Maya Mineo (

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: 魔夜峰央 ''Mineo Maya'', born

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) is a Japanese

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. His series ''

Patalliro! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. The comedy manga was serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from 1978 to 1990, before switching to ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' from 1991 where it continues to be published. An ani ...

'' is one of the

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and the longest-running

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of all time.

Life

Maya was born in Niigata. He made his debut as a professional manga artist in 1973 with ''Mishiranu hōmon-sha'' in the shōjo magazine ''

Bessatsu Margaret , or for short, is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly in Japan by Shueisha since 1964. Serializations Current *''Fujishiro-san Kei'' – Yuki Nojin *'' Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love'' – Ayuko Hatta *''My Special One'' – Momoko Kōda *'' ...

''. His most successful series started in 1978 with ''

'', which was adapted into an anime series. Since then, he has worked on the series for different magazines and produced several spin-offs. With more than 100 volumes, it is the longest-running shōjo manga. An anime adaptation in 1983 was the first TV anime to show

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. In 1981, he was nominated for the

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and in 1999, he received the

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for the series. The spin-off series ''Patalliro Saiyūki!'' has been translated into French. In the early 1980s, he met ballet dancer Yoshimi Yamada and got married. They have two children, one of them is the manga artist

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. His manga ''

Tonde Saitama is a 2019 Japanese comedy film directed by Hideki Takeuchi, based on the 1980s manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. It was released to critical acclaim and received 12 nominations at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Pr ...

'' has been adapted into a live-action film starring musician

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in 2019 and with himself appearing in the opening scene. Maya is a heavy drinker. Because of excessive alcohol consumption, he had health problems with his liver in February 2016 and was forced to undergo medical treatment.

Works

* ''Mishiranu hōmon-sha'' (見知らぬ訪問者, 1973, one-shot in ''

'') * ''Russian!'' (ラシャーヌ!, serialized in ''

Hana to Yume , also known as , is a semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 5th and 20th of every month. The magazine is B5-size, and always comes with or free supplements, such as drama CDs, pencil boards (shitajiki), manga ...

'', ''

Bessatsu Hana to Yume , also known as , was a Japanese Shōjo manga, manga magazine published by Hakusensha from 1977 to 2018. It was a sister magazine to . History was launched in July 1977 as a sister magazine to . After 41 years, it ceased publication with the ...

'' and ''

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'', 1978–1989) * ''

'' (パタリロ!, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'', ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'', ''Melody'', ''Hana LaLa online'' and ''Manga Park'', since 1978) * ''

'' (翔んで埼玉, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'', 1982–1983) * ''Yōkai shimatsu hito Trauma!!'' (妖怪始末人トラウマ!!, serialized in '' Komi Komi'', 1986–1988) * ''Astaroth'' (アスタロト, serialized in '' Bessatsu Princess'', 1991–1994) * ''Zero Hoshi'' (ゼロ星, serialized in ''

Princess Gold is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. It launched in December 1974 and is released on the sixth of each month. It has inspired several spin-off publications, including ''Bessatsu Viva Princess'', renamed ''Viva Prin ...

'', 1994–1997) * ''Yōkai tōzoku Mazar-i-Sharif'' (妖怪盗賊マザリシャリフ, serialized in ''

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'', 1994–1995) * ''Patalliro Saiyūki!'' (パタリロ西遊記!, serialized in ''Melody'', 2000–2004) * ''May Tantei Purikoro'' (May探偵プリコロ, since 2009) * ''Nemuranai Eve'' (眠らないイヴ, serialized in ''

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'', since 2018)

References

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