Yumiko Ōshima

Yumiko Ōshima
Born (1947-08-31) August 31, 1947
Otawara, Tochigi
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 Yakata 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]

Selected works

References

  1. Thorn, Matt (2005). "A History of Manga". Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly 4 (2,4, & 6). Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. Thorn, Matt (2001). "Shôjo Manga—Something for the Girls". The Japan Quarterly 48 (3). Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  3. Masanao Amano, Julius Wiedemann (2004). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 1979–1982. ISBN 978-3-8228-2591-4.
  4. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  5. "12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  6. Jaqueline Berndt (1995). Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kulture in Japan (in German). Berlin: Edition q. p. 111. ISBN 3-86124-289-3.

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