Yamaji Arata

Yamaji Arata (山路新) is the artist in charge of drawing the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator manga series.

Background
He is a newcomer in illustrating serialized manga, and Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator is his debut work.

Art Style
His art style is notable for the use of facial expressions of the characters, specifically, shadowing the entire face of a character for dramatic effect. He also makes frequent use of electric spark-like effects when a power is used, especially Accelerator's esper ability.

List of Works

 * Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (2013-2020) (written by Kamachi Kazuma, serialized in Dengeki Daioh)
 * Demon Boy (怪物少年) (2022) (written by Yamaji Arata, serialized in Dengeki Daioh)

Trivia

 * He is married.
 * He used to have a Twitter account (@arata_yamaji) from September 27th 2022 to January 2nd 2023. The reason for his account's deletion is unknown, but his latest manga, Demon Boy, was cancelled recently.