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Asano-Sensei was at TCAF today. I got to meet him, get a little dedication and got to watch a great interview/panel he did. My favorite living manga artist/writer. I have read everything he has done that has been translated and each has touched me deeply in different ways. Although I think Goodnight Pun Pun is his most important and personal work, I still gravitate to my first Asano experience which was Solanin. So in choosing which book to get signed, it was either Pun Pun or Solanin and the later won out.
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About Inio Asano
Inio Asano (浅野 いにお Asano Inio, born in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga author. Asano created the acclaimed manga Solanin, which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki.
Known for creating character-driven, realist stories, ranging from slice of life to psychological horror, Asano won first prize in the 2001 GX competition for young manga artists.
In 2010, Yomiuri Shimbun described Asano as "one of the voices of his generation
