Akihito Yoshitomi

Akihito Yoshitomi (吉富昭仁, Yoshitomi Akihito) is a Japanese manga artist from Miyazaki Prefecture, born on 5 September 1970. His most known works are the series Eat-Man, which consisted of 19 volumes, and Ray, which consisted of 7 volumes. Eat-Man and Blue Drop have been adapted into anime series. Yoshitomi has also worked on many one-shot manga with yuri content.

Akihito Yoshitomi
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Manga art

Works

• Loan Knight (ローンナイト, Rōn Naito) (1991, 3 volumes)
• Loan Knight 2 (ローンナイト2, Rōn Naito 2) (1993, 5 volumes)
• Eat-Man (1996 – 2002, 19 volumes)
• Ray (2002 – 2005, 7 volumes)
• Avenger (2003, manga adaptation)
• Blue Drop (ブルー ドロップ, Burū Doroppu) (2004 – 2008)
• Black Jack - Yoshitomi Akihito edition (2005)
• Ray+ (2006, 1 volume)
• Gate Runner (2006, 2 volumes)
• Tropical Girls (熱帯少女, Nettai Shōjo) (2009, 6 volumes)
• After School of the Earth (地球の放課後, Chikyū no Hōkago)^[1] (2009, 6 volumes)
• Balance Policy (バランスポリシー, Baransu Porishī) (2010 – 2014, 2 volumes)
• School Mermaid (スクール人魚, Sukūru Ningyo) (2013 – 2017, 5 volumes)^[2]
• Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman: Breakdown (サイボーグ009VSデビルマン -BREAKDOWN, Saibōgu 009 VS Debiruman -BREAKDOWN) (2015 – 2016)^[3]
• Eat-Man: The Main Dish (May 2014 – August 2019, 4 volumes)^[4]
• Suginami Kuritsu Mahō Jogakuen Heiwaiji-bu (杉並区立魔法女学園 平和維持部) (July 2018 – February 2019, 1 volume)^[5]
• Kyō Kara Mirai (今日から未来) (October 2019 – present)^[6]
• Hanako of the 24th Ward (24区の花子さん, 24-ku no Hanako-san) (March 2020 – present)

YouTube content format

Yoshitomi regularly uploads videos to his YouTube channel, and adheres to posting his drawing process (both real-time and time-lapsed), and much more recently, creation of his manga 24-ku no Hanako-san currently serialized in Champion Red.

References

1. Moody, Allen (November 17, 2014). "After School of the Earth". T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews. from the original on November 30, 2014.
2. "Akihito Yoshitomi Resumes Eat-Man The Main Dish Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. "Cyborg 009 vs. Devilman Gets Manga by Eat-Man's Yoshitomi & Novel". Anime News Network. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
4. "Eat-Man's Akihito Yoshitomi Prepares New Manga Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
5. "Akihito Yoshitomi's Mahō Jogakuen Heiwaiji-bu Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
6. "Eat-Man's Akihito Yoshitomi Launches New Manga on October 18". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links

• Akihito Yoshitomi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia