Here
are a couple of items that manga artist Kia Asamiya revealed about
himself at Anime Reactor: he's a big fan of Audrey Hepburn films,
including Roman Holiday. Asamiya likes stories with strong women, which
you can tell if you read his Silent Moebius series. However, you never
would guess that Asamiya had the Charlie's Angels TV series and movie
in mind when he created Silent Moebius. "Charlie's Angels affects
Silent Moebius a lot, the characteristics of each characters and the
action scenes," said Asamiya. "There were times in Japan when a lot of
U.S. TV series were on the air, like CHips or Wonder Woman, and we got
to see that." Asamiya said he enjoyed actresses such as Darryl Hannah,
Angela Jolie and Jodie Foster. "I watch just about anything that Jodie
Foster is in," he said.
Asamiya's
appreciation of U.S. popular entertainment extends to U.S. comics,
which he's been reading since he was a student. That appreciation has
led Asamiya to seek out jobs drawing American comic characters, topped
by the Batman story he drew. Max Alan Collins, featured by this site at
AnimeIowa, wrote the script for Asamiya's Batman art. "I overheard that
in May it was number one on the sales charts," said Asamiya. "I was
allowed to do it freely in my style, but it being Batman, there are
certain rules that you have to follow." Asamiya also has produced
covers and art for Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man and Fantastic Four, and he'd
like to draw more - especially Wolverine, who wasn't featured in the
X-Men stories he created.
Despite
the popularity of his series, including Corrector Yui and Steam
Detectives, Asamiya doesn't consider himself to have been an
overwhelming manga success. He said "I want to do as many things as
possible while I can. I don't like being stagnated in one position or
area. When there's an opportunity of something new, I want the chance
to go upward." That explains why Asamiya has dabbled in so many
different genres, from the future horror of Moebius to the kids'
stories in Steam Detectives. "I believe that manga artists be able to
adapt to any situation...to be able to adapt to any type of story is a
professional artist's goal." Asamiya also still has a goal of moving to
the U.S. and making his living in America, but he'd prefer to be
certain of getting high-speed Internet access first.
Here
are a couple of items that manga artist Kia Asamiya revealed about
himself at Anime Reactor: he's a big fan of Audrey Hepburn films,
including Roman Holiday. Asamiya likes stories with strong women, which
you can tell if you read his Silent Moebius series. However, you never
would guess that Asamiya had the Charlie's Angels TV series and movie
in mind when he created Silent Moebius. "Charlie's Angels affects
Silent Moebius a lot, the characteristics of each characters and the
action scenes," said Asamiya. "There were times in Japan when a lot of
U.S. TV series were on the air, like CHips or Wonder Woman, and we got
to see that." Asamiya said he enjoyed actresses such as Darryl Hannah,
Angela Jolie and Jodie Foster. "I watch just about anything that Jodie
Foster is in," he said. 
Asamiya's
appreciation of U.S. popular entertainment extends to U.S. comics,
which he's been reading since he was a student. That appreciation has
led Asamiya to seek out jobs drawing American comic characters, topped
by the Batman story he drew. Max Alan Collins, featured by this site at
AnimeIowa, wrote the script for Asamiya's Batman art. "I overheard that
in May it was number one on the sales charts," said Asamiya. "I was
allowed to do it freely in my style, but it being Batman, there are
certain rules that you have to follow." Asamiya also has produced
covers and art for Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man and Fantastic Four, and he'd
like to draw more - especially Wolverine, who wasn't featured in the
X-Men stories he created.
Despite
the popularity of his series, including Corrector Yui and Steam
Detectives, Asamiya doesn't consider himself to have been an
overwhelming manga success. He said "I want to do as many things as
possible while I can. I don't like being stagnated in one position or
area. When there's an opportunity of something new, I want the chance
to go upward." That explains why Asamiya has dabbled in so many
different genres, from the future horror of Moebius to the kids'
stories in Steam Detectives. "I believe that manga artists be able to
adapt to any situation...to be able to adapt to any type of story is a
professional artist's goal." Asamiya also still has a goal of moving to
the U.S. and making his living in America, but he'd prefer to be
certain of getting high-speed Internet access first.
