News tagged as "Mangaka"

'GeGeGe no Kitarou' Mangaka Shigeru Mizuki Dies at 93

Mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, best known for his shounen horror manga GeGeGe no Kitarou, died Monday morning at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 93. NHK reports that Mizuki died from heart failure. Mizuki was born in 1922 in Osaka and grew up in the port town of Sakaiminato in Tottori Pr...

Nov 29, 2015 9:43 PM by arsonal 39 Comments

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Mangaka Kouji Miyata Dies at 34

Mangaka Kouji Miyata has died on October 22 at the age of 34. According to a Facebook post by his father, Miyata died of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage. In 2006, Miyata received an honorable mention in the 8th Enterbrain Entame Awards for his entry titled Jabara. He debuted as...

Oct 27, 2015 5:56 AM by Sakana-san 76 Comments

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Mangaka Cocoa Fujiwara Dies at 31 [Update 4/10]

The official site of Gangan Joker magazine announced that the author of Inu x Boku SS, Cocoa Fujiwara, died on March 31 at the age of 31. The cause of death was not revealed. Her debut was a work titled Calling, which she made when she was only fifteen. She chose not to go to hig...

Apr 7, 2015 11:49 PM by trebmeg 228 Comments

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Influential Mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi Dies at 79

Journalist Paul Gravett announced in an article that the "sensei of gekiga," Yoshihiro Tatsumi, died due to malignant lymphoma on Saturday, March 7. He was 79 years old. Gravett was notified of the influential mangaka's death via an email from Erik Khoo, Tatsumi's close friend an...

Mar 9, 2015 2:33 PM by Sakana-san 51 Comments

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Mangaka Changes Shingeki no Kyojin's Ending Due to Popularity

An interview of "Shingeki no Kyojin" mangaka Hajime Isayama was revealed on December 4, 2013. In the interview, he mentions that he is thinking about changing the ending he already had a rough idea about. Influencing his decision is the popularity the series has gained from its a...

Dec 6, 2013 8:33 PM by tsubasalover 296 Comments

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Mangaka Nakano Junko Passes Away

According to Weekly Young Magazine, mangaka Nakano Junko passed away on July 28th due to ischemic heart disease. She was 45 years old. She finished Hetakoi this April and was preparing for a new series. Source: Scan of Young Magazine

Aug 27, 2012 4:39 PM by dtshyk 83 Comments

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Manga 'Shirokuma Cafe' Gets Suspended Due to Dispute over Its TV Anime

Mangaka Higa Aloha has announced in her official Twitter account that the serialization of "Shirokuma Café" on Monthly Flowers magazine has gone into hiatus for an indefinite period. She disclosed that she has been left out of the TV anime project of "Shirokuma Cafe" and she hasn...

May 29, 2012 6:17 PM by dtshyk 43 Comments

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Author of Kodomo no Jikan Has an Argument with another Mangaka Over Sexual Expressions

On February 15th, mangaka Watashiya Kaworu had a quarrel with another mangaka Yuki Homura ("Sakitama ~Sakuya Den~") on twitter over the sexual expression of manga. Yuki tweeted that one of his acquainted bookstore clerks said he cannot put Comic High! magazine in the store since...

Feb 15, 2012 8:59 PM by dtshyk 33 Comments

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Mangaka Abe Yoshitoshi Gets Married

According to the official website, mangaka and illustrator Abe Yoshitoshi has got married to a modern artist Sasaki Yukari. She has been working as Abe's manga assistant since 2010. Abe is 40 years old and Sasaki is 27. Sasaki Yukari's website Source: Abe's official website

Nov 12, 2011 4:55 PM by dtshyk 42 Comments

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Mangaka Nakamura Hikaru Takes a Maternity Leave

According to Comic Natalie, mangaka Nakamura Hikaru will take a maternity leave and the serialization of Saint Young Men will be suspended for a while. Nakamura said she will be back as soon as possible. A live action TV drama of Arakawa Under the Bridge has been aired since this...

