Yumiko Ōshima
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| Yumiko Ōshima | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 31, 1947 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
Yumiko Ōshima (大島弓子 Ōshima Yumiko, born August 31, 1947) is a female Japanese manga artist and a member of Year 24 group.[1][2]
She made her debut in 1968 with Paula's Tears in Weekly Margaret.[3]
She received the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence for Mimoza Yashiki de Tsukamaete. She received the 1978 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for The Star of Cottonland,[4] and the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for "Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami," a short story in the ongoing series Gū-gū datte Neko de aru.[5] She is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi (catgirl) character type through her creation of Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland.[6]
[edit] Selected works
- Paula no Namida (ポーラの涙, "Paula's Tears"), 1968
- Tanjō (誕生), 1970–1971
- Sakura Jikan (桜時間, "Cherry Blossom Time"), 1972
- Mimoza-yakata de Tsukamaete (ミモザ館でつかまえて), 1973
- Joka e ("To Joker") (1973) - An allegorical love triangle involving a boy who is accidentally transformed into a girl
- Nazuna yo Nazuna (なずなよなずな), 1974
- Ichigo Monogatari (いちご物語, "Strawberry Story"), 1975
- Freud-shiki Ranmaru (F式蘭丸), 1975
- Shichigatsu Nanoka ni (七月七日に), 1976
- Banana Bread no Pudding (バナナブレッドのプディング), 1977–1978 - A story about a sensitive young woman, Ira Miura, who wishes to have a gay boyfriend
- The Star of Cottonland (綿の国星 Wata no Kuni Hoshi), 1978–1987 - A story about a kitten, Chibi-neko, who thinks she is a little girl
- Akasuika Kisuika (赤すいか黄すいか), 1979
- Kinpatsu no Sōgen (金髪の草原), 1983
- Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi (毎日が夏休み), 1989
- Koi wa Newton no Ringo (恋はニュートンのリンゴ), 1990
- Christmas no Kiseki (クリスマスの奇跡), 1995
- Gū-gū datte Neko de aru (グーグーだって猫である), 1996–ongoing
[edit] References
- ^ Thorn, Matt (2005). "A History of Manga". Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly 4 (2,4, & 6). http://www.matt-thorn.com/mangagaku/history.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ Thorn, Matt (2001). "Shôjo Manga—Something for the Girls". The Japan Quarterly 48 (3). http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/japan_quarterly/index.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ Masanao Amano, Julius Wiedemann (2004). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 1979–1982. ISBN 9783822825914. http://books.google.com/?id=XiZ-SXfp50cC&pg=RA2-PA1979&dq=Yumiko+Oshima.
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ "12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-05-11. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-11/12th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-winners-announced. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ Jaqueline Berndt (1995) (in German). Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kulture in Japan. Berlin: Edition q. p. 111. ISBN 3-86124-289-3.
[edit] External links
- Yumiko Ōshima at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide
- List of works at Mangayomi
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