Necoconeco

A charming little presence from the early 2000s manga scene, Necoconeco debuted in A.D. Vision's Azumanga Daioh #1 in 2003, brought to the page by Kiyohiko Azuma and Kay Bertrand. Though their catalog footprint is small — just four appearances across the series' brief 2003–2004 run — there's something delightfully fitting about a character tucked into the same pages as beloved figures like Sakaki, Osaka, and Yomi. Azumanga Daioh remains a touchstone of Modern Age manga in Western publishing, and even a minor player in that world carries a warm nostalgic glow for fans who fell in love with this title.