Yuji Iwahara made his debut as a manga artist in 1994. His series Chikyu Misaki and King of Thorn have been published in English as well, and the latter was adapted into an award-winning animated film. Iwahara also designed the characters for the Darker Than Black anime (the manga of which is published by Yen Press) and is currently working on a new Darker Than Black manga series in Japan.