Gamon Sakurai is a Japanese comic book artist from Tokyo. Born in 1986, Sakurai was selected for the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for New Comic Artists. Upon being selected for the award his short story was published and he was selected for editorial review by manga publishing giant Kodansha. Sakurai would make his publishing debut with indie publisher Issuisha in 2010, releasing a short story anthology. He would then work with Kodansha to work on his first feature length series Demi-human in 2012. In 2013, AJIN was selected as the #3 manga in 2013 by Japanese comic editors and mangaka.
""Ajin is an action-packed, supernatural thriller - and there are some scenes of some seriously bad-ass action - while underneath, it tackles issues of society, discrimination, and of course, mortality."" - Kotaku ""The opening .... are worth the price of admission alone. Don't sleep on this series while it's hot."" - Otaku USA ""Sakurai's art is fundamentally solid, and there are a number of awesome visuals..."" - AiPT Comics