Aug 22, 2011 7:49 AM by dtshyk 21 Comments

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Manga Author Quits Production Staff of Hyouge Mono Anime

According to their official facebook account, mangaka Yamada Yoshihiro and the editors of Morning Magazine are no longer responsible for the TV anime Hyouge Mono. The author's credit changed from "原作" (the original work) to "原案" (the original scheme). Yamada Yoshihiro and the edi...

Jun 16, 2011 5:38 PM by dtshyk 61 Comments

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Author of Mayoi Neko Overrun Worries About Current Trend of Anime Production

Online magazine Business Media Makoto released a report on a symposium "Expanding Contents" held on November 21st. At the symposium, Matsu Tomohiro, the author of Mayoi Neko Overrun! novel and the series composer of Queen's Blade anime, lectured about the problems of the current...

Dec 31, 2010 1:14 AM by dtshyk 41 Comments

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Mangaka Minekura Kazuya Survives Severe Tumor Operation

According to the official blog, mangaka Minekura Kazuya had a tumor surgery and left the hospital. She was diagnosed as having an ameloblastoma and had the whole right maxilla removed. She has recovered the health but it will take long until she can resume working on manga. She p...

Dec 30, 2010 10:32 PM by dtshyk 24 Comments

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Mangaka Kawasaki Noboru Refuses Tokyo Anime Award

According to the twitter of Nogami Takeshi, mangaka Kawasaki Noboru refused Tokyo Anime Award, which was planned to be given at Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2011. Tokyo Government had offered him the prize for the distinguished service. Kawasaki consulted the Japan Cartoo...

Dec 28, 2010 11:17 PM by dtshyk 51 Comments

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Mangaka Akamatsu Ken To Launch Free Download Service of Discontinued Manga

According to Anime!Anime!, mangaka Akamatsu Ken established a stock company J-Comi with Deguchi Ryusei. The aim of the company is to provide discontinued manga electronically for free. As a test launch of the beta version, all the fourteen volumes of Love Hina manga will be avail...

Nov 17, 2010 12:58 AM by dtshyk 76 Comments

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Manga Author of GTO Gets Married To An Actress

A TV drama actress Sugiyama Ayano announced in her blog that she got married to mangaka Fujisawa Tohru. Their baby is expected next February. Fujisawa is 43 years old and Sugiyama is 27. Source: Sugiyama Ayano's blog

Oct 12, 2010 8:37 AM by dtshyk 39 Comments

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Mangaka Amano Kozue Gets Pregnant

According to Natalie, Monthly Comic Blade announced that mangaka Amano Kozue has become pregnant. The serialization of manga Amanchu! will be slowed down to quarterly. Amano said "I'll leave for another creation for a while. Please wait for my come back." Source: Natalie

Aug 30, 2010 1:42 AM by dtshyk 84 Comments

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Manga Author of Prince of Tennis Debuts as a Singer

Konomi Takeshi (the author of manga "Prince of Tennis") announced in a TV program that he will release a single CD "Tenipuri tte Iina/Smile" on August 19th. He not only sings the three songs included in the CD but also wrote and composed two of the songs for himself. He said he w...

May 29, 2009 3:26 AM by dtshyk 17 Comments

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Arakawa Hiromu Draws the Cover Art of The Demon's Lexicon

Arakawa Hiromu (the manga author of "Fullmetal Alchemist") drew the cover art of Sarah Rees Brennan's fantasy novel "The Demon's Lexicon I". (the official website of the novel) The cover drawn by Arakawa The cover art is for the Japanese-release only. Source: Natalie Katsura Masa...

Apr 29, 2009 9:02 AM by dtshyk 18 Comments

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Aya Nakahara Launches New Series

Aya Nakahara, the creator of Lovely Complex, has launched a new shoujo manga called Nanakorobin. The series will premiere in the March edition of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine which will be available on February 13th. The story is about Nanako - who meets her match in a g...

Jan 14, 2008 3:13 PM by ReverseHarem 4 Comments

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