Jiro Matsumoto
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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 ...
most known for his work on ''
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''. Much of his manga is explicit in nature, frequently containing copious amounts of sex and violence. Matsumoto's work ''Becchin & Mandara'' was released in English August 2011 as '' Velveteen & Mandala'' by North American publisher
Vertical Inc Vertical is a Japanese novel and manga imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing. Founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai, in February 2011, the company was bought by Kodansha (46.7%) and Dai Nippon Printing (46.0%). The company was consolidated into Kodansha ...
. Other works by Matsumoto include '' Uncivilized Planet'', '' Keep on Vibrating'', ''
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'', '' Avant-Pop Mars'', '' Little Feet'', '' A Revolutionist in the Afternoon'' and '' Tropical Citron''


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Manga artists from Tokyo Living people 1970 births People from Nerima {{manga-artist-stub