Inoue’s Tokyo Tribe manga inspired a television anime adaptation in 2006, and Inoue appeared as himself in one episode.
The manga tells the story of Inoue’s recent move to Los Angeles, California, and the first chapter is available digitally in Japan through various platforms such as Amazon’s Kindle.
Inoue’s other manga include Rinjin 13-gō, Inoue Santa, and Born 2 Die.
Parisian-born Japanese manga artist Santa Inoue (Tokyo Tribe) launched the Santa no LA Life 50-sai no Mangaka ga Kazoku to LA ni Hikkoshita Hanashi (Santa’s L.A. Life: Story of a 50-Year-Old Manga Creator Who Moved to L.A. With His Family) manga on Monday.