Kaoru Mori Explained

Name Nonen:	森 薫
Nonus:	ja
Birth Date:	1978 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Area:	Character design, writer, manga artist, illustrator
Manga:	Yes
Signature:	Kaoru Mori's signature in Comic Exhibition 20060813.svg

is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo and the creator of the manga series Shirley, Emma, and A Bride's Story. Many of her works are centered on female characters in the 19th century, such as a maid in Victorian Britain and a bride in Turkic Central Asia. She also wrote dōjinshi (self-published manga) under the pen name as a member of the dōjin circle Lady Maid.

Mori's works are known for their high level of detail in terms of clothing design, historical nuances, and background work. Her manga series are often published outside Japan in larger, hardbound editions to complement the heavy detail seen on every page. Similar to authors such as Hiromu Arakawa, Mori often depicts herself in unflattering self-portraits with a simple outline for a body and a head full of wild hair, as she is very reluctant to show her face during public events or interviews.^[1]

In 2010, Mori's first published work, Shirley, was revived in a two-part continuation called Shirley Madison in Fellows! (now Harta) magazine.^[2] Her latest work, A Bride's Story, began serialization in the same magazine in 2008 and transferred to magazine in 2021.^{[3] [4]}

Mori visited Finland in 2014, participating in the Animecon event held in Kuopio.^[5]

Works

• – Release date: February 2003, relaunched in 2010. .
• – Serialized in Enterbrain's Comic Beam magazine from 2002 to 2008. Published in 10 volumes.
• – First serialized in Enterbrain's Harta magazine from October 2008 to November 2020. Transferred to Kadokawa's magazine in June 2021.

Contributions

• – Art; story by Satoshi Fukushima.

Awards

• Excellence Prize – 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival, for Emma^[6]
• French: Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") – 2012 Angoulême International Comics Festival, for A Bride's Story^[7]
• 7th Annual Manga Taishō Award – 2014 Manga Taishō, for A Bride's Story^[8]

External links

• • Interview with Kaoru Mori at Anime News Network

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview: Kaoru Mori . Chang . Chih-Chieh . . 1 September 2006 . 30 December 2007.
2. Web site: Emmas Mori Draws Shirley Spinoff, Satoshi Fukushima to Start Series . 16 February 2010 . . Loo . Egan . 16 February 2010.
3. Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Kadokawa Launches New Aokishi Manga Magazine on April 20 . . 19 April 2022 . 15 December 2020.
4. Web site: Lee . Choo Sum . Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story Gets First Original Art Exhibition . . 19 April 2022 . 14 February 2022 . It began serialization in 2008, ... It is currently being published under Kadokawa's Aokishi magazine, with 13 volumes already released..
5. Web site: Tunnetko jo Kaoru Morin? . Savon Sanomat . 19 April 2022 . Finnish . 23 July 2014.
6. Web site: ja:2005年 文化庁メディア芸術祭 マンガ部門 . http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/2005/manga/000023/index.php . Japanese . Japan Media Arts Plaza . 19 October 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081223134244/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/2005/manga/000023/index.php . 23 December 2008 . dmy-all.
7. Web site: Bride's Story, Drifting Life Win at France's Angoulême . 29 January 2012 . 8 November 2019. . Loo . Egan.
8. Web site: Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story Wins 7th Annual Manga Taisho Award . 27 March 2014 . 27 December 2014. . Hanashiro . Emma.