is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from February 1, 2008, to September 21, 2012, and the chapters collected into 10 tankÃ
Âbon volumes. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 was serialized from August 2, 2013, to June 6, 2014. An anime television series adaptation animated by Zexcs aired between April 7, 2014, and June 23, 2014.
Plot
Manga author YÃ
«ki Aito is an incredibly perverted man whose main loves and desires is to love everyone close to him and draw ladies' underwear. His assistant, Ashisu, is constantly put into awkward situations and is forced to cope with Aito's shenanigans.
Characters
Main characters
(anime), Jun Fukuyama (drama CD)
YÃ
«ki is the manga artist of the currently serialized "Hajiratte Cafe Latte" (HajiCafe). He is mostly viewed as perverted by many and does not hesitate to tell his interest or asking his assistants to be his model for reference. YÃ
«ki has an uncontrollable fetish for women's undergarments, specifically panties, even so that his main philosophy and theme of his manga revolves around panties, much to the chagrin of others. YÃ
«ki has the habit of doing his manga work at the last minute before fixed deadlines due to engaging in his interests, much to his editor's distress. YÃ
«ki's goal in life is to be confessed to by a girl before he dies. YÃ
«ki is said to be a very skilled manga artist, who could rank much better if he truly wanted, but his interest in drawing panties as his priority gives him only a decent ranking at best. He is 22 years old and happens to be a major masochist.
(anime), Mamiko Noto (drama CD)
Sahoto is YÃ
«ki's 19-year-old assistant. Sahoto is described as serious on her work ethic yet very down-to-earth. She is often the target of YÃ
«ki's mischief, much to her chagrin, and doesn't hesitate to lash out at him. Albeit as a manga artist assistant, Sahoto also aims to serialize a manga series of her own; however, her attempts in doing so were constantly rejected by editors. Although she is more often than not annoyed by YÃ
«ki's antics, she deeply respects him as a manga artist.
(anime), Haruka Tomatsu (drama CD)
Mihari is YÃ
«ki's editor. Mihari is usually violent around YÃ
«ki, often scolding and beating him for his shortcomings. She is conscious of her small breast size and thus has a breast complex. She and YÃ
«ki were once classmates and is noted to have a liking for the latter at the time. Despite constantly berating YÃ
«ki for his irresponsible or otherwise perverted behavior, she's been shown to be quite tolerant on his deadlines, and she constantly encourages him to do better, knowing he is more than capable of doing so. She denies it, but it is hinted that she has not completely gotten over the enormous crush on YÃ
«ki she has had forever from high school, to which YÃ
«ki sometimes teases her for it.
(anime), Aki Toyosaki (drama CD)
Rinna is one of YÃ
«ki's assistants. Despite being an assistant, Rinna knows nothing about drawing manga, as she was hired by Mihari due to YÃ
«ki wanting someone who is cute. Rinna greatly admires YÃ
«ki and his work, being one of his fans. She is easy going and is generally cheerful, playing along with YÃ
«ki's weird perverted ideas. Rinna is 18 years old.
(anime, drama CD)
Sena is a recurring assistant of YÃ
«ki. Sena is known by the manga industry as a hardworking and reliable assistant. Due to her small, childish stature, Sena is usually mistaken as a child and, at times, acts like one, especially when she is drunk. At first, she is shown to have weak strength, being unable to even open an ink pot, causing her to leave many manga artists out of pure embarrassment, which was rumored to be because the manga artists had offended her. She later develops feelings for YÃ
«ki. Sena is 19 years old and happens to be a major sadist.
Branya is YÃ
«ki's pet cat and mascot character. It can draw very well, and has been the subject of jealousy from Ashisu, who notes that it can draw better than her despite being a cat.
Monthly ShÃ
Ânen Gongon manga artist team
(drama CD)
Kazuma is the manga artist of the currently serialized "Hot Blooded (Fire) Fighter". His manga's popularity is 14th out of 20 works in Gongon Comics.
(drama CD)
Meisei is the manga artist of Gongon Comics' second most popular manga "J.O.D (Judgement of Darkness)". He has a habit of looking down on others.
Ichika is the manga artist of Gongon Comics' most popular manga "Adventure World". She is almost 30 years old but has never been in love before because she has spent most of her time on manga.
Tamako is the manga artist of Gongon Comics' new manga "Tension 1000%". She speaks like a cat and is a very energetic girl.
Monthly ShÃ
Ânen Gongon editing department
(anime)
Matome is the chief editor of Monthly ShÃ
Ânen Gongon. Despite her position, people sometimes get confused about her identity due to her young age and small stature.
(anime)
Kouken is the assistant chief editor of Monthly ShÃ
Ânen Gongon. He is Meisei's older brother and his editor.
Aoi is a new editor of Monthly ShÃ
Ânen Gongon. He looks like a girl.
Others
(anime)
Sahono is Sahoto's 13-year-old little sister.
Manabi is YÃ
«ki's 14-year-old student. She is a middle school student who wants to become a manga artist.
Sasae is Ichika Konno's chief assistant and manager.
Mamori is YÃ
«ki's apartment manager.
Mirei is Mamori's older sister.
Rinna's father visits YÃ
«ki and tries to make Rinna to quit as YÃ
«ki's assistant.
Jun is Ashisu's first assistant after Ashisu successfully becomes a manga artist. She is introduced in the manga The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2.
A mascot character created by YÃ
«ki.
Media
Manga
The Comic Artist and His Assistants was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from February 1, 2008, to September 21, 2012. It was compiled in 10 volumes released between October 27, 2008, and December 25, 2012. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 was serialized from August 2013 to September 2014. It was compiled in 1 volume on June 25, 2014.
Drama CD
A drama CD of The Comic Artist and His Assistants has been released on January 26, 2011.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation animated by Zexcs aired from April 7 to June 23, 2014. Crunchyroll hosted a simultaneously released English subtitled version. Shortly after, Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for digital and physical release in North America. The series was released in Japan on 6 Blu-ray and DVD discs at a rate of one per month from June to November 2014.The series upcomingly was released in Mexico after Yowu Entertainment fired the show and being released by Televisa airing on three channels bitMe, the gaming channel, Golden Premier, The premium movie channel and Telehit, the music channel, and web airings on Blim The Mexican VOD subscription free-on-demand service as well as Canal 11 in Costa Rica, ETC in Chile, America TV in Peru, La Tele in Paraguay and Canal Uno in Colombia. Mini OVAs were included with each volume of the Blu-ray/DVD packages. Sentai released the series on subtitled-only Blu-ray and DVD on September 15, 2015. The opening song titled and ending song titled "Spica" are both sung by idol group StylipS. The Show was dubbed in French and aired on two channels Gong and Nolife, and the show until Nolife ceased operations Game One continued to air the show as well.
Episode list
References
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