Born in 1980 in Japan, Nishino is well known as a comedian and TV personality in Japan. His wide range of literally activities are highly praised. He writes various scenarios for comedy shows, and stage plays. In 2009, he published his first book; “Dr. Ink and Starry Sky Cinema” using only a 0.03mm sketching pen. Also published in Japan is “Zip & Candy; Christmas of Robots”, and “Music Box Planet”. Akihiro Nishino’s latest work, published in October 2016. 350 thousand copies have been sold so far, making it a best-seller in Japan. Nishino, with his team of 40 creators, took 4 years and half to produce this work, funded by two crowd funding campaigns that raised ¥565mil. (approx. $500k) in donations from over 9,550 people.