Masakazu Katsura's talent was discovered at a contest for young artists. Soon, Katsura created various short stories and some series with super-heroes ('Chokidoïn Vander', 'Tsubasa'). In 1989 he started his series 'Vidéo-Girl Aï', which knew an immense success from it debut. However, after thirteen episodes, 'Vidéo-Girl Aï' was replaced by 'Vidéo-Girl Len'. After finishing the 'Vidéo-Girl' cycle in 1993, Katsura started several other successful series, like 'Shadow-Girl', 'D.N.A. 2' and 'Shadow Lady'.
