A large scale exhibition of "Inio Asano" will be virtualized and distributed from today! Also, a manuscript brought in before his debut!

Manga artist Inio Asano's first large-scale exhibition has been reconfigured into a virtual exhibition that can be viewed on smartphones and is being distributed starting today.

Since his debut as a manga artist in 1998, the prodigious "Inio Asano" has continued to release such popular works as "Solanin" and "Oyasumi Pumppun. This year, "Dead Dead Demons Dedede Destruction" (serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits) won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Inio Asano's art career, his first large-scale exhibition, "Inio Asano's World Exhibition - Ctrl+T2 -," held in 2019, has been reconfigured into a virtual exhibition that can be viewed on smartphones and is now available today.

As a project unique to the virtual exhibition, the exhibition includes a display that allows visitors to tap to gradually overlap pictures and learn about the creative process, as well as 3D modeling data (*) of the mecha that appear in "Dead Dead Demons: Dedede Destruction," created by Mr. Asano himself. Visitors can also see the main character Pum Pum walking around the area of his masterpiece "Goodnight Pum Pum".

In addition, more than 300 works selected from all the works published over the past 20 years will be on display, as well as rare pre-debut manuscripts that he brought to a publisher for the first time, rough sketches and notes for the production of his works, and a live drawing by Mr. Asano that was held at the preview of "The 20th Anniversary Project of Inio Asano's World Exhibition -Ctrl+T2-". The exhibition includes a movie of Mr. Asano's live drawing at the preview of the "20th Anniversary Project: The World of Inio Asano - Ctrl+T2". The exhibition is a virtual exhibition that can be enjoyed entirely on a smartphone.
*Mr. Asano created his own 3D modeling data to draw the details of the mecha and mother ship in his work, and drew his artwork based on this data.

Highlights: Some manuscripts were brought to the publisher for the first time!

(1) Tap to see how the pictures overlap.
Tap on some of the works to see how the manga is created, and the layers of pictures will increase.

(2) 3D modeling data created by Mr. Asano himself is displayed!
3D modeling data created by Mr. Asano to draw the details of the mecha and mother ships that appear in his works will be on display. Visitors can view the 3D modeling data from their favorite angles and check the details.
(The following 3D modeling data is displayed in the "Dead Dead Demons Dedestruction" area.)

➂In the "Goodnight Pumphun" area, a 3D model of Pumphun walks around!

(4) The manuscript that Mr. Asano brought to the publisher for the first time when he was 17 years old is on display!

Images of each area

Virtual Exhibition - Overall view of the exhibition site

Images of each area
The Girl in the Sea Bed" area

Good night Pum Pum area

Solanin" area

Dead Dead Demons Dedede Destruction" area

Distribution Information / Profile of Mr. Inio Asano

Distribution Information
Virtual exhibition "Inio Asano's World - Ctrl+T2 -," commemorating the 20th anniversary of his painting career
Delivery period: April 7 (Wed) - October 6 (Wed), 2021
Distribution application: MiloQ+ (MiloQ Plus) ( https://www.miloq-plus.com)
Admission fee: 980 yen (tax included) *App Store/Google Play payment used
Organizer: "The World of Inio Asano Exhibition" Executive Committee
Cooperation: Shogakukan, Ota Publishing, Rocking On, Mouse Computer
Official HP: https://asanoinio-sekaiten.com
Official Twitter:@asanoinioctrlt2

[ Profile

Manga Artist Inio Asano
Born on September 22, 1980 in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture / Manga Artist, Illustrator

Representative works
Solanin: 2 books (total of over 970,000 copies *including digital editions)
Oyasumi Pumppun: 13 volumes (total of over 3 million copies *including digital editions)
Dead Dead Demons: Dedede Destruction: 10 books in sequence (approx. 1 million copies *including e-books)

Brief personal history
1998 Brought his first work "Kikuchi it's a little too much! was published in "Big Comic Spirits" (Shogakukan) just one week after it was brought to Shogakukan, marking his debut as a manga artist.
In 2001, "Konnichiwa from Outer Space" was selected for the 1st GX New Comic Artist Award by "Monthly Sunday GX" (Shogakukan).
2002 "Wonderful World" was serialized in "Monthly Sunday GX" (Shogakukan). (-2004)
2003 "Nijigahara Holograph" was serialized in "QuickJapan" magazine (Ota Publishing). (-2005).
2004 "Hikari no Machi" was serialized irregularly in "Gekkan Sunday GX" magazine. (-2005)
2005 "Solanin" was serialized in "Young Sunday" (Shogakukan). (-2006) It was later made into a live-action movie. (-2010)
2006 "Sunday, Afternoon, 6:30. was serialized in "Big Comic Spirits" for a short period of time.
In 2007, "Oyasumi Pumppun" was serialized in "Young Sunday" (Shogakukan). Later, it was transferred to Big Comic Spirits. (-2013) This work was selected as a Jury Recommended Work in the Manga Division of the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival.
In 2008, "Ozanari-kun" was serialized in the magazine "CUT" (Rocking On). (-2011)
2009 "Umibe no shojo" was serialized in "Manga Erotics F" (Ota Publishing). (-2013).
2010 "SOLANIN" was made into a live-action movie starring Aoi Miyazaki.
2014 "Dead Dead Demons Dedestruction" was serialized in "Big Comic Spirits".
2017 "Zero Fall" was serialized in "Big Comics Superior" (Shogakukan). (-2017)
2018 "Yushatachi" serialized in the manga app "Manga One" (Shogakukan).
2019 First large-scale exhibition "Inio Asano's World -Ctrl+T2-" in Tokyo and Nagoya to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his career.
2021 "Dead Dead Demons Dedede Destruction" won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

The meaning of Ctrl+T2
Ctrl+T" is a shortcut key in Photoshop for "zoom in/out. Asano's most distinctive feature is that he imports his drawings into his computer and completes them through the editing process. Ctrl+T" is the most frequently used shortcut key, and is the one that best represents Asano's characteristic, and is the title of his art book published in 2010. Later, he tried to change the title by publishing a new exhibition/book of paintings, but this basic part remained the same, so it became the title of the exhibition/book of paintings as "Ctrl+T2," implying a sequel in which the basics remain the same.

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