Kohei Kadono Author

Kohei Kadono is a writer best known for his Boogiepop series. His debut work, Boogiepop wa Warawanai, won the Dengeki Novel Prize in 1997, and was adapted into an animated television series twice, in 2000 and 2019. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond’s Demonic Heartbreak began serialization in December 2021, and the series completed its run in May 2023.

Tasuku Karasuma made his manga debut in 2005 with the one-shot “Kamihogi” in Monthly Shonen Ace. After various other oneshots and comic adaptations, his longest-running manga, No Guns Life, was serialized in Ultra Jump from October 2014 to October 2021, and was adapted into an animated television series in 2019.

Hirohiko Araki made his manga debut in 1981 with the Wild West story Busô Poker. He experimented with several genres, including mystery (Mashonen B.T.) and action-horror (Baoh), before beginning JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in 1986. Propelled by imaginative storylines, weird imagery, and individualistic artwork, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the longest-running and most popular shonen manga ever.