[1] His avant-garde comics are characterized by non-sequiturs and absurd imagery, being called "anti-manga".
[4] Sasaki admired the nonsense works of manga artist Shigeru Sugiura and the underground magazine Garo.
In 1966, Sasaki made his debut as a manga artist with "Yoku Aru Hanashi", published in Garo.
[5] Since 1973 Sasaki left manga to write and draw picture books, having published titles such as "Yappari Okami" and the "Monsieur Meuniere" series.
Sasaki also illustrated book covers, among them some of the original editions of the early Haruki Murakami works.