Erica Awano (born December 12 at unrevealed year) is a Brazilian comic book artist. Even tough her style is heavily influenced by Japanese comics and she has been called "the best Brazilian manga-ka", her works are considerably different from traditional manga, mainly because of format.


Erica Awano

Graduated in Literature by the University of São Paulo, Erica Awano started her career in 1996, in a Megaman comic. She then proceeded to work in a Street Figher Zero 3 comic book, and also in the magazines Anime Ex and Animax. She was also co-creator of the mascot of the magazine Anime-do.

Undoubtely, her most succesful and recognized work is the comic book series Holy Avenger, which lasted for 40 issues and spawned a handful of other projects, including other comics, an audio CD with professional actors playing the characters, and the embryo for an animated series.

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