Who are the master cartoonists in Japan currently?

1. Hayao Miyazaki

In 1963, Hayao Miyazaki graduated from college and worked at Toei Animation. The first work he participated in was Toei's theatrical animation "Wanwan Tadashizo" in December of the same year. Immediately afterwards, Hayao Miyazaki participated in the first TV animation produced by Toei-"Wolf Boy Ken".

In 1971, Hayao Miyazaki left Toei Animation and joined "A-Pro" with Isao Taka (Hota), Yoichi Otabe and others. In 1973, the animation "Panda", a collaboration between him and Isao Takada, was released.

In 1978, the first work fully supervised by Miyazaki Hayao - "Future Boy Konan" was broadcast on NHK , which was well received. Hayao Miyazaki's ideas and style are greatly displayed in this film. In 1979, he joined Tokyo Movie News, and in 1980 he directed "Lupine the Third: Caliostro Castle" (theatrical version), once again showing the adventure movie style of "Future Boy". In 1982, the long-form comic "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" began to be serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine. The comic was serialized until 1994. In November 1982, he quit Tokyo Movie News and became a freelance writer.

The theatrical animation "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" was released in March 1984. Its rich imagination and profound content shocked the audience and the entire film industry. In April, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata jointly founded the "Two Horsepower" club.

In 1985, Studio Ghibli (Ghibli) was founded. (The name Ghibli actually means "the hot wind blowing on the Sahara Desert." During World War II, Italian Air Force pilots Their reconnaissance plane was also named "Ghibli". Hayao Miyazaki was an aircraft fanatic and of course knew this, so he decided to use "Ghibli" as the name of their studio. There is also another implication, that is, I hope this studio can set off a whirlwind in the Japanese animation industry!), so I started to produce "Castle in the Sky". Since "Castle in the Sky", Hayao Miyazaki has been working at Studio Ghibli. Up to now, he has successively produced "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Porco Rosso" and "The Valley of the Heart". , "On Your Mark," and animated films such as "Princess Mononoke."

Masterpieces

1. "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" --- This film caused a great sensation when it was released in 1984. Hayao Miyazaki's outstanding reputation was also established during this period. The film version of "Wind" is adapted from the manga of the same name by Hayao Miyazaki. Due to busy work, the serialization of the manga in Tokuma Shoten's monthly manga was not completed until 1994, which lasted 12 years.

2. "Castle in the Sky" --- a movie adapted from the novel "Gulliver's Travels" written by Jonathan Swift. Some people think that its storyline is more traditional, but this does not mean that it has no new ideas. On the contrary, The drama "Sky" is full of many new elements. The movie almost perfectly depicts the landscape of the world where the story takes place, which is a bit sci-fi, a bit mythical, and a bit like the European Industrial Revolution, such as old trains on elevated rails, dark mines, and flying in the sky. Boats, clay sculpture-like robots, etc...

The intense plot runs throughout the entire movie, but the blue sky and thick white clouds make the sharp conflicts more intriguing; the characters have many expressions At times, it relies not on lines but on the specific actions of the characters to make the characters' personalities more profound. This may be why it can attract children and even adults to sit down and watch a cartoon for two hours. We have to admit that Hayao Miyazaki has this ability.

3. "Heisei Tanuki Battle" --- In the minds of Japanese people, tanukis are a mysterious animal. They can use an illusion similar to blindfolding, and their bodies can change into any shape, or Turn leaves into money or something to deceive humans. In this film, a community construction project started in the Tama NEW TOWN underground in Tokyo, and the civet cats were driven out of their residence.

They wanted to revive the chemistry handed down from ancient times, and used this illusion to frighten mankind and put the project on hold, thus posing a challenge to mankind. They recruited elder raccoons from all around and decided to implement the "monsters don't fight" plan.

