Crimson Spell

Crimson Spell is a yaoi manga by Yamane Ayano.  The story is sort of a sexual Jekyll and Hyde.  A young prince is cursed and enlists the help of a sorcerer to help him lift the curse.  The curse turns him into a bloodthirsty (and horny) demon at night.  The only way the sorcerer can subdue the demon is to have sex with him.  The prince never has any memories of anything he does as the demon.

Crimson Spell is available in English in America from Kitty Media.

 

 

 

 

 

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Yamane Ayano Does Slam Dunk

Before they get signed and make their own work, a lot of manga creators start off making doujinshi.  Doujinshi is essentially fan-created or indie manga.  While some doujinshi is original, most of it is fan work based on popular properties.  It's pretty much a semi-accepted practice.  Some manga creators (like Taishi Zaou) still create doujinshis in addition to their professional work.

I've been debating about whether or not to post doujinshi (because of my aversion to posting fan art).  Today's post is sort of a test/experiment.  It's doujinshi fan art by a creator whose work has been posted here before. 

The artist in question is the great Yamane Ayano, the creator of the popular Viewfinder and Crimson Spell mangas.  A few years ago, she did doujinshis featuring the characters of Takehiko Inoue's sports manga Slam Dunk.  In fact, she did a whole artbook of her take on the Slam Dunk characters called Fifteen.  Although I wouldn't realize it until much later, the very first piece of artwork I ever encountered by Yamane Ayano was one of those Slam Dunk pictures (it's the piece of art above).

Below, you'll find a few more pieces of artwork by Yamane Ayano followed by some artwork from Takehiko Inoue's original manga for comparison.

 

  

 

 

 

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Artist Spotlight: Yamane Ayano

As promised, here is some more artwork from Yamane Ayano. These pics all come from her artbook, Aya.

A Hunky Manga Man

Some say that guys in anime and manga are too skinny or girly for their tastes. For those of you who think that, the pic below is for you.



This hunk of beef is Asami Ryuichi from the manga Viewfinder by Yamane Ayano. This particular pic comes from her artbook Aya and was scanned by Pink Sakura at Anime Paper. I reduced the size of the scan quite a bit (by 75%!) because the original was huge. If you want the full-sized pic, you'll have to get it from the link above.

I have more (smaller) scans from Aya that I will post in the future.