The Japan Foundation, Toronto Library Toronto Comic Art Festival 2018 INIO ASANO CREATOR / FEATURED GUEST Inio Asano, a bona fide earthling, was born in Ibaraki, Japan, in 1980. In 2001, his short story “Uchu kara Konnichiwa” (Hello from Outer Space) won the first Sunday GX Rookie Prize. Later, GX published his series Subarashii Sekai, available in English from VIZ Media as What a Wonderful World! His other works include Hikari no Machi (City of Light), Nijigahara Holograph and Umibe no Onnna no Ko (A Girl on the Shore), as well as solanin and Goodnight Punpun, also available from VIZ Media. WORKS BY INIO ASANO @ THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, TORONTO TITLE Year Item ID Call Number Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction : Vol 1 2014 00025944 MANGA_E ASA 2014 A Girl on the Shore 2013 00025095 MANGA_E ASA 2013 Solanin 2008 00018141 MANGA_E ASA SOL 2008 Goodnight Punpun : Vol 1 2007 00025442 MANGA_E ASA GOO 2007 00020299 What a Wonderful World! : Vol 1 & 2 2003 MANGA_E ASA WHA 2003 00020341 DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION VOLUME 1 It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional. Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly track the aliens’ movements on social media and less enthusiastically study for college entrance exams. When the end of the world looms overhead, you learn to take things one step at a time. .