Yoshiko Nishitani Explained

Birth Date:	2 October 1943
Birth Place:	Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Manga Artist:	yes
Notable Works:	Mary Lou

is a Japanese manga artist pioneering in shōjo manga. She released her works in Shōjo Club and Margaret.^[1] According to Rachel Thorn, Nishitani "more or less single-handedly invented the school campus romance that remains the mainstay of shôjo manga today",^[2] and Robert Petersen regards her innovation as giving her characters personality.^[3] She gave her readers characters that were like them, "teenaged Japanese girls dealing with friendships, family, school, and, yes, falling in love."^[4] Her success inspired an influx of female manga artists.^[5] Her manga Mary Lou is thought to have opened up the idea of shōjo manga telling stories about ordinary teenagers.^[5] Nishitani's characteristics have been described as 'big eyes and huge reflections within' as well as a use of curly hair and frilly clothes, with an attention to detail when drawing that inspired later artists like Nanae Sasaya.^[6]

Works

• (1964, Bessatsu Margaret)
• (1965, Margaret)
• (1966, Margaret)
• (1967, Margaret)
• (1967, Margaret)
• (1967, Margaret)
• (1968, Margaret)
• (1969, Margaret)
• (1971, Margaret)
• (1971, Margaret)
• (1972, Seventeen)
• (1974, Margaret)
• (1975, Shōjo Comic)
• (1976, LaLa)
• (1977, Hana to Yume)
• (1977, Margaret)
• (1978, Margaret)
• (1980, Margaret)
• (1980, Bouquet)
• (1981, Margaret)

Further reading

• Book: Thompson, Jason. . 2007. Del Rey Books. New York. 978-0-345-48590-8. 334.
• Yoshihiro Yonezawa, 1991. Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai II, Shōwa 38 nen - 64 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 II 昭和38年〜64年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga II, 1963-1989") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha.

Notes and References

1. Web site: What is the "Year 24 Group"?. 23 June 2010. Manga Masters. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202143629/http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/06/hagioyear24/. 2 February 2014. dead. 19 October 2016.
2. Web site: Mommy, the White Girl Is Scaring Me! . Matt Thorn . 3 September 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110918140218/http://matt-thorn.com/wordpress/?p=154 . 18 September 2011 .
3. Book: Petersen, Robert S.. Comics, manga, and graphic novels : a history of graphic narratives. 2011. limited. Praeger. Santa Barbara, Calif.. 978-0-313-36330-6. 181.
4. Web site: The Multi-Faceted Universe of Shōjo Manga . Matt Thorn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013834/http://matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/colloque/index.php . 2011-10-05 .
5. Web site: An Introduction to Keiko Takemiya's To Terra. Katherine Dacey. 23 May 2010.
6. Kálovics . Dalma . The missing link of shōjo manga history: the changes in 60s shōjo manga as seen through the magazine Shūkan Margaret . Kyōto Seika Daigaku Kiyō . 49 . . 2016 . November 4, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104101525/http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/researchlab/wp/wp-content/uploads/sa_dalma_kalovics1.pdf . live.