Akira Itou is a writer, gamer, and international best-selling comic
artist. Over the last decade his work has been associated with some
of the world's most popular trading card games - YuGiOh and
Vanguard.
Raised in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Itou cut his teeth as an
assistant for Studio Dice and YuGiOh creator Kazuki Takahashi.
After working as an assistant on the original YuGiOh comic, Itoh
would eventually come to draw the YuGiOh sequel YuGiOh R. The
series was a regular feature in Shonen Jump Magazine for four years
and significantly expanded the brand from comic for teens to
full-blown gaming narrative. After working with the YuGiOh
franchise for nearly a decade, Itoh would pair up with Japanese
trading card leaders BushiRoad to develop a new card game -
Vanguard. Vanguard would premiere as a serialized manga in 2010 to
lay the foundation for a TRPG which would debut globally February
2011. The brand has spun-off a weekly prime-time animated TV
series, which is currently available globally in English on
YouTube, with Itou as the writer.
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