is a

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shōjo

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 ...

best known for writing

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

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 in 1979 with ''Megumi-chan ni Sasageru Comedy'' in ''

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''. She won the 1993

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for best science fiction manga for '' Oz'' and the 1997

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

for

shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ...

for '' Eight Clouds Rising''. Several of her works have been adapted as

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, including ''

Jyu Oh Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. The manga was first serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, ''LaLa'' in December 1993. Several chapters of the series were serialized in Hakusensha's ...

'', ''Oz'', ''Eight Clouds Rising'', and ''

Hanasakeru Seishōnen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. Set in the modern era, the story follows the path to romance of fourteen-year-old Kajika Burnsworth, daughter of powerful industrialist Harry Burnsworth, owner of the Bur ...

''. Her series '' Demon Sacred'' and ''Jyu Oh Sei'' are licensed in North America by

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, and the anime of ''Jyu Oh Sei'' is distributed in English by

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Works

;''Story & Art'' (manga) * Vampir * Demon Sacred *

Jyu-Oh-Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. The manga was first serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, ''LaLa'