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A Japanese ''mangaka'' known as the author of two bestselling manga stories, ''[[You're Under Arrest|You're Under Arrest!]]'' and ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', and a relatively obscure series, ''[[Ex-Driver|éX-Driver]]''. He began his career as an assistant ''mangaka'' to Tatsuya Egawa, (of ''[[Golden Boy]]'' and ''Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari'' fame) and as an editor of ''Puff'', a manga magazine.
 
He is also responsible for the character designs of ''[[Piano]]'', ''[[Sakura Wars]]'' and the [[Tales (series)]].
 
Fujishima-sensei is an automobile and motorcycle enthusiast, [[Author Appeal|which is reflected on almost all of his works]]. All of the three stories he authored heavily featured real models of [[Cool Car|cars]] and [[Cool Bike|motorcycles]] (to [[Technology Porn]] levels), especially in ''éX-Driver'', [[It Makes Sense in Context|where cars are actually relevant to the plot]]. He was also able to show off his expertise in machines as the meahcanicalmechanical designer of the [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Gungrave]]''.
 
His few but prolific and acclaimed works include:
 
* ''[[You're Under Arrest]]''
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', [[Long Runner|running forfrom 241989 yearsto as2015 ofand Novembercollected 2011in 48 volumes]]
* ''[[Ex-Driver|éX-Driver]]''
* ''[[Paradise Residence]]''
 
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* [[Art Evolution]]: most apparent with [[Ah! My Goddess]], which saw the evolution of Belldandy from "supernatural-looking" to the serene face we recognize today. Also works for Urd, Skuld and Keiichi.
** The anime follows this evolution consistently. Just compare the 1993 OVA to the 2005 TV series.
* [[Author Appeal]] / [[Technology Porn]]: Let's have a drinking game. For every time an accurate car or motorcycle model from the real world shows up, take a drink. Your liver will turn to foie gras in no time.
* [[Motorcycle on the Coast Road]]: Given that at least one character in every series he wrote owns a moped or a bike, this is bout to pop up once in a while.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: [[Cast of Snowflakes|Although none of the characters for each series look alike]], Fujishima tends to borrow character designs from his previous works, creating a [[Reused Character Design]] of sorts.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Miyuki and Natsumi in ''You're Under Arrest'', Lisa and Lorna in e'XéX-D.
* [[Technology Porn]]: Let's have a drinking game. For every time an accurate car or motorcycle model from the real world shows up, take a drink. Your liver will turn to foie gras in no time.
 
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