- Ayato Sasakura
is a Japanese female
mangaka anddōjinshi artist. She is most well known for her work as the artist for the "Shakugan no Shana "manga series.Ayato Sasakura has been active on the
dōjin scene for several years under the kojin circle name "Imitation Genome", and was part of several other circles before that. [cite web|url=http://www.moedic.net/wiki/%BA%FB%C1%D2%B0%BD%BF%CD.html|title=About Ayato Sasakura|access-date=2008-01-31|work=MoeDic] Since 2002, she has contributed a number of short manga to thelolicon -themed adult magazines "Hina Kan" and "Hina Kan Hi!", which were collected intankōbon form under the title "Shōjo-ryū kōfuku kakushu-ron" ("On the seizure of happiness, girly style"). [cite book|title=Shōjo-ryū kōfuku kakushu-ron|first=Ayato|last=Sasakura|publisher=Akane Shinsha|year=2004|page=6] Those magazines were supplanted by "Comic RIN ", where Sasakura continues to publish, albeit on an irregular basis. [cite web|url=http://omutsu-3rdstrike.candypop.jp/works.htm|title=Ayato Sasakura's works|access-date=2008-01-31]A full-page illustration of hers was featured in "
Dengeki Moeoh " 5 (May 2003), and caught the attention of the editor in charge of the "Shakugan no Shana" manga adaptation project. Her style seemed to fitNoizi Ito 's and that's how she was appointed as the artist for the "Shana" manga, starting from February 2005. [cite book|title=Shakugan no Shana no subete|author=Dengeki Bunko editorial dept.|publisher=Media Works |year=2005|isbn=4840232873]Works
* "Shakugan no Shana" (灼眼のシャナ, 2005–,
Media Works ), manga currently serialized in "Dengeki Daioh ".
* "Shōjo-ryū kōfuku kakushu-ron" (少女流幸福攫取論, 2004,Akane Shinsha , ISBN 4871826783).Notes
External links
* [http://omutsu-3rdstrike.candypop.jp/index.htm Ayato Sasakura's Website] jp icon
* [http://doujinshi.mugimugi.org/index.php?P=LIST&T=author&ID=1615 Ayato Sasakura's page on the "Doujinshi DB Project"]
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