is a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. After his debut in 2005, he serialized '' Hyde & Closer'' from December 2007 to July 2009, and ''

Alice in Borderland is a Japanese suspense manga series written and illustrated by Haro Aso. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Shōnen Sunday S'' from November 2010 to March 2015, and later moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunda ...

'' from November 2010 to March 2016. After retiring from illustrating, he did the story for '' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'' in October 2018 and ''Noyu Girl'' in August 2021.

Biography

Haro Asō was born in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Japan. He attended

Kansai University , abbreviated as or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of t ...

, but later dropped out. He made his debut as a manga artist in 2005 with ''YUNGE!''. On December 26, 2007, Asō launched '' Hyde & Closer''. The series finished its serialization on July 3, 2009. Following ''Hyde & Closer''s completion, Asō launched ''

'' on November 25, 2010. The series concluded on March 2, 2016. At the time of the manga's conclusion, it had 1.3 million copies in circulation. The manga was also given two major adaptations, an

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

series and a live-action television series. Following ''Alice in Borderland''s completion, Asō intended to retire from drawing, though he came out of retirement to draw a

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after the television series' release. Starting on October 19, 2018, Asō did the story of the manga series '' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead''; Kotaro Takata did the illustrations. Starting on August 20, 2021, Asō will do the story for another manga series, ''Noyu Girl''; Shirō Yoshida will do the illustrations.

Works

* ''YUNGE!'' (

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published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday Cho'') (2005) * (serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'' and ''Club Sunday'') (2007–2009) * (serialized in ''

Shōnen Sunday S , formerly known as ''Shōnen Sunday Super'', is a monthly '' shōnen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan. History and background Originally billed as a special edition of ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'', titled , it was renamed in 1995 ...

'' and ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') (2010–2016) * (serialized in ''

Monthly Sunday Gene-X , often abbreviated as , is a ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Like many other manga magazines, it is an " anthology magazine", with each issue featuring new chapters of several manga series. The series are also published in '' ...

''; illustrated by Kotaro Takata) (2018–present) * ''Noyu Girl'' (serialized in ''Yawaraka Spirits''; illustrated by Shirō Yoshida) (2021–2022) * ''Sex-chan'' (serialized in ''Comic Cmoa''; written by Tatsunari Iota and illustrated by Mano Sakamoto) (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aso, Haro Living people Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) Kansai University alumni