakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
) - Pikōn! (Monthly Ikki October 2004, ShōgakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
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External links
- News report of suicide. October 12, 2011. MSN Keizai News