George Asakura is best known for which manga short story series?
George Asakura George Asakura (Japanese: ジョージ朝倉 , Hepburn: Jōji Asakura , born May 11, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist. She took her pen name from one of the title characters in "Gatchaman" and made her debut in 1995 with "Punky Cake Junkie", which was published in the magazine "Bessatsu Friend DX Juliet". She is best known for "A Perfect Day for Love Letters", for which she received the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga, and "Knock Your Heart Out!". "A Perfect Day for Love Letters" was adapted as a live-action movie and has been licensed in English by Del Rey Manga.
Afro Samurai Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ , Afuro Samurai ) , also written AFRO SAMURAI, is a Japanese "seinen" "dōjinshi" manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde "dōjinshi" manga magazine "Nou Nou Hau" from September 1999 to May 2000. Inspired by Okazaki's love of soul and hip hop music and American media, it follows the life of Afro Samurai who witnessed his father Rokutaro (owner of the No. 1 headband) being killed by a male gunslinger named Justice (owner of the No. 2 headband) while he was a child. As an adult, Afro sets off to kill Justice and avenge his father.