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AIZAWA Haruka

あいざわ遥

"Garasu-iro no BOY"  ガラス色のBOY  #1~2


AIHARA Miki

相原実貴

"Oya ni wa naisho"  親にはナイショ


AOIKE Yasuko

青池保子 (@白泉社)

Her drawing style adds to her sense of humor. That you just can't stop laughing.

"Eroica yori ai wo komete"  エロイカより愛をこめて  #1~19
"Eve no musuko tachi"  イブの息子たち  #1~2


AKAISHI Michiyo

赤石路代 (@小学館原 裕一のページ)

I really like her cute drawings. Touching stories. Her favorite topics are pianos, genonkai, and a little supernaturals. But she is really weak with drawing mid age people, though there has been improvement.

"Alpen Rose"  アルペンローゼ  #1~4
Lundi lives with his aunt and uncle and one day found a little girl who lost her memories. They named her Jeudi. They grew up together and love enough other. One day, a earl (?) noticed her and took her away because she strongly reminds him of someone who rejected his love. (whom, as story unfolds, is Jeudi's mother) Lundi rescued her from him and thus started the jourey for Jeudi's real identity. The journey took them to Leonhardt, a music prodigy, and her parents, while they try to escape from the earl and the Nazis.
"Aruto no A"  あるとの「あ」  #1~4
Aruto leaves her ill mother back in Hokkaido to come back to Tokyo, partly to enter a prestigious music (high) school - through a recommendation from family friend and world-famous conductor - and ends up doing a home-stay at this conductor's house, and searches for her childhood love. She finds herself drawn to the conductor's mysteriously behaving son, and thinks that she reunites with her love, who happens to be a blind genius violinist...
"Ten yori mo, Hoshi yori mo"  天よりも星よりも  #1~8
About 3 students who are reincarnations of people from the War Ages of Japan.
"Fushigi no Rin"  ふ★し★ぎのRIN  #1~6
A girl and her neighbor released two aliens who inhabited in two glass vials, by accident. The aliens entered their bodies, give them supenatural powers, but now they have to eat gold to survive!


AKISATO Wakuni

秋里和国 (@小学館、 @白泉社)

Her humor in serious works really works well to break readers hearts.

"Sora tobu pengin"  #1~10
"The B.B.B."  THE B・B・B  #1~10
"Bon kuraaju! ra pyuseru"  ボン・クラージュ!乙女
"Nemureru mori no binan"  眠れる森の美男
One of the most realistic depictions of gay life I've seen in a shoujo manga, and one of the first to deal with A.I.D.S. --Matt
"TOMOI"  TOMOI


AKIMOTO Nami

秋本奈美

"Miracle Girls"  ミラクル☆ガールズ  #1~4
This is a series about two sets of psychic twins, one in Europe, the other set in Japan. The characters are very believable, and the plot is great fun. There's a good balance of humor & seriousness.


AKECHI Shou

明智抄 (@白泉社)

The gap between the art & story makes you laugh so hard. One of the most wackiest manga-ka around for sure.

"Shimatsunin" series  白花繚乱始末人, 暗中模索始末人, 勧善掌悪始末人
Shimatsunin are people who are hired to kill someone to resume unjust in this world. By a starnge way, they always got a job from a bizzer cliant by a wierd reason. There are three shimatsunins. One of them is a super good looking collage student, whose part time job is a model. The second is his kouhai, another pretty boy, but more moral than his sempai. The third one is... a genetically engineered genirous ostrich living with the first guy in a middle of Tokyo.

"Sample Kitty"
A psychic-sci-fi, her recent work.


ASAGIRI Yuu

あさぎり夕

The stories listed are somewhat innocent & childish, but the girls are very cute & the boys very handsome, and they always dress so fashionably. In short, the fashion style is COOL! Oh, they're quite funny too. Also, there reports about Asagiri's venture into the more adult manga.

cute warning: If you can't stomach cute, stay away from her. Otherwise the allergic reaction could kill you. :) --Tony

"Minmin!"  ミンミン!  #1~5
Minmin was cursed by a spell to shrink down to doll-size whenever she dozes off, and can only be restored into life-size with a kiss.
"Akogare Adventure"  あこがれ冒険者
Mia (Miya?) was given a brooch by her closest friend, Kazu, before he left. Now, several years afterward, Mia is in danger and it's all because of the brooch, which holds the key to the mysterious Incan treasure.

"Nanairo Magic"  なな色マジック  #1~6
Nana believes there is magic in the number seven. And maybe it's fate and magic that puts her into her twin sister's shoes and into stardom. But stardom is not easy, as Nana does not want to be just an idol-singer. So together with B and Yuu (someone verify this name, please), Nana tries to become a true artist.

"Ai Love Boy"  アイ※BOY  #1~5
Years ago, Ai's first love left, but he promised to come back (?) and Ai is determined to wait. Now there is a new boy in school, and although much changed, Ai is convinced he is her first love. But maybe he's not, and maybe it doesn't matter, cause now there might be another love.

"Konna Panic"  コンなパニック  #1~5
On her 13th birthday, KITAGAWA Mai was surprised when she discovered she has fox-ancestry. You'll be surprised too if suddenly fox ears and tails pops out whenever you're emotional. But now she has to keep it a secret, lest people capture her and Ran, the white fox who came to guide her, for "scientific experiments."


ASHIBE Yuuho

あしべゆうほ

Wonderful artist and great story teller. Can write cute heart warming stories and is a master of the macabre.

"Deimon no hanayome"  悪魔(ディモス)の花嫁
A collection of one-shot episodes which dimosu (demon) tells the girl in trying to convince her that the humans are corrupted beings.
"Crystal Dragon"  クリスタル・ドラゴン
"Teddy Bear"


ASOU Izumi

麻生いずみ (@白泉社)

Nice art work.

"Hikari no Densetsu"  光の伝説  #1~16
The animated "Hikari..." worked negatively, reading original manga is strongly encouraged.

"Natural"  ナチュラル  #1~9


ARAI Rie

新井理恵 (@小学館)

"X -peke-"  ×−ペケ−  #1~4
"4-koma" series
"Yon coma manga (= four panel comic)", which is equivarent of comic strip in US, but just lines each panel (koma) vertically instead of horizontally, and usually only four panels. This is a 4-koma series in a very shoujo manga style for twisted loosers who love to laugh at people's pain & misary, including themselves.
"Nichijou sahanji"  日常茶番事


ARIYOSHI Kyouko

有吉京子

Very delicate tatch of drawing. Dramatic.

"SWAN"  #1~7  (New edition #1~14)
About a girl who aspires to become a top ballerina. A classic ballet manga and a girl growing up story.
"Nijinsukii Guuwa"  ニジンスキー萬話  #1~4


IKEDA Riyoko

池田理代子

Dramatic.

"Berusaiyu no bara"  ベルサイユのばら  
A story set around the time of the French Revolution, about the live of Marie Antoinette and that of the leader of the palace guards, Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes, a fictional swordswomen. David Simmons has a site for The Rose of Versailles.
"Orufeusu no mado"  オルフェウスの窓
"Ekateriina jotei"
Manga on Katarina of Russia.


ICHIJO Yukari

一条ゆかり

Should be noted for capability - serious/gag/adult, etc. She's an outstanding story-teller.

"Suna no Shiro"  砂の城  #1~7
"Designer"  デザイナー
"Yuukan Club"  有閑倶楽部  #1~13
About a group of hyper-rich highschool kids belonging to "Yuukan club" and their adventures. Lotsa action, drama, horror, comedy, everything.


ITSUKI Natsumi

樹 なつみ (@白泉社)

Unusual story teller & excellent illustrator. Her work (like artists such as CLAMP) can appeal to shounen manga and anime fans as well. A great crossover artist.

"OZ"  #1~4
"Hanasakeru seishounen"  花咲ける青少年  #1~12
See Thomas Wang's Manga Review on Hanasakeru Seishounen.


ITOU Yuu

伊藤ゆう

"Yattaze Baby!"  やったぜBaby!  #1~3
See Thomas Wang's Manga Review on Yattaze Baby!.


IGARASHI Yumiko

いがらしゆみこ (@小学館)

"Candy-Candy"  キャンディ・キャンディ
See Thomas Wang's Manga Review on Candy Candy.
"Georgie"
Georgie was an orphan, and the father and the two sons in the adopted family was very nice to her, but the mother hates her because she was a daughter of a criminal. (ast the time Australia was a place for shipping criminals from England to be released there) When the children grow up, both brothers fell in love with Georgie. She also met an English aristocrat, Lorelle (?) who loved her but has a fiancee already. The ending of the story differs very much between the anime & manga.


IWADATE Mariko

岩舘真理子

"Kodomo wa nan demo shitte iru"  #1~3
"Arisu ni onegai"


UIDA Shiuko

初田しうこ

Color work (as well as her black & white) is unsurpassed. June has never had a better cover artist and her own stories run from the funny & sexy, to the haunting & sublime.


OOSHIMA Yumiko

大島弓子 (@小学館、 @白泉社)

Countless brilliant short stories including

"Banana breddo no puddingu"  バナナブレッドのプディング
"Joka e"  ジョカへ

The problem is that she's more of a short story writer and it's difficult to name one title...

"Wata no Kuniboshi"
Chibi Neko is a kitten who thinks she'll grow up to be human, and this is the story of her childhood, coming of age, adventures, and loves...


OONO Junko

大野潤子 (@小学館)

"Kafun doumei"  オーノのハーブタイム 花粉同盟


OOHASHI Kaoru

大橋薫 (@ 白泉社)

"Glass no Tenshi"  ガラスの天使
"Maria ni Korosareru"
Psycho suspense about a ghost suspected of murders.


OOYA Kazumi

おおや和美 (@小学館)

Funny & adventurous stories with good characters. Great clean drawing style which can become soft & romantic when the story calls for it. Her more adult shounen ai related stories really show her diversity.

"Otoheme Connection"  乙姫コネクション  #1~2
A guy from a rich family but isn't rich, a cop who doesn't want to be a cop, a former gangster, and a girl who likes to work for her adventures. This one was made into an OAV.
"St. Pineapple Moon"  St.パイナップル・ムーン  #1~5
A girl from an English borading school was suddenly sent back to Japan to take care of 5 guys, who lived in a mysterious boarding house.


OKANO Fumika

岡野史佳 (@ 白泉社)

"Fruits kajuu 100%"  フルーツ果汁100%
"Happy Talk"  ハッピー・トーク  #1~3


OZAKI Minami

尾崎南

More importantly her doujinshi, but "Zetsu Ai" is her hit.

"Zetsu Ai -1989-"  絶愛 -1989-  #1~5
Pop singer Kouji Nanjou and soccer superstar Takuto Izumi's intense relationship with bondage undertones.

"BRONZE -Zetsu Ai since 1989-"  #1~7
Sequal to "Zetsu Ai -1989-"


ORIHARA Mito

折原みと

"Ikusennen -Kanata he no Omoi-"  幾千年−かなたへの想い−
"Toki wo Tomete"  時を止めて
"Tenshi no Bodyguard"  天使のボディガード  #1~4
"Kamisama no Yuutoori!"  神様の言うとおり!  #1~7
"Ruriiro Princess"  るり色プリンセス  #1~4
"Cherry!"  #1~2


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