In the plot, the civet cats moved out at extremely fast speeds, but before they moved out, they turned into a posture of walking upright on two legs. People watching will definitely find this very interesting. . In fact, the atmosphere of this game is mainly humorous. Although there is an image of a raccoon cat being run over by a car, it immediately returns to the main tone.

4. "Spirited Away: The Hidden God" ---In this "Miyazaki version of Alice's Adventures in Adventures", modern Japan appears as the stage for Miyazaki animation for the first time. The various elves that Chihiro meets in the fantasy world all have allegorical references to today's Japan - the witch Yubaba is a hot spring operator who is obsessed with money. She indulges her children without any control and is a derelict mother. He squanders money without respecting the existence of others, and his character is like a child's lack of thinking and rationality. Xiaobai, a young man with a complicated personality, has dual personalities of intelligence and ruthlessness.

5. "Kiki's Delivery Service" ---The original work is by the Japanese female writer Eiko Kadono, who has won the International Andersen Award. Through the animation skills of Hayao Miyazaki, the audience is once again brought into a wonderful world .

6. "Porco Rosso" --- set in Italy in the 1920s, with the same European-style background and music. In order to more truly express the local customs of Europe, the production committee I once went to the Adria coast for field research. The mid-term scene takes place at dusk over the Adria Sea, with Borgo’s red planes dotted in the distance. The scene is very attractive! This is an autobiographical film by Hayao Miyazaki. Hayao Miyazaki refers to himself as the protagonist Borgo in the play, and constructs his own contradiction of being in the secular world and unable to control himself into the legendary story of Borgo. In fact, how many people are not helpless in the secular world?

7. "Princess Mononoke" --- Hayao Miyazaki regards "man" and "nature" as two extremes that can never compromise with each other. He believes that man must destroy nature in order to survive, and In the film, Ashitaka once dealt with humans and gods in order to coordinate the peaceful settlement between the two parties, but in the end it also ended in a tragic outcome, with both humans and gods losing. Ashitaka also said: "I have tried my best to prevent it (referring to the war between humans and gods), but in the end I failed." But regardless of whether the problem of coexistence between man and nature can be solved, as a human being, the first thing is should survive.

2. Chie Shinohara (Chie Shinohara しのはらちえ)

Birthday: February 15th

Constellation: Aquarius

Blood type: Type O

Hobbies: driving, playing golf

Debut work: "Legend of Red"

[Representative work]

Full-length works

1. "Purple Eyes Girl" (with live-action version)---12 volumes in 1987

Left wrist since birth Renko, a girl with a strange birthmark on her forehead. Ever since the birthmark became darker, strange events began to happen one after another around her. It turns out that the demonic nature hidden deep in Renzi's body has begun to awaken.

Whenever she encounters danger, the color of her pupils will turn purple, and she will transform into a terrifying leopard (such as a leopard). The average leopard is much larger)

At the same time, the female teacher Seng Genhara, who is extremely obsessed with people who can transform, attempts to capture Renzi in order to study transformers. In order to live a free life, Renzi and her lover Shen Ye resisted together and carried out an unyielding struggle...

2. "Hai Dark Moon Shadow" ("Twin Girls") (OVA animated version)

3. "Seal of Blue"

4. "Civet"

5. "Collection of Masterpieces of Chie Shinohara"

6 ."The Sky Is a Red River Bank"---Xili is a third-year student in an ordinary middle school. One day on the way to a date, he was pulled into the water by a hand that appeared in the water. When he woke up, he found that he had transcended time and space and arrived in the ancient Hitato Empire.

The Imperial Queen Nakia has the magical power to control water, and she wants to kill Yuri in order to obtain a sacrifice. Xili gets the help of Prince Karl and hides under the prince's wings as a concubine. The unwilling queen makes trouble for Karl everywhere, and Karl vows to fight the queen to the end in order to protect his beloved Xili...

