Kia Asamiya

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Michitaka Kikuchi (菊池通隆, Kikuchi Michitaka, born March 9, 1963), better known by his pen name Kia Asamiya (麻宮騎亜, Asamiya Kia), is a Japanese manga artist, character designer and animator known for his varied manga stories across multiple genres. Some of his best-known manga works are as the creator of Silent Möbius, Compiler, Steam Detectives and Corrector Yui, plus his manga adaptations of properties such as Batman: Child of Dreams and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and a short run on Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men.

As an animator, credited under his real name, some of his work includes key animation on Fist of the North Star, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Project A-ko, and Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

According to fellow animator Nobuyoshi Habara, Asamiya contributed key animation for several early episodes of The Transformers working for Ashi Productions.<ref>https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/1963.html</ref>

Asamiya's own recollection is that he participated in the production of episodes featuring Grimlock and Skyfire.<ref>{{#if: 因みに、グリムロック、ジェットファイアの回に参加しました。 |"因みに、グリムロック、ジェットファイアの回に参加しました。"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818 |Kia Asamiya|Kia Asamiya}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2021 |, 2021{{#if: 11 |/{{#switch:{{#len:11}}|1=011|11}}{{#if: 28|/{{#switch:{{#len:28}}|1=028|28}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/kia_asamiya/status/1464860570943778818%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>

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