is a Japanese

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. After working as an assistant to Masashi Asaki of ''

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'' fame, she debuted as a professional manga artist in ''

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'' in 2001 with her fantasy-action series ''

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''. She has since published manga primarily in

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's (girls') manga anthologies: ''Hana to Yume'', ''

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'', ''Hana to Yume Plus'', and ''

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''. Kanno is best known for her romantic comedy series ''

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'', which was adapted into a live-action

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in 2009. Her historical dark fantasy series ''

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'', based on

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's ''

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'', was adapted into an

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in 2022.

Works

Series

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Art books

* (

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, 15 June 2018)

References

External links

* * * Interviews
Hakusensha (2001)''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web'' (2015)''B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog'' (2015) ''Anime News Network'' (2015)
1980 births 21st-century Japanese writers 21st-century Japanese women writers Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists Living people Manga artists from Tokyo People from Tokyo Women manga artists {{manga-artist-stub