"The Sky Is Red River Bank" is based on the historical background of the Hitato Empire, an ancient country on the plains of ancient Mesopotamia. The Hitato Empire was a country that emerged in today's Turkey in the tenth century BC. Its capital was Hadosia. It worships the Sumerian pantheon and is a neighboring country with Egypt. Their cultures are intertwined with each other and they are constantly fighting. This country full of magic and legends has the same splendid civilization as Egypt, but there are few records in history. There are very few, which gives Chie Shinohara quite a lot of room to play. But the architecture and character costumes in her comics are also very close to the historical customs of the Hitato Empire.

Short works

"Late Night Visitor"

"Dark Night Legend", "Dark Night Hunting", etc.

With a "Late Night Visitor" "Purple Eyes Girl" (12 volumes in total) won the 32nd Shogakukan Manga Award in 1987 and became an instant hit. Since then, he has been active on the stage of Japanese girls' comics and has become one of the ace authors of Shogakukan's "Girls Comic" magazine. The pictures are dynamic and the stories are quite magical. He not only has a large readership in Japan, but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland. It has conquered the hearts of countless girls. Although it is suspected of plagiarizing "The Nile Daughter", Jing Jin's serial "The Sky is Red Bank" (which has been published in volume 18) is very popular and has been on the sales list for three or four consecutive years.

3. Osamu Tezuka (male)

Birthday: November 3, 1928

Blood type A

Constellation Scorpio

Birthplace: Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture

My real name is Tezuka Osamu

It can be said that without this person, there would be no Japanese comics industry today. , so people call him the "God of Comics". Those who admired him and became cartoonists include Fujiko Fujio, Ishimori Shotaro, Matsumoto Leiji, Akatsuka Fujio, etc. Of course, the people who were influenced by the above-mentioned cartoonists are. More. Due to his personal experience in the war, he knew the value of life and began to pursue a career in medicine until he obtained a doctorate. However, his natural hobby finally led him to choose the career he desired - comics. p>

The works include: "Three-Eyed Boy", "Bird of Fire", "Astro Boy", "The Jungle King", "Fossil Island", "The Sapphire Prince", "Metropolis", "The World" "Insect Diary"

Introduction to the work:

"The Three-Eyed Boy" was a popular movie in the 1980s. In ancient times, the highly civilized three-eyed tribe became extinct for unknown reasons. Middle school students Sharaku Hosuke is one of the survivors. When his third eye was covered with tape, he was just a timid kid who was often bullied. When the tape was removed, he returned to his original evil self with supernormal intelligence. ...

"Fire Bird" is also translated as "Fire Bird". It can be called the pinnacle of Tezuka's works in terms of quality, quantity and scale, and is an eternal classic among Japanese comics. .The work absorbs a large number of mythological stories, legends and historical facts, showing readers the different attitudes of human beings in various eras towards life and death. The writing power is thick and the theme is profound. The author combines the majestic novel with experimental expression techniques The ingenious combination made this work an immortal pioneer in the history of Japanese comics development.

Due to the unfortunate death of the author, the work was not completed. The work has been launched in many theatrical animations and OVAs, and was released in 2004 It was adapted into a TV animation with 13 episodes.

4. Yuu Watase

Birthday March 5, 1970

Birthplace: Kishiwada City, Osaka.

Blood type AB

Constellation Pisces

Likes keeping pets, watching videos, playing TV toys, and listening to music

Representative works: 1 ."Unbelievable Game" - Yukiro Miju is a third-year junior high school student, preparing to take the high school entrance examination, and plans to enter a school that is difficult to pass.

I study hard every day. One day, Mei Zhu was in the library. When she finished reading, she accidentally discovered [The Book of Four Gods, Heaven and Earth], and fell into this story book. 2. "Absolute Bishi", 3. "Dream Goddess"

5. Hojo Tsukasa

Birthday: March 5, 1959

Birthplace: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Hojo Tsukasa The painting style is very realistic and modern, with a perfect blend of dynamics and texture. One of the characteristics of Hojo Tsukasa's comics is wit and humor, which is most vividly displayed in "City Hunter". In addition to being crazy and funny, another major advantage of Hojo Tsukasa's comics is the delicate and touching emotional scenes, which make people endless aftertaste. This is the main reason why his comics can attract readers for a long time.

After "City Hunter", Hojo published some works with more serious themes. The author seems to want to develop his comics to a high level and not just have entertainment effects. This change in style is best reflected in the three works "Sunshine Girl", "That Summer" and "Girls' Season". The most touching and shocking thing is "That Summer". This comic is composed of several independent short stories, but each short story revolves around the theme of "war destroys young people's dreams", combining the young man's desire to realize his dream, his helplessness when being involved in the war, and the destruction of his dream. The pain of the time is vividly depicted, making people deeply feel the evil of war.

The so-called theory of love regardless of gender seems to have become a creative trend among shoujo cartoonists at the end of the century. Hojo Tsukasa, who specializes in drawing shounen comics, actually joined in the fun and released his "Unusual Family", which depicts a pair of inverted genders. Wrong couple family life. Although this work is not as legendary as the other two novels "Cat Eyes" and "City Hunter", it still has a strong Hojo style in the coexistence of warmth and nonsense. "Very Family" is not as romantic and unrealistic as the girl comics of the same theme. The author maintains a realistic style of emotional portrayal, which is truly touching. Although some people are disapproving of this comic that shows homosexual tendencies and gender inversion, this does not affect its popularity. "Extraordinary Family" has been a regular in the top 10 shonen comics since its serialization.

The charm of Hojo Division at the end of the century remains undiminished. Because there are many cartoonists who become famous instantly with one work, but not many cartoonists can continue to maintain a high level of creative momentum for more than ten years. His achievements over the past 18 years have firmly placed him among the unforgettable masters of comics.

Representative works:

1. "I am a Man"

2. "Three Cat Eye Sisters"

3. "City Hunter"

4. "Angel's Gift"

5. "White Cat Girl"

6. "Girl's Season"

7 ."Sunshine Girl"

8. "That Summer"

9. "A Very Family"

6. Yoshizumi Wataru

Birthday June 18, 1963

Nationplace: Tokyo

Blood type A

Constellation Gemini

Education: Japan [Hitotsubashi University ]Graduation

Language: Japanese, English

Birthplace: Tokyo

Main works

"Game Quartet"

"Yinhai Family"

"Handsome Girlfriend"

"Jam Boy" (animation)

"Only Love You"

"Mint Relationship"

"Let's Take a Walk"

From "The Beauty of the Silver Sea" (also translated as "Handsome Girlfriend") to "The Magical Student Abroad" (also Translation: "Magic Lovers"), each of her works is like the breeze in the early summer morning, fresh and pleasant, with a sweet fruity fragrance.

"Mint Relationship" is a "campus comedy for junior high school students." Yoshizumi Wataru, who enjoys drawing hilarious cartoons, did not touch on anything that makes people feel heavy in this work. In short, Readers will laugh with the Minano family's precious twins until the end. Some settings in "Peppermint Relationship" are also funny: Novi and Maria's father and Zhu Yin's father in "Only Love You" are twins! The reason why it is set like this, Yoshizumi Wataru said, firstly, it is interesting to have twins, and secondly, there is no need to think about the face of the new middle-aged character, killing two birds with one stone. In this regard, should I say she is smart or lazy? Teacher Wataru Yoshizumi said: "This time I wanted to describe a happy and innocent story in a relaxed way, so I kept reminding myself not to take the description too seriously."

7. MASAMI KURUMADA

Birthday: December 6, 1953

Birthplace: Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Constellation: Pisces

Blood type: Type A

Hobbies: music, fishing

Things you hate the most: giving speeches

Debut: "The Strongest Woman"

Representative work: "Saint Seiya" "Saint Seiya", "Fuuma Kojiro", "Still Fighter-Shou", "B`tX Steel Divine Weapon"

"Saint Seiya" (28 volumes in total) was selected as "Saint Seiya" by the famous Japanese publishing house Shueisha 15 classic masterpieces not to be missed in Japan in the 20th century. At that time, the animation "Saint Seiya" adapted from Kurumada Masami's masterpiece "Saint of the Goddess" was broadcast across the country and became a sensation. The inspiration for this work was It comes from a piece of information called "Meteor Group in the Leo Constellation." Masami Kurumada saw the meteors falling from the sky, which inspired the concept of Saint Seiya. Originally, the protagonist Seiya wanted to use Leo, but after several changes, he finally decided to use Pegasus. Because it is more appropriate to take the meaning of "Tianma Xingkong". As for the original meaning of "Leon Constellation Meteor Group", it still remains on Seiya's special skill. Seiya's name comes from the sacred arrow, namely Seiya.

Kurumada Masami. From 88 constellations, 10 are selected as bronze saints, and the characters are designed according to the characteristics of each constellation. The purple dragon's holy clothes have the strongest fist and the strongest shield. This is from the Chinese "spear and shield". I was inspired by the story of "Shield". The concept of the glacier was a little different from other people's. Later, after combining opinions from all aspects, I created the glacier with permanently frozen ice walls.

"Boxer Genesis II" (one volume) was selected as one of "The 14 Most Wonderful Japanese Classic War Scrolls of the 20th Century" by Shueisha, a famous Japanese publishing house.

"B'tX Steel" "Magic Weapon" is Masami Kurumada's masterpiece after "Saint Seiya" depicting a strong, persistent, independent and fearless fighting man

8. Rumiko Takahashi

Birthday: 1955-10-10

Contact address: Niigata, Japan

Works: "Ranma 1/2"/"Ranma 1/2" "Lucky Boy"/ "Urusei Yatsura" "A Moment Together"/"A Moment Apartment"/"Maison Ikkoku" "InuYasha"/"INU YUSHA" "The Mermaid Forest" "The Mermaid Stops Smiling" "The Fighting Fish" "The Mermaid's Injury" "Dream" "The End" "The Promised Tomorrow" "Scar of the Mermaid" "Sari Ji" "The Tragedy of P" (Short Story Collection) "The Tragedy of P" "The Romantic Businessman" "The House of Misfortune" "In the Flower Pot" "A Hundred Years of Love" "The Happiness of Plus Size SIZE" "L or W" short story collection) "L or W" "Slim Guanyin" "So what if it's a dog!" ! ” “With the Mother-in-Law” “Come on the End of the World” “GRANDFATHER” “Takarazuka’s Hospitality” “HAPPY TALK” “I am a Goddess!!” “The One Pound Gospel” “Wayward Guy” “Super Girl” "We are the Face Changing Club" "Sengoku Student Union"

In 1978, she used her spring break time to draw "Wayward Guys" during her sophomore year of college, and won the second Shogakukan Newcomer Award. Won the Manga Award and became the serial author of "Young Sunday" weekly magazine.

In the same year, he began to draw "Lucky Boy" again, first as a test painting and a short series in a magazine. In 1980, under the voice of readers, she decided to continue drawing "The Lucky Boy" and turn it into a long serialized story in a magazine. At the same time, another work "Moment Apartment" also began to be serialized. In 1981, "Lucky Boy" won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award. Rumiko Takahashi became a well-known cartoonist with a large number of comic fans. Then, she successively published a series of popular medium-length stories.

In 1987, "Ranma 1/2" came out. As a companion piece to "Lucky Boy", "Ranma 1/2" not only retains the advantages of the former but also develops and improves it than before. It is really better. In addition, the animation of the same name was also broadcast on TV, causing a stir at home and abroad, and fascinated readers.

From the perspective of painting skills, Rumiko Takahashi tried her best to imitate Osamu Tezuka in her early days, and later gradually formed her own style. This change can be clearly seen in the previous and later volumes of "Lucky Boy".

9. Yoshihiro Togashi

Date of birth: April 26, 1966 (Showa 44)

Birthplace: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Blood type: Type A

Hobbies: Baseball, rock music, snake breeding

Debut: 1987's "Straight Ball" (selected for the 34th Tezuka Award)

Wife: Naoko Takeuchi

Family: One sister and one brother

Life: Loves baseball (mentioned many times in the Free Talk of "Yu Yu Hakusho"), He is into rock music and raising snakes. He has an older sister and younger brother at home. It is said that the younger brother is also a cartoonist and once wrote a 18-ban novel. Yoshihiro Togashi even drew the title page of it.

Main works: "Yu Yu Hakusho", "Hunter", "level e", "Werewolf, I love you"

"Naughty Cupid", "Zangfei fan comics"

It’s easy to read Togashi’s books because he always uses the simplest lines to draw the most perfect shapes, without using dots or even making drafts. He just uses a pen to draw directly on the original paper— —Only in this way can we draw such a heart-wrenching fighting scene! Another reason is that Togashi’s books are hilarious.

Whether it is the early "Demon Love God" or the three-part "LEVEL E", his comic genius is enough to make all readers laugh so hard.

10. Akira Toriyama

Main comic works:

"Dragon Ball" ("Dragon ball")

"ESCAPE"

"Dr. Slump》

《Mr. Adventure" ("THE ADVENTURE OF TONGPOO")

"KENNOSUKE SAMA" ("KENNOSUKE SAMA")

"SONCHOH"

"Strange Island" ("WONDER ISLAND")

"Girl Detective TOMATO"

"Pola and Rod" ("POLA & ROID")

"MAD MATIC"

"Ada and Peter No.1" ("DUBamp; PETER1")

"Saving Warrior CASHMAN" ("CASHMAN")

"Devil Boy" ( "Go go Accliam")

"Aki Toriyama Theater 1" (short story collection)

"Aki Toriyama Theater 2" (short story collection)

"Toriyama Akatsuki Theater 3" (short story collection)

Eleven. Matsumoto Leiji

Born on January 25, 1938 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. In 1954, when he was a freshman in high school, he published "The Adventures of Bees" for the first time and won the "First Newcomer King" award. Shi

Representative works: "The Adventure of Bee" "I Am a Man" "Battlefield Comic Series" "Space Pirate King Harrock" "Space Battleship Yamato" "Galaxy Railway 999" "1000 Years Queen"

Work introduction:

"Galaxy Railway 999" is a space SF science fiction work that started serialization in 1977 and is still being serialized. It was produced into a 113-episode TV cartoon in 1978. Later, its comics and cartoons were translated into multiple languages ??and spread to 17 countries, receiving support from readers and viewers from all over the world.

In 1979, the theatrical production of "Galaxy Railroad 999" was released.

The last part of his series "Goodbye, Galaxy Express 999" was released in 1981, and these two works are still animation works to this day

Twelve. Akaashi Jushiro

Birthday: October 11th

● Constellation: Libra

● Blood type: AB

● Birthplace: Urawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan ( Currently living in Yokohama)

● Hobbies: Chopin’s music, reading celebrity biographies, drinking liquor, personal computers

● First love: A boy from the baseball club in the same grade as the first grade of junior high school

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Published works:

★ "Skater Doll" (nine volumes) was serialized in the September 1992 issue of Japan Shogakukan's ちやお. In 1994, it won the Children's Department of the Shogakukan Manga Award. Definitely

★ "Substitute Angel" (***8 volumes) Side story (one volume) began serialization in the January 1991 issue of Nippon Shogakukan Museum

★ "Lone Star Watching the Moon" 》 (***8 volumes) began serialization in the October 1961 issue of Shogakukan ちやお

★ "Alpine Rose" is also known as "Snow Ridge Drifting" (***9 volumes)

★ "Forever Protecting You" also known as "Psychedelic Love Song" (***8 volumes) was published in the February 1998 issue of Girls' Cheese

★ "Star Ocean Romance" also known as "Half Moon" (***6 volumes) was serialized in the August 1959 issue of Shogakukan Girls' Besshu コMicro Serialization started in the February 1990 issue of Shogakukan [CIAO]

★ "The Saint" (***5 volumes)

★ "Spring Charm" (***4 volumes) volume) began serialization in the Shogakukan Girls' Besshu "Miku" on the 12th of Showa 1963.

★ "Hime 100" (fourth volume) began to be serialized in the Shogakukan Girls' Betsuju "Milk" on the January 12, 1962

★ "Red Rhapsody" (*** three volumes)

★ "Golden Flower Demon" (*** two volumes) published in Shogakukan Girls' Besshu コミツク Heisei 3-5 Yuezhao

★ "The Eye of Silence" (*** six volumes) was published in the May 1997 issue of プチコミツク

★ "Alexander the Great - The Kingdom of Heaven"

★ "Dark Night Love" also known as "Cabin in the Rain"

★ "Strawberry Moon Love"

★ "Crying Ferrari"

★ "The Other Side"

★ "Starry Night"

★ "M1999"

★ "The Garden of Wild Roses"

★ "Chasing the Mermaid"

★ "Love in a Dream"

13. Reiko Shimizu

Gender female

Birthday 1966 March 26

Nationplace: Kumamoto, Tokyo

Blood type B

Constellation Aries

Hobbies: diving, painting, and fish farming

Main Works

"Butterfly", "Alien Dragon"

"Moonlight Passion", "Noah's Spaceship" and "Another Myth"

"The Attack of the Goddess"

"Galaxy" "Angel Evolution" "Wild Cat" "Kaguya"

Among the many famous cartoonists in Japan, Reiko Shimizu is probably the most mysterious of one.

She almost never attends any public social occasions. The only people she comes into contact with are magazine editors. She never signs autographs for people, never takes photos in public or publishes photos in magazines. She almost never accepts Any form of interview... It can be said that all her personal information is almost zero. From here you can imagine how difficult it is to make a color album of Reiko Shimizu.

Fortunately, the Shimizu Reiko we want to introduce is a cartoonist, not an idol, so what we want to introduce more is not her private life but her works, and what we want to show is not photos but beautiful paintings.

LALA was founded in 1979, and made its debut in 1983 with "The Story of Forked Road" in the February issue of "LaLa". Works such as "Jack & Alley Series" and "Moonlight Love" are very popular as original science fiction novels. Furthermore, there are many enthusiasts for color illustrations with transparent textures. Currently, "Kaguya Princess" serialized in "LaLa" is also very well received.

Reiko Shimizu has always been a very controversial cartoonist. Since the debut of her short story "The Story of Three Forked Roads", her short stories have received unanimous praise from readers of all kinds for their meticulous production and clever story arrangements. While her full-length works, "Moonlight Love", "Alien Dragon" and "Kaguya Princess" were well received, they were also criticized by many readers. Especially "Kaguya Princess", many readers criticized its story clues for being too complicated, and its setting arrangement for the future world is quite unreasonable. Therefore, in Kodansha’s annual Shoujo Manga Awards, Reiko Shimizu’s long-form works often receive the honor of being nominated for the grand prize, but they always miss out on the grand prize in the end and leave with regrets. In contrast, Reiko Shimizu's short comics have won many awards. Short stories such as "22XX" and "The Evolution of Angels" are still highly praised by many readers

14. Tomo Matsumoto

Gender female

Birthday January 7

Osaka Prefecture of Birthplace

Zodiac Capricorn

Main works

"Beauty is a Beast" (animated version), (live-action version - Taiwan version/Japanese version)

"Beauty is a Beast"

Short story "23:00"

Short story "Rumors"

Short story "That Summer"

Short story "Ping?/cngt;