Haro Aso
Japanese manga artist
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Haro Aso (Japanese: 麻生羽呂, Hepburn: Asō Haro) is a Japanese manga artist. After his debut in 2005, he serialized Hyde & Closer from December 2007 to July 2009, and Alice in Borderland from November 2010 to March 2016. After retiring from illustrating, he did the story for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead in October 2018 and Noyu Girl in August 2021.
| Haro Aso 麻生羽呂 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Osaka, Japan |
| Area | Manga artist |
Notable works | |
Biography
Haro Aso was born in Osaka, Japan.[1] He attended Kansai University, but later dropped out.[1] He made his debut as a manga artist in 2005 with YUNGE!.[1] On December 26, 2007, Aso launched Hyde & Closer.[2] The series finished its serialization on July 3, 2009.[3] Following Hyde & Closer's completion, Aso launched Alice in Borderland on November 25, 2010.[4] The series concluded on March 2, 2016.[5] At the time of the manga's conclusion, it had 1.3 million copies in circulation.[6] The manga was also given two major adaptations, an original video animation series[7] and a live-action television series.[8] Following Alice in Borderland's completion, Aso intended to retire from drawing, though he came out of retirement to draw a spin-off after the television series' release.[9]
Starting on October 19, 2018, Aso did the story of the manga series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead; Kotaro Takata did the illustrations.[10] Starting on August 20, 2021, Aso did the story for another manga series, Noyu Girl; Shirō Yoshida did the illustrations.[11]
Works
- YUNGE! (one-shot published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday Cho) (2005)[1]
- Hyde & Closer (呪法解禁!!ハイド&クローサー, Juhou Kaikin!! Haido ando Kurōsā) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Club Sunday) (2007–2009)[2][3]
- Alice in Borderland (今際の国のアリス, Imawa no Kuni no Arisu) (serialized in Shōnen Sunday S and Weekly Shōnen Sunday) (2010–2016)[4][5]
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (ゾン100 ～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～, Zon 100 ~ Zonbi ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto ~) (serialized in Monthly Sunday Gene-X; illustrated by Kotaro Takata) (2018–present)[10]
- Noyu Girl (serialized in Yawaraka Spirits; illustrated by Shirō Yoshida) (2021–2022)[11]
- Sex-chan (serialized in Comic Cmoa; written by Tatsunari Iota and illustrated by Mano Sakamoto) (2022)[12]