Akiko Hatsu Explained

Akiko Hatsu
波津彬子
Birth Date:December 16, 1959
Birth Place:Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Field:Manga
Movement:Yaoi

is a Japanese manga artist born on December 16, 1959, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] [2]

Career

From the time she was in high school, she assisted her older sister, professional manga artist Yukiko Kai.[3] After graduating high school, she began working for a printing company in Kanazawa City, but she soon quit in order to become a full-time assistant to her sister. She also began to assist other professional artists, most notably Moto Hagio.[4]

Throughout this period, Hatsu was creating self-published manga with her friend Yasuko Sakata (who also went on to become a prominent professional manga artist), and sometime around 1980, the two of them coined the term yaoi.[5] In 1980, Yukiko Kai died of stomach cancer at the age of 26.[1] [4] [6] The following year, Hatsu made her professional debut in the magazine ALLAN [7] with the short story .[8]

Her work has been published in numerous magazines, including DUO (published by Asahi Sonorama), (published by Shinshokan), Petit Flower (published by Shogakukan, later retitled flowers), (published by the Asahi Shimbun Corporation, later retitled). Hatsu served as an adjunct instructor at Kyoto Seika University until retiring in 2005 due to health issues.

Works

(April 1984)
  • (July 1987)
  • (November 1988, bunko edition released June 2000)
  • (July 1989)
  • (September 1989, bunko edition December 1999)
  • (April 1990, bunko edition June 2000)
  • (Published in [later changed to {{nihongo|''Nemuki''|ネムキ}}] from 1991 until 2007.) A series of short occult mystery stories set in Meiji Period Japan and featuring Ren, a young man who works in an antique shop named Uryūdō and who can see and communicate with the spirits that inhabit antiques. Currently available in wide-ban and bunko editions from Asahi Shimbun. Was a Jury Recommended work in the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival.[9]
  • (July 1992, Asahi Sonorama, bunko edition September 2000, new edition October 2007); published in English in 2000 by ComicsOne.[10]
  • (November 1992, Asahi Sonorama; bunko edition 2001 (Hakusensha), new edition October 2007. A collection of short love stories; the title story is about a young man involved with his brother's widow. Published in English by ComicsOne.[1] [10] [11]
  • (November 1993, bunko edition June 2003, new edition October 2007)
  • (June 1994)
  • (July 1995, new edition October 2007)
  • (November 1995, bunko edition June 2000, new edition October 2007)
  • (May 1996)
  • (September 1997, new edition October 2007)
  • (September 1997)
  • (March 1999)
  • (Published in from 2000 to 2007.) A series of short stories with an element of fantasy set in Victorian England and centering on Cornelius Everdeanne, a young, handsome heir to an earldom. Currently available in a wide-ban edition from Shogakukan.

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Hatsu Akiko 波津彬子. 2004-01-17. Peter. Van Huffel. 2007-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018023115/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au373.html. 18 October 2007 . live.
    2. (ja) Masao Azuma & Ishidō Ran Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, Kokusho Kankokai, (2009), pp.912 to 913. The writer of this article is Akemi Arisato (Japanese: 有里朱美), who may be the same person of Alisato in alisato.web.
    3. Web site: http://www.manga-g.co.jp/interview/int2007/int07-03.htm . ja:波津彬子先生インタビュー／２００７年３月号 . Japanese . March 2007 . Japan Manga Academy . 日本漫画学園Web . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081008215006/http://www.manga-g.co.jp/interview/int2007/int07-03.htm . 2008-10-08 .
    4. Web site: The Moto Hagio Interview. The Comics Journal. 2005-07-15. 2008-09-21. Thorn. Rachel. Rachel Thorn. https://web.archive.org/web/20080917211730/http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/hagio_interview.php. 17 September 2008 . dead.
    5. [Kotani Mari]
    6. Web site: http://alisato.web2.jp/book/kai/intro.htm. ja:花郁悠紀子 〜花に眠れ〜. Japanese. 2001-11-06. Alisato Akemi. ありさとの蔵.
    7. Published by Minori Shobo. ALLAN was shōnen-ai focused magazine, similar to the magazine June.
    8. Web site: http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/. ja:波津彬子公式サイト〜作品リスト. Japanese. 2008-09-21. Akiko Hatsu. 波津彬子公式サイト. https://web.archive.org/web/20080917022757/http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/. 17 September 2008 . live.
    9. Web site: 2008 12th Japan Media Arts Festival . 2009-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811124158/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/recommend/manga.php . 2011-08-11 .
    10. Available in e-book format at http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/author/hatsu-akiko-ebooks.htm . (Accessed September 18, 2008).
    11. Web site: http://alisato.web2.jp/book/hatu/list04b.htm. ja:波津彬子 コミックス一覧. Japanese. 2006-12-30. Alisato Akemi. ありさとの蔵.

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