The path of... Katsuya Terada

Blurred lines Known for his offbeat manga, the artist shares his journey

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Where did you grow up and how has this influenced your art?

I was born and raised in Tamano, in western Japan's Okayama Prefecture. Growing up outside a bustling city before the internet era made me acutely aware of the distance to the emerging cultures in faraway places. This sense of distance was what shaped my fundamental desire to go somewhere that isn't here.

I can recall one particular piece that inspired me: an illustration by the French comic artist Moebius I saw in a magazine when I was 15 years old. My father was also a major influence on my art.

What advice would you give to your younger self?

I don't have any real memory of paving my own way, so there isn't much advice I could give. If anything, I'd just say be kind to others.