The Comic Artist and His Assistants


The Comic Artist and His Assistants 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 2008 to 2012 and the chapters collected into 10 tankōbon volumes. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 was serialized from August 2013 to September 2014. An anime television series adaptation animated by Zexcs aired between April 7, 2014 and June 23, 2014.

Plot

Manga author Yūki Aito is an incredibly perverted man whose main loves and desires is to love everyone close to him and draw panties. His assistant, Ashisu, is constantly put into awkward situations and is forced to cope with Aito's shenanigans.

Characters

Main characters

; Yūki Aito
; Sahoto Ashisu
; Mihari Otosuna
; Rinna Fuwa
; Sena Kuroi
; Branya

''Monthly Shōnen Gongon'' manga artist team

; Kazuma Tsuranuki
; Meisei Tomito
; Ichika Konno
; Tamako Motoki

''Monthly Shōnen Gongon'' editing department

; Matome Minano
; Kouken Tomito
; Aoi Tanemochi

Others

; Sahono Ashisu
; Manabi Namida
; Sasae Enoshita
; Mamori Sumino
; Mirei Sumino
; Rinna's father
; Jun Kiyosaki
; Panchū

Media

Manga

The Comic Artist and His Assistants was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from 2008 to 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.

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. 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 "Pure Impurities" and ending song titled "Spica." are both sung by idol group StylipS.

Episode list