{{Short description|Brazilian comics artist}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=June 2017}} {{notability|Biographies|date=May 2017}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2016}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Érica Awano | image = Érica Awano.JPG | caption = Erica Awano at the 2014 Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brasil | birth_name = Érica Awano | birth_date = 12 December | birth_place = Brazil | occupation = Comic Artist }}
'''Érica Awano''' (born 12 December),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.holyavenger.com.br/ | title = Autores | website = Holy Avenger | access-date = 2018-07-22 | archive-date = 2003-06-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030603190413/http://www.holyavenger.com.br/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> is a Japanese-Brazilian comics artist. Her style is heavily influenced by Japanese manga, but differ considerably from traditional manga in their format.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.riocomicon.com.br/index.php/mangakas-e-algo-mais/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026191037/http://www.riocomicon.com.br/index.php/mangakas-e-algo-mais/|archivedate=October 26, 2011| title=Mangakás e algo mais |date=October 24, 2011|website=Rio Comicon}}</ref>
==Biography== The daughter of Japanese immigrants, Awano graduated from the University of São Paulo in Literature. She started her career in 1996 illustrating ''Novas Aventuras de Megaman'', a digest size comic book based on the ''Mega Man'' franchise.<ref name="interview">[http://www.sfrpg.com.br/post/erica-awano Erica Awano - Interview]</ref> She then worked on a limited series based on ''Street Fighter Zero 3'', written by Marcelo Cassaro and columns on how-to draw for magazines ''Anime Ex'' and ''Animax''. She was the co-creator of the mascot of the magazine ''Anime Do''.<ref name="arte">{{cite book |title=A Arte de Holy Avenger |publisher=Talismã}}</ref>
She has illustrated role-playing games books for 3D&T and Tormenta, among others.<ref name="interview"/> Her most successful and recognized work is the comic series ''Holy Avenger'' (a spin-off of Tormenta),<ref name="arte"/> which lasted for 42 issues and spawned a handful of other projects, including other comics, an audio CD with professional actors playing the characters, and an animated series.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100406084753/http://blog.sfrpg.com.br/post/Erica-Awano.aspx Interview at Street Fighter RPG Brazil] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040219085351/http://hq.cosmo.com.br/textos/quadrindex/qholyavenger.shtm Review of Holy Avenger] * https://web.archive.org/web/20151010025134/http://revistaogrito.ne10.uol.com.br/page/blog/2015/05/29/erica-awano-desenhista-de-holy-avenger-e-confirmada-na-comic-con-experience/
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