Tony Valente Pereira is a French comic artist. After being inspired by works of various other comic artists, Valente began illustrating The Four Princes of Ganahan in 2004. Following its completion, he worked with Didier Tarquin on S.P.E.E.D. Angels. After it ended in 2013, Valente began working on Radiant, which has received critical acclaim and an anime adaptation in 2018.
Valente in 2006
Radiant is a French comic book series written and illustrated by Tony Valente. It has been published by Ankama since 2013 and has 18 volumes released in French as of December 2023. It was later published by the Japanese publisher Euromanga and Asukashinsha in 2015, making it the first manfra to be published in Japan. The series has been licensed by Viz Media in English since 2018 and has 17 volumes released. The series received an anime television series adaptation by Lerche that aired on NHK Educational TV from October 2018 to February 2019, followed by a second season aired from October 2019 to February 2020.
Cover art of the first English volume published by Viz Media.