The Comic Artist and His Assistants

The Comic Artist and His Assistants
Cover of the first manga volume
マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと (Mangaka-san to Ashisutanto-san to)
Genre	Comedy, slice of life[1]
Manga
Written by	Hiroyuki
Published by	Square Enix
Magazine	Young Gangan Shōnen Gangan Gangan Online
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	February 1, 2008 – September 21, 2012
Volumes	10
Audio drama
Released	January 26, 2011
Episodes	1
Manga
The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2
Written by	Hiroyuki
Published by	Square Enix
Magazine	Young Gangan
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 2, 2013 – June 6, 2014
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Takeshi Furuta
Produced by	Jun Fukuda Hiroyuki Tajima Yukie Iwashita Shintarō Yoshitake Takayoshi Takeuchi Daisuke Tatsumi Sayaka Suzuki Takuya Narita
Written by	Aki Itami
Music by	Tomoki Kikuya
Studio	Zexcs
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks UK: Animatsu Entertainment
Original network	Tokyo MX, AT-X
Original run	April 7, 2014 – June 23, 2014
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Takeshi Furuta
Produced by	Jun Fukuda Hiroyuki Tajima Yukie Iwashita Shintarō Yoshitake Takayoshi Takeuchi Daisuke Tatsumi Sayaka Suzuki Takuya Narita
Written by	Aki Itami
Music by	Tomoki Kikuya
Studio	Zexcs
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks UK: Animatsu Entertainment
Released	June 25, 2014 – November 26, 2014
Runtime	6-10 minutes (per episode)
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)

The Comic Artist and His Assistants (Japanese: マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと, Hepburn: Mangaka-san to Ashisutanto-san to) 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 February 1, 2008 to September 21, 2012 and the chapters collected into 10 tankōbon volumes. A sequel titled The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 was serialized from August 2, 2013 to June 6, 2014. An anime television series adaptation animated by Zexcs aired between April 7, 2014 and June 23, 2014.