About | Kisarasmoon

Kisarasmoon

Author/Manga Artist/Songwriter

Name: Charis Alfonso
Birthday: June 2nd
From California
Married
Mom of one beautiful girl

About Me

I'm a digital and traditional artist and my style is mainly Japanese anime/manga style artwork. I specialize in character design and comics. I'm the author of "The Tale of Jakob and the Kitsune" and the "Kisara's Moon" manga series. As an artist who is completely self-taught, I'm happy to have learned from watching anime like Sailor Moon, Inuyasha, Cardcaptor Sakura and Yu Yu Hakusho growing up. The very first thing I have ever drawn was Sonic the Hedgehog in the third grade. I still love drawing Sonic every now and then. I would do many fanarts of my favorite anime and video game characters and that's how I taught myself how to draw. It took me awhile to find my own style but I am very happy with current art-style. I started out as a traditional artist and in 2017, I bought my very first display tablet. Digital art was a lot harder for me since I wasn't used to it but eventually I figured it out. Although I got a lot of inspiration from anime, reading manga is what made me want to write and illustrate my own manga series. I had a lot of concept art for my characters and many drafts but eventually, after many years, I finally wrote a story I was happy with. It's hard work. Especially, since I do everything myself but I love having the freedom to write and draw my stories how I want to.

My Original Song "Blue"

I wrote this song for my manga series, Kisara's Moon. Kenji sings it in Volume 4. I tried to tell a story within the song of how Kenji feels about the girl he loves. This song is him expressing exactly how he feels and why he feels that way. It's difficult for him to say it out loud. So, he chooses to sing about his feelings instead.

I thought about singing the song myself but I'm way too shy to ever do something like that. I only sing for my close friends and family. Never public. It's just too hard for me to do that. Besides, this song was meant to be sung by someone else. I decided to choose someone I trusted to bring the song to life in a beautiful way. Justcosplaysings is the one who did the beautiful vocals and instrumentals for "Blue". She did an amazing job! I love that she wanted to go over some manga pages to get a feel of Kenji's character and why he loves the girl with the blue hair. It was an honor being able to work with such kind-hearted person who is also an amazingly talented artist.

Why I never gave up on my dreams.

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My parents passed away in 2004. Just two months apart from each other. It was a tough time for my brothers and I, but we made it through. After years of writing and rewriting my manga; in 2017 I came up with the story I wanted to tell. I wanted a way to honor their memory. So, I created Aurora and Yukito who are Kisara's parents in my manga. My family means so much to me and my parents are a huge part of who I am today. They thought me that despite what trials and tribulations you go through in life, to always be a good person. Stay true to yourself no matter what. Thank you, mom and dad, for inspiring me to never give up on my dreams.

I love you and miss you so much.

Character inspiration and my other books.

Some of the characters in my manga are inspired by friends and family. For example, Ms. Gomez is inspired by my Godmother. Some of my brothers have made an appearance too. Kenji, Kasumi and Luke aren't inspired by anyone I know though. I always wanted to be a magical girl growing up. I created the character Kisara to fulfill that dream of mine. I published three volumes of my manga in 2023 and two volumes in 2024! I'm incredibly proud! Now with volume 5 completed, I am really excited to start working on the next volume!

The Tale of Jakob and the Kitsune is a story I wrote in 2019 and I decided to publish it in 2022. It's a story of a young elvish boy named Jakob. He is a tailor who makes clothes for the people of the forest and also the royal family of Raven Castle. One day, he finds a mysterious girl near his home in Sumiko Forest. Soon after meeting her, darkness begins to loom over the forest. It's a dark fantasy and romance novel.

I created Magic! Magic! Mew Mew Sugar Plum Surprise! I'm a Magical Girl when I was creating my manga series. It is a light novel and anime that features in my manga that Luke is obsessed with since he loves Magical Girls. I have made the light novel available for you to purchase!

I'm very proud of the work I put into my book, light novel and manga series.

I hope you like what you see!