Erica Awano

Erica Awano (born December 12 at unrevealed year) is a Brazilian comic book artist. She is a granddaughter of Japanese immigrants. Even though her style is heavily influenced by Japanese comics and she has been called "the best Brazilian "mangaka", her works are considerably different from traditional manga, mainly because of format.

Graduated in Literature by the University of São Paulo, Erica Awano started her career in 1996, in a Mega Man comic. She then proceeded to work in a "Street Fighter Zero 3" comic book, and also in the magazines Anime Ex and Animax. She was also co-creator of the mascot of the magazine Anime-do.

Undoubtedly, her most successful and recognized work is the comic book series Holy Avenger, which lasted for 42 issues and spawned a handful of other projects, including other comics, an audio CD with professional actors playing the characters, and the embryo for an animated series.

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*Marcelo Cassaro

External links

* [http://www.holyavenger.com.br/img/galeria/grandes/Volume%20II.jpgExquisite example of Awano´s work]
* [http://www.holyavenger.com.br/img/download/img-grandes/OsAvengervaoaPraia.gifAnother example of her work]
* [http://hq.cosmo.com.br/textos/quadrindex/qholyavenger.shtm Review of Holy Avenger]
* [http://www.holyavenger.com.br Official Holy Avenger site]