Inio Asano

Inio Asano is a Japanese manga artist born in 1980, known for character-driven stories that range from slice of life to psychological horror. Asano created Solanin, which was released as a Japanese feature film in 2010, and also wrote Goodnight Punpun and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction. In 2001 Asano won first prize in the GX competition for young manga artists. Books under this name include A Girl on the Shore, Nijigahara Holograph, and the story collection What a Wonderful World!