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Explore the World of Innocent Manga Creator Shinichi Sakamoto in Latest toco toco Episode
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Manga creator Shinichi Sakamoto is the mind behind Innocent and its sequel series Innocent Rouge, the historical manga set during the French Revolution. He wasn't always a manga fan though. In the latest episode of the French web program toco toco, Sakamoto recounts his first exposure to the medium as a kid when he happened upon an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump and read a chapter of Fist of the North Star. After that fateful encounter, Sakamoto asked his parents to buy him manga.
As a somewhat rebellious teen, Sakamoto decided he wanted to do something different than his peers. He also wanted to find his own way out of Osaka. Despite having no actual knowledge of the process that went into making manga, he decided to enter a manga contest while still in high school. Contest after contest, Sakamoto himself getting closer to winning a prize. It was during winter of his final year in high school when he was finally awarded the top prize of a contest.
Watch the video below to find out more about Sakamoto's journey to become a published manga creator and see the inside of his work space in Yoyogi.
Sakamoto launched Innocent in 2013, and the manga changed its name to Innocent Rouge when it moved from Weekly Young Jump to Grand Jump in 2015.
The story once again centers on Charles-Henri, the eldest brother in the Sanson family of executioners, and his sister Marie-Joseph, who lives a free life in Versailles. One day, Marie-Joseph's love Alain is murdered at the hands of aristocrats.
Shueisha published nine compiled book volumes for the original Innocent manga. The ninth volume of Innocent Rouge shipped on November 19.
