- Hitoshi Ashinano
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name = Hitoshi Ashinano
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|4|25|mf=y
birth_place = Yokosuka,Kanagawa Prefecture ,Japan
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nationality = Japanese
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occupation = Manga artist
website =nihongo|Hitoshi Ashinano|芦奈野ひとし|Ashinano Hitoshi|born
April 25 ,1963 is a Japanese manga artist. He is most noted for "Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō ", for which he won "Afternoon" magazine's Four Seasons Award for debut worksFact|date=July 2007 and the 2007Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga. [cite web | url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-1659 | title=2007 Seiun Awards announced | publisher=TokyoGraph | accessdate=2007-09-04] Another notable work is "Position". He has also been known to createdōjinshi under the name "suke".Fact|date=February 2007 Prior to his debut, Ashinano worked as an assistant to manga artistKōsuke Fujishima .cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=23316|title=Hitoshi ASHINANO|accessdate=2006-12-16|publisher=Anime News Network ]His work also usually has a rather laid-back, nostalgic feel with undertones of mystery; there are frequent stretches with little or no dialogue.Fact|date=February 2007 Many of his works are also notable for their strong, independent female protagonists.
Works
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Isaki of the Cub "|カブのイサキ|Kabu no Isaki (2007-Ongoing, "Afternoon")
*"Kumabachi no koto" (February 2007, "Afternoon")
*"Misaki" (July 2006, "Afternoon")
*"Position" (1999, "Afternoon Season Zōkan " and "Bessatsu Morning " [cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=6056|title=PositioN (manga)|accessdate=2006-12-16|publisher=Anime News Network ] )
*"Trbo Type S" (2006, tribute manga for "E no Moto ")
*"Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō " (1994-2006, "Afternoon")References
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