Akiko Higashimura Explained
is a Japanese manga artist from Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture.[1] [2] She debuted in the now-defunct manga magazine Bouquet Deluxe in 1999 with and later gained notability for her manga, which debuted in Cookie magazine in 2001.[3] Higashimura was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2008 for Himawari: Kenichi Legend,[4] in 2009 for Mama wa Tenparist,[5] in 2010 for Princess Jellyfish,[6] in 2011 for,[7] and in 2016 and 2017 for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.[8] [9] In 2010, she won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Manga for Princess Jellyfish.[10] In 2015, she won both the 8th Manga Taishō[11] and the Grand Prize at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for .[12] In 2019, she won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.[13] Higashimura's younger brother, Takuma Morishige, is the author of the manga My Neighbor Seki.[14]
Works
- (2001–present, Shueisha)
- (2006–2010, Kodansha)[15]
- (2007–2011, Shueisha)[16]
- (2008–2017, Kodansha)[17]
- (2010–2012, Kodansha)[18]
- (2011–2015, Shueisha)[19]
- (2013–2014, Kodansha)[20]
- (2014–2017, Kodansha)[21]
- (2015–present, Shueisha)[22]
- (2015, Kodansha, suspended)[23] [24]
- (2015–2020, Shogakukan)[25]
- (2017–2019, Bungeishunjū)[26] [27] [28]
- (2017–2018, Kodansha)[29] [30]
- (2018–2021, with Mariko Hayashi, Shueisha)[31] [32]
- (2018, Kodansha)[33]
- (2019–2021, Kodansha)[34]
- (2019, Shogakukan)[35] [36]
- (2020–present, Piccoma)[37]
Further reading
Notes and References
- Encyclopedia: ja:東村アキコ . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%B1%E6%9D%91%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B3-1705243 . Chiezō Mini . . May 24, 2021 . ja . Kotobank.
- Web site: ja:スペシャル対談 大久保佳代子(タレント)× 東村アキコ(漫画家)前篇 . https://www.jimotatsu.com/special/ookubo-higashimura-1st.html . Jimotatsu . May 24, 2021 . ja . January 16, 2018.
- Web site: ja:東村アキコ . https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2303 . . May 24, 2021 . ja.
- Web site: Loo . Egan . 12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards. . January 23, 2008 . December 23, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100114082754/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award . January 14, 2010 . live.
- Web site: Loo . Egan . 10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards . . January 18, 2009 . December 23, 2009 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090524213704/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-2nd-manga-taisho-awards . May 24, 2009 .
- Web site: Loo . Egan . 10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards . . January 18, 2010 . February 13, 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209052531/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-3rd-manga-taisho-awards . February 9, 2010 .
- Web site: Loo . Egan . 13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards . . January 16, 2011 . January 17, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110118022740/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-16/13-titles-nominated-for-4th-manga-taisho-awards . January 18, 2011 .
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 9th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 11 Titles . . January 18, 2016 . March 8, 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312123916/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-18/9th-manga-taisho-awards-nominate-11-titles/.97690 . March 12, 2016.
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles . . January 23, 2017 . March 15, 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202211354/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/10th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-13-titles/.111362 . February 2, 2017 .
- Web site: Loo . Egan . 34th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced . . May 24, 2021 . May 11, 2010.
- Web site: Loo . Egan . Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award . March 24, 2015 . March 24, 2015 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326173748/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-24/akiko-higashimura-kakukaku-shikajika-wins-8th-manga-taisho-award/.86315 . March 26, 2015 .
- Web site: 19th (2015) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Grand Prize: Kakukaku Shikajika . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . . May 24, 2021.
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga, Junji Ito's 'Frankenstein' Short Win Eisner Awards . . May 24, 2021 . July 20, 2019.
- Web site: Loveridge . Lynzee . Vertical Licenses Tonari no Seki-kun School Comedy Manga . . May 24, 2021 . January 24, 2014 . Morishige's older sister is Akiko Higashimura, the manga creator of Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish), Omo ni Naitemasu, and Kakukaku Shikajika..
- Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Akiko Higashimura's Himawari - Kenichi Legend Office Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Show Next Spring . . May 24, 2021 . November 21, 2019.
- Web site: ja:東村アキコ「ママはテンパリスト」完結4巻、本日発売 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/59850 . . May 24, 2021 . ja . November 18, 2011.
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish Manga Ends on August 25 . . May 24, 2021 . July 23, 2017.
- Web site: ja:東村アキコ「主に泣いてます」完結、3月には新作が始動 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/82305 . . May 24, 2021 . ja . December 27, 2012.
- Web site: Ressler . Karen . Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas . . May 24, 2021 . September 21, 2018.
- Web site: ja:山下和美「不思議な少年」5年ぶり最新話 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/128807 . . May 24, 2021 . ja . October 16, 2014.
- Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga Ends on April 25 . . May 24, 2021 . April 5, 2017.
- Web site: Ressler . Karen . Princess Jellyfish Higashimura Starts Bishoku Tantei Manga Series . Anime News Network . August 26, 2015. June 23, 2018.
- Web site: Loo . Egan . Princess Jellyfish Higashimura Starts Manga Series in August . June 21, 2015 . June 21, 2015 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621102755/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-20/princess-jellyfish-higashimura-starts-manga-series-in-august/.89526 . June 21, 2015 .
- News: Japanese cartoonist is slammed for portraying men as house husbands. Fifield. Anna. October 27, 2015. The Washington Post. March 30, 2018. 0190-8286.
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Akiko Higashimura's Yukibana no Tora Manga Ends in 3 Chapters . . May 24, 2021 . September 13, 2020.
- Web site: Sherman . Jennifer . Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin Manga Ends in 8th Volume . . May 24, 2021 . December 9, 2019.
- Web site: Mateo . Alex . Webtoon Publishes Akiko Higashimura's A Fake Affair Manga . . January 5, 2022 . January 5, 2022.
- Web site: Hyun-su . Yim . More foreign cartoonists debut in Korea's webtoon market . . January 3, 2022 . July 3, 2018.
- Web site: Ressler . Karen . Akiko Higashimura Continues Tarare-Bar Bonus Manga After Tokyo Tarareba Girls Finale . . May 25, 2021 . August 28, 2017.
- Web site: ja:Kiss 2019年2月号 . https://kisscomic.com/kiss/2019/02.html . . . May 25, 2021 . ja.
- Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Princess Jellyfish Akiko Higashimura, Novelist Mariko Hayashi Launch New Manga . . May 24, 2021 . May 28, 2018.
- Web site: ja:ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ 4 . https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844490-1 . . June 5, 2021 . ja.
- Web site: Ressler . Karen . Princess Jellyfish Akiko Higashimura Launches New Manga Next Spring . . May 24, 2021 . December 27, 2018.
- Web site: Hazra . Adriana . Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2 Manga Ends in September (Updated) . . September 25, 2021 . August 25, 2021.
- Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Akiko Higashimura Draws New Short Manga Bara to Tulip . . May 24, 2021 . March 31, 2019.
- Web site: ja:精神科が舞台の新連載が月スピで開幕、荻野真「孔雀王ライジング」最終回も . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337396 . . May 24, 2021 . ja . June 27, 2019.
- Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Akiko Higashimura Launches New Watashi no Koto o Oboeteimasu ka? Manga on April 29 . . May 24, 2021 . April 24, 2020.