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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

josei , also known as and its abbreviation , is an editorial category of Japanese comics that emerged in the 1980s. In a strict sense, ''josei'' refers to manga marketed to an audience of adult women, contrasting ''shōjo'' manga, which is marke ...

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

, known for specializing in

yaoi ''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features Homoeroticism, homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typi ...

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

. She debuted as a professional manga artist in 1996 and since then has published several yaoi series and illustrated many

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

s. Ayano Yamane is known for her humour and detailed art. She is one of the top selling yaoi manga artists in Japan. Her most successful work is the ''

Finder Series The is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Ayano Yamane. It is serialized in the semimonthly manga magazine ''Be × Boy Gold'' since 2002. Several adaptations of the manga have been released, including original video animations ...

''. Although her great success in the Boys' Love realm, she has been accused for depicting sexual abuse as something romantic and beautiful, plus sexualizing male bodies.

Works

* '' (

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Libre Publishing , formerly known as from 2006 to 2016, is a Japanese publishing company owned by Animate. Libre primarily publishes ''yaoi'' and teens' love manga and light novels, which are run in their magazines ''Magazine Be × Boy'' and ''Be × Boy Gold''. ...

, 2002-) * ,

Core Magazine is a Japanese publishing company focused on adult material, such as adult magazines and ''hentai'' manga. It also publishes ''yaoi'' titles, such as ''Kirepapa''. The company was established in 1985 as . Core Magazine owns a bookstore chain . ...

, 2003. * , Biblos, 2004 * ,

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, m ...

, 2005. In 2010,

Digital Manga Publishing Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise in the English language. Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a digital publishing site for manga and l ...

licensed ''Finder Series'' in English. From 2007 to 2008,

Kitty Media Media Blasters, sometimes abbreviated as MB, is an American entertainment corporation that was founded by John Sirabella in 1997 and is based in New York City. It is in the business of licensing, translating, and releasing to the North American ...

held the North American license of ''Crimson Spell'', but in 2013

SuBLime Manga Sublime may refer to: Entertainment * SuBLime, a comic imprint of Viz Media for BL manga * Sublime (band), an American ska punk band ** ''Sublime'' (album), 1996 * ''Sublime'' (film), a 2007 horror film * SubLime FM, a Dutch radio station dedic ...

acquired the rights to publish this title.

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has licensed ''A Foreign Love Affair''.

References

External links

All About Yamane Ayano (Official website)
* Living people Women manga artists Japanese female comics artists Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese illustrators Japanese women illustrators 1977 births {{manga-artist-stub