{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox comics creator |name_nonEN = 麻生羽呂 |nonUS = ja |image = |image_size = |caption = |alt = |bodyclass = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = Osaka, Japan |area = Manga artist |letter = |color = |alias = |signature = |signature_alt = |notable works = {{ubl|''Alice in Borderland''|''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead''}} |collaborators = |awards = |manga artist = y }} {{nihongo|'''Haro Aso'''|麻生羽呂|Asō Haro|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga artist. After his debut in 2005, he serialized ''Hyde & Closer'' from December 2007 to July 2009, and ''Alice in Borderland'' from November 2010 to March 2016. After retiring from illustrating, he did the story for ''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'' in October 2018 and ''Noyu Girl'' in August 2021.
==Biography== Haro Aso was born in Osaka, Japan.<ref name=live>{{cite web|title=麻生羽呂の一覧|url=https://booklive.jp/focus/author/a_id/22690|website={{ill|BookLive|ja|BookLive}}|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> He attended Kansai University, but later dropped out.<ref name=live/> He made his debut as a manga artist in 2005 with ''YUNGE!''.<ref name=live/> On December 26, 2007, Aso launched ''Hyde & Closer''.<ref name=hyde>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【週刊少年サンデー】週刊少年サンデー ４・５号 発売中|url=http://manganohi.jp/2007/12/9877.html|website=Manganohi|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109061542/http://manganohi.jp/2007/12/9877.html|archive-date=January 9, 2008|language=ja|date=December 26, 2007}}</ref> The series finished its serialization on July 3, 2009.<ref name=hyde2>{{cite web|script-title=ja:呪法解禁!!ハイド＆クローサー|url=http://club.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine/SH_CSNDY/juhoukaiki_001/detail/|website=Club Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815133308/http://club.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine/SH_CSNDY/juhoukaiki_001/detail/|archive-date=August 15, 2011|language=ja}}</ref> Following ''Hyde & Closer''{{'}}s completion, Aso launched ''Alice in Borderland'' on November 25, 2010.<ref name=alice>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ハイド＆クローサー」の麻生羽呂、サンデー超で新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/41138|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=ja|date=November 25, 2010}}</ref> The series concluded on March 2, 2016.<ref name=alice2>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Alice in Borderland Fantasy Manga Ends in March|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-20/alice-in-borderland-fantasy-manga-ends-in-march/.98733|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 3, 2021|date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> At the time of the manga's conclusion, it had 1.3 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:麻生羽呂「今際の国のアリス」5年半の連載に幕、命懸けの"げぇむ"に挑む物語|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/178252|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=ja|date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> The manga was also given two major adaptations, an original video animation series<ref>{{cite web|title=Suspense Manga Alice in Borderland Gets Original Video Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-09/suspense-manga-alice-in-borderland-gets-original-video-anime|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=May 9, 2014|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref> and a live-action television series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 17, 2019|title=Netflix Produces Live-Action Alice in Borderland Series|website=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-16/netflix-produces-live-action-alice-in-borderland-series/.149041|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref> Following ''Alice in Borderland''{{'}}s completion, Aso intended to retire from drawing, though he came out of retirement to draw a spin-off after the television series' release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice in Borderland Manga Returns Despite Creator's Plans to Retire|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-07/alice-in-borderland-manga-returns-despite-creator-plans-to-retire/.164940|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=October 7, 2020|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref>
Starting on October 19, 2018, Aso did the story of the manga series ''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead''; Kotaro Takata did the illustrations.<ref name=zom>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゾンビで溢れかえった街を見て、社畜は何を思う？麻生羽呂×高田康太郎の新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/304490|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=ja|date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> Starting on August 20, 2021, Aso did the story for another manga series, ''Noyu Girl''; Shirō Yoshida did the illustrations.<ref name=noyu>{{cite web|title=Alice in Borderland's Haro Aso, Shirō Yoshida Launch Noyu Girl Manga on August 20|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-08-02/alice-in-borderland-haro-aso-shiro-yoshida-launch-noyu-girl-manga-on-august-20/.175827|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=August 2, 2021|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref>
==Works== * ''YUNGE!'' (one-shot published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday Cho'') (2005)<ref name=live/> * {{nihongo|''Hyde & Closer''|呪法解禁!!ハイド&クローサー|Juhou Kaikin!! Haido ando Kurōsā}} (serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' and ''Club Sunday'') (2007–2009)<ref name=hyde/><ref name=hyde2/> * {{nihongo|''Alice in Borderland''|今際の国のアリス|Imawa no Kuni no Arisu}} (serialized in ''Shōnen Sunday S'' and ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') (2010–2016)<ref name=alice/><ref name=alice2/> * {{nihongo|''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead''|ゾン100 ～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～|Zon 100 ~ Zonbi ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto ~}} (serialized in ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X''; illustrated by Kotaro Takata) (2018–present)<ref name=zom/> * ''Noyu Girl'' (serialized in ''Yawaraka Spirits''; illustrated by Shirō Yoshida) (2021–2022)<ref name=noyu/> * ''Sex-chan'' (serialized in ''Comic Cmoa''; written by Tatsunari Iota and illustrated by Mano Sakamoto) (2022)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|title=Alice in Borderland, Zom 100's Haro Aso Launches New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-27/alice-in-borderland-zom-100-haro-aso-launches-new-manga/.193374|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 27, 2022|date=December 27, 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Anime News Network|people|95223}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aso, Haro}} Category:Living people Category:Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Kansai University alumni