During the spring season 2019 a name has quickly climbed the ranks of the most popular Japanese animators outside the sakugafan circles: Kenichiro Aoki. His fame is certainly not simply the result of having participated in a very popular manga adaptation: thanks to the solidity of his volumes, his meticulous linework and above all his […]
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