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s and . The former draws the foreground and characters, while the latter draws the backgrounds. The duo started out as an assistant to Motohiro Kato, before being put in charge of illustrations on '' Alive: The Final Evolution''. Following that series' completion, they began '' Noragami'', which is what they are currently working on as of June 2021.

Biography

Adachitoka is made up of Adachi, who was born on December 14 in Murayama, Yamagata, and Tokashiki, who was born on November 28 in Naha. After graduating from college, they moved to Tokyo and submitted their work to the '' Monthly Jump'' editorial department. They rejected it, but told them to submit it to the '' Afternoon'' department instead. After a lack of response, they decided to submit for the '' Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' award. After that, they worked as an assistant to Motohiro Kato. The pair debuted in 2003 with the illustrations for the manga series '' Alive: The Final Evolution''. The series was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' until 2010. An anime television series adaptation was announced, but later canceled following Gonzo's delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Following the completion of ''Alive: The Final Evolution'' in 2010, they were out of work. When getting ideas for a new series, they went back to a

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they had previously written. The end result was '' Noragami'', which started serialization in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' in December 2010. The series was nominated for the

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in 2014 and 2016, and received an anime television series adaptation, which ran for two seasons. In 2020, they wrote a manga series as part of a collaboration by multiple Japanese companies to stop piracy.

Works

* (2003—2010) (serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Magazine''; story by

Tadashi Kawashima (April 7, 1969 – June 15, 2010) was a Japanese manga artist and manga gensakusha from Ehime Prefecture. He is best known for writing the manga '' Alive -Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen-''. Career Kawashima made his professional debut with '' Daughte ...

) * (2010—present) (serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'')

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adachitoka Art duos Collective pseudonyms Living people Manga artists from Okinawa Prefecture Manga artists from Yamagata Prefecture Pseudonymous women writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers Women manga artists Year of birth missing (living people)