Tony Valente Pereira
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About
Artist of the critically-acclaimed comic book series Radiant, which was the first "manfra" to be published in Japan. He has also worked on the solo comic book project Hana Attori and the Didier Tarquin collaboration S.P.E.E.D. Angels. He has built a substantial fanbase on social media, with over 120,000 followers on his tonytonyvalente Instagram account. This is where he shares photos and videos of his many intricate drawings.
Before Fame
Greatly inspired by the Akira Toriyama manga series Dragon Ball, he focused his career goals on comic book creation when he was just a teen. He earned the chance to pursue his dream in the year 2004 when he started providing illustrations for the Raphael Drommelschlager comic series The Four Princes of Ganahan.
Trivia
His comic series Radiant earned a Canal BD J'aime Lire Comic Award in the year 2015. The following year, it was also named Best International Manga at the Japan Expo Daruma Awards in Paris, France.
Family Life
He was born in Toulouse, France.
Associated With
His series Radiant became the first manfra (French comic book series based on Japanese manga) to be published in Japan after receiving support from artists such as Yusuke Murata and Hiro Mashima.
