Nagata Kabi
| Nagata Kabi 永田カビ | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 28, 1987 |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness |
| Awards | |
Kabi Nagata (Japanese: 永田カビ, Hepburn: Nagata Kabi, pen name; born May 28, 1987[1]) is a Japanese manga artist best known for My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness.
Nagata has been drawing for as long as she can remember.[2] However, she did not start reading manga until 4th grade with Takehiko Inoue's sports manga Slam Dunk. She subsequently started reading other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, naming Nobuhiro Watsuki's samurai manga Rurouni Kenshin as her favourite in middle school.[2]
Works
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Nagata published My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness first on the Japanese website Pixiv before its revised version was released as a printed volume in 2016. This autobiographical manga deals with Nagata's mental health issues and her homosexuality. It established Nagata's trademark visual style of black and white drawings with pink screentones.
My Solo Exchange Diary
The sequel to My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, My Solo Exchange Diary (Japanese: 一人交換日記, Hitori kōkan nikki), was published in Japanese later in the same year, 2016, and in English in 2018. While continuing to explore the themes of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, My Solo Exchange Diary is based on the concept of diary entries or letters that Nagata exchanges with her former and future self.[3] Its second volume, titled My Solo Exchange Diary 2 (一人交換日記2) was released in Japanese in 2017 and in English in 2019.
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality (現実逃避してたらボロボロになった話, Genjitsu tōhi shitetara boroboro ni natta hanashi, literally "a story of coming apart when I escaped from reality") is the fourth and latest installment in the series of Nagata's autobiographical manga. It deals with Nagata's alcoholism and hospitalization. The manga was released in Japan in 2019. The English publication is scheduled for 2021.[4]
Awards
In 2018, Kabata's My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness won both the Harvey Award for Best Manga[5] and the Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Manga.[6]
References
- ^ "@gogatsubyyyo". Twitter (in Japanese). 2018-10-06.
通知オフにしてるのに何故かリプ通知1件来たんだけど 誕生日は1987/5/28です
- ^ a b Sena Kondo (2016-12-31). "Being a manga artist was my calling - Interview with Kabi Nagata". PixiVision.
- ^ Hans Rollmann (2018-08-16). "Nagata Kabi's 'My Solo Exchange Diary' and the Alienated Self". PopMatters.
- ^ "Seven Seas Licenses Nagata Kabi's MY ALCOHOLIC ESCAPE FROM REALITY Manga". Seven Seas Entertainment. 2020-04-24.
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (October 6, 2018). "2018 Harvey Award Winners Announced". Comics Beat.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (2018-02-25). "Made in Abyss, My Hero Academia Win Big at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.