Yumiko Shirai Explained

Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:March 15, 1967
Birth Place:Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:Manga artist
Language:Japanese
Period:21st century
Genre:Feminist, science fiction
Awards:Nihon SF Taisho Award
Notable Works:Wombs

Yumiko Shirai (born 15 March 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her manga Wombs, winner of the 2017 Nihon SF Taisho Award.

Biography

Born in Ehime Prefecture,[1] nYumiko Shirai is a graduate of the Kyoto City University of Arts and the Oil Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts.

In 2007 her manga Tenken, published as a (self-publication), won the encouragement award in the manga category at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival.[2] [3] It was then published as a magazine by Sanctuary Publishing in 2008.

From 2009 onwards Yumiko Shirai created the manga Wombs, published as a monthly series in the pre-publication magazine Monthly Ikki by Shogakukan.[4] [5] Following the magazine's demise, Wombs continued to be published online, and the author took five years to deliver the fifth and final volume.[6] In 2010, Wombs was included in the jury selection for the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in the maga category.[7] [8]

From 2013 to 2015 she published a new series, Rafnas, in the magazine Monthly Action from Futabasha, which was in turn part of the jury's selection for the manga category.[9]

In 2017 Wombs was awarded the 37th Nihon SF Taisho Award joining the exclusive club of mangas to have received this prize, which rewards a work of SF from all the arts.[10]

In 2017 Yumiko Shirai became a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan.[11] [12]

In 2020, Yumiko Shirai began publishing a series entitled Wombs Cradle, a prequel to Wombs, which was published on publisher Futabasha's pre-publication website.[13]

In 2021 the Wombs series was translated and published in French by and was met with a positive reception, with critics noting that the manga renewed the themes of science fiction.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Techniques and influences

Yumiko Shirai creates her sketches on paper before finalising them using graphics software such as Painter, Photoshop[19] and Clip Studio Paint. Shirai said she was influenced by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga Arion, but also by authors such as Moto Hagio, Yumiko Oshima and Mutsumi Hagiiwa.

Awards

Works

Books

Anthologies

Illustration works

References

  1. Web site: 20 July 2024 . Wombs . dead . https://archive.today/20130723183403/http://www.ikki-para.com/comix/wombs.html . 23 July 2013 . 20 July 2013 . Ikki . ja.
  2. Web site: 2013 . 平成19年度［第11回］文化庁メディア芸術祭 受賞作品 . dead . https://archive.today/20130723183326/http://www.bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/04media_geijutsusai/old/19media_geijutsusai.html . 23 July 2013 . 21 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Tenken-sai . 2024-07-21 . JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL . en.
  4. Web site: 2010年10月23日 – 弓工房blog . 2024-07-21 . yumikoubou.blog.fc2.com.
  5. Web site: SHIRAI Yumiko . 2024-07-21 . manga-news.com . fr.
  6. Web site: 2021-01-22 . Akata présente Wombs, le nouveau manga de science-fiction signé Yumiko Shirai (RAFNAS) . 2024-07-21 . AnimeLand . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: Appealing works by female artists . 2024-07-21 . JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL . ja.
  8. Web site: 2013-07-23 . 平成22年度［第14回］文化庁メディア芸術祭 審査委員会推薦作品 > 審査委員会推薦作品一覧 . dead . https://archive.today/20130723183337/http://www.bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/04media_geijutsusai/old/22suisen_ichiran.html . 23 July 2013 . 2024-07-21 . archive.is.
  9. Web site: RAFNAS . 2024-07-21 . JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL . ja.
  10. Web site: 日本ＳＦ作家クラブ . 第37回日本ＳＦ大賞・最終候補作が決定しました！ – SFWJ:日本ＳＦ大賞 . 2024-07-21 . SFWJ . ja.
  11. Web site: 第37回日本SF大賞贈賞式 – 弓工房blog . 2024-07-21 . yumikoubou.blog.fc2.com.
  12. Web site: 一般社団法人 日本SF作家クラブ 会員名簿 . 2024-07-21 . 日本SF作家クラブ公式Webサイト . ja.
  13. Web site: Wombs Cradle – Manga série . 2024-07-21 . manga-news.com . fr.
  14. Web site: Wombs T. 1 – Par Yumiko Shirai – Akata . 2024-07-21 . ActuaBD . fr.
  15. Web site: Wombs de Yumiko Shirai, un Utérus comme arme de guerre . 2024-07-21 . Comixtrip . fr.
  16. Web site: Wombs – Yumiko Shirai – la chronique BD . 2024-07-21 . Avoir Alire - aVoir-aLire.com . fr-FR.
  17. Web site: Rédaction . La . 2021-03-29 . 3 mangas écrits par des femmes à commander d’urgence à votre libraire . 2024-07-21 . Madmoizelle . fr-FR.
  18. Web site: Le manga Wombs de Yumiko Shirai annoncé par Akata, 22 Janvier 2021 . 2024-07-21 . manga-news.com . fr.
  19. Web site: 2007年度文化庁メディア芸術祭マンガ部門で同人作品としては初めて奨励賞を受賞した『天顕祭』白井弓子さん . 2024-07-21 . manganavi.jp . ja.
  20. Web site: 2017-06-20 . ja . 愛媛県庁／愛顔のえひめ知事表彰式（愛顔のえひめ文化・スポーツ賞）について 6月13日開催 . .
  21. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 双葉社 . ラフナス 1 .
  22. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 双葉社 . ラフナス 2 完 .
  23. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 秋田書店 . イワとニキの新婚旅行 . .
  24. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 秋田書店 . 大阪環状結界都市 第1巻 . .
  25. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 秋田書店 . 大阪環状結界都市 第2巻 . .
  26. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 秋田書店 . 大阪環状結界都市 第3巻 . .
  27. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 双葉社 . WOMBS CRADLE 上 . .
  28. Web site: 2021-09-17 . ja . 双葉社 . WOMBS CRADLE 下 完 . .

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