Paola Cantatore studied languages at the University of Naples and at Ca’ Foscari, Venice, specializing in Japanese. At twenty-three she moved to Tokyo to perfect her language skills
and complete her studies. She works as a translator, editor and copywriter, and teaches at the Department of Foreign languages at the University of Ferrara.
Toru Terada was born in the Prefecture of Shizuoka, and moved to Tokyo after his diploma. He became an assistant to the mangaka Atsuji Kamijo, working with him for a decade. He made his solo debut with Little World, a full-color manga created for France with a script by screenwriter Jean-David Morvan, published for the first time by Dargaud in 2005.
For Japan he illustrated the black-and-white mystery series Number 8 in
38 Oiwake-tyo.