| Project: A-Kon - Saturday
- Senno Knife and Nekoi |
 Senno Knife's
manga have recently gotten attention in the U.S. through the publication
of titles like Valkyr and Sepia from Studio Ironcat - but that material
is said to be far from the most intense artwork and story telling he has
produced. Knife's horror manga has a large fan following in Japan (much
of it female, he says), and much of the credit must go to his wife, Nekoi,
also an artist (and a rock musician). |
 Knife first
thinks up his stories (gathering some of the plot ideas from movies he
sees and games he plays). Then he tells the ideas to his wife to find what
she thinks. "Instead of talking to an editor, it's better to talk to her
first. She comes up with a lot of ideas," he said. "It's a team thing,"
she added. Nekoi's influence is one of the ways that Knife keeps from repeating
stories without realizing what he's doing. Knife also tries to remember
old plots to he doesn't recycle them into new stories. |
 While sex
and horror are Knife's artistic specialities, he doesn't mix those genres
in his titles. "Readers of the adult manga don't like to see someone killed,"
Knife said. |
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