TV series
The Comic Artist and His Assistants
Overview
The life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful. His priorities are askew and subjecting his assistants to his fantasies has taken precedent over work. Despite his abuse of power, his assistants are willing to play along. Thankfully, editor Mihari is there to keep him in line, from threatening to fire him to physical punishment.
Details
- First air date
- 2014-04-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy
- Network
- Tokyo MX
- Production
- ZEXCS
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Yuuki Aito (voice)
- Saori Hayami as Sahoto Ashisu (voice)
- Arisa Noto as Mihari Otosuna (voice)
- Rie Kugimiya as Sena Kuroi (voice)
- Yuka Iguchi as Rinna Fuwa (voice)
- Manami Tanaka as Matome Minano (voice)
- Miku Ito as Sahono Ashisu (voice)
Creators and crew
- Shintaro Yoshitake - Producer
- Jouji Furuta - Director
- Hodaka Kuramoto - Director
- Masahiro Okamura - Director
- Seishirou Nagaya - Director
- Hisaya Takabayashi - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Perfecting Breasts! \ Dream Job \ Panty Wars \ Mihari Otosuna's Day Off
Aito, a lowly manga artist, continually says and does things that make his assistant, Sahoto, uncomfortable in every way imaginable.
Episode 2: A New Assistant Arrives \ That's Important \ First Time Together
A new girl shows up to assist Yuuki, but there may be a problem with her. Later, Yuuki's editor tries to persuade him to alter his manga to rise in the rankings.
Episode 3: Porno Mag Panic \ Can I Take Care of Her? \ Dark Comet Appears!
Yuuki's porno stash is found and the models look awfully similar to Sahoto. Later, after Yuuki's hamfisted attemps to take care of Sahoto, a cute temporary assistant is hired.
Episode 4: S & M \ Mascot Character \ Seventeen Mihari
Yuuki angers Sena who takes her vengeance upon him, the group creates a new mascot that Sahoto falls in love with, and Mihari recounts the first time she met Yuuki.
Episode 5: Park Shock \ Someday \ Using Close Friends for Reference
Yuuki meets an unusual fan in the park, Sahoto dreams of being a professional, and our favorite mangaka uses his friends as drawing references.
Episode 6: Let's Go to a Hot Spring
Yuuki decides to spend his royalty check on the girls, inviting them to a relaxing vacation to the hot springs. But as it always is with Yuuki, he has ulterior motives.
Episode 7: Little Sister Attacks! \ A Night Together \ Piggybacking the Super Assistant
Sahoto's little sister visits, Yuuki's editor decides to spend the night, and the littlest super assistant lets Yuuki into her circle of trust.
Episode 8: Chief Editor's Check \ In the Mind of a Girl \ Going Too Far
The chief editor comes to check progress, Yuuki's dream of becoming the little girl (almost) comes true, and Mihari threatens to reassign Yuuki to another editor.
Episode 9: Mistakes of the Past
Hindsight is always 20/20! Mihari contemplates the small mistakes that she may have made in her youth.
Episode 10: Sena-chan's Crisis \ I'll Cheer You On! \ Rain Talk
Girls in bunny suits, long walks in the rain, and elevator problems are all in a day's work for Yuuki and his lovely assistants!
Episode 11: Dreaded Change \ Do your best, Sena-chan! \ Know Yourself
Mihari's altered appearance is incredibly distressing to Yuuki. Cat sitting becomes a bit of an adventure for Sena and Yuuki.
Episode 12: Progress \ End of Summer \ Panty Personality Test
Sahoto hopes to make her debut with a new author award. The end of the summer has the group analyzing their true nature through particular clothing choices.
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