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 ...

, best known for creating ''

Pani Poni , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teache ...

''. ''Pani Poni'' was adapted into an

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series and spun off into two

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series, ''Maro-Mayu'' and ''The Alternative Cure Magical Girl Behoimi-chan''. However Hikawa ended the series in 2011 to work on other projects. Hikawa is currently working on his new manga series, ''Candy Pop Nightmare''.Pani Poni's Hikawa Launches Candy Pop Nightmare Manga
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