Dani & Fidel
Fidel (author) was trained in Barecelona in documentary photography. His fascination for Japanese culture caused him in 2013 to create a photo documentary about the flower of the cherry tree in Japan, called „Hanami“. For this documentary he received the award for „best documentary“ in the magazine „Piel de Foto“. 2016 he created the script for „Arashiyama“ and together with Dani Bermúdez as artist they won the XI Manga Contest of Norma Editorial. Arashiyama published in 2017 won the Ficomic Award for the best Spanish Manga in 2018.
Dani (artist) studied, as a lover of the language and Japanese culture, influenced by movies and video games, graphic art and illustration. 2005 he published his first manga-series „Onegai Señorita“. He also took part in projects like „Let’s Cook!“ (2012) and „Olympics“ (2013). Not to forget to mention that Dani received within the Heroes Manga Madrid the award for the best Spanish Mangaka.
What is „ Arashiyama“ about: The siblings Shin and Sumie escape from their grandmothers house to request the gods of the Arashiyama mountain to bring their parents back to life. Not only gods are waiting for them on the mountain, there are also a huge amount of mysterious creatures and dangers.
But there is also more to come from the creative heads of „ Arashiyama“. Right now they are working on their next work named „Liquid Memories“, a two parted thriller.
Of course Dani and Fidel will also host a Workshop.
Your Animuc team