Akimi Yoshida
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Akimi Yoshida 吉田秋生 | |
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Born | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | August 12, 1956
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist, Writer |
Notable works | Kisshō Tennyo Sakura no Sono Banana Fish Umimachi Diary |
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Akimi Yoshida (吉田 秋生, Yoshida Akimi, born August 12, 1956) is a Japanese manga artist who graduated from Musashino Art University.[citation needed]
Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish, for which an anime adaptation started airing in 2018.[1] She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002.[2] In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Umimachi Diary, from which a film adaptation titled Our Little Sister was released in 2015.[3]
Works
- Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin (ちょっと不思議な下宿人), 1977
- California Monogatari (カリフォルニア物語), 1978–1981
- Kawa yori mo nagaku yuruyaka ni (河よりも長くゆるやかに), 1983
- Kisshō Tennyo (吉祥天女), 1983–1984
- Sakura no Sono (櫻の園), 1985–1986
- Banana Fish, 1985–1994
- Lovers' Kiss (ラヴァーズ・キス), 1995–1996
- Yasha (YASHA-夜叉-), 1996–2002
- Eve no Nemuri (イヴの眠り), 2003–2005
- Umimachi Diary (海街 diary), 2007-
References
- ^ Ressler, Karen (22 February 2018). "Banana Fish Anime Reveals Cast, More Staff, 1st Promo Video, Modern-Day Setting". Anime News Network.
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External links
- Akimi Yoshida at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Akimi Yoshida at Mangayomi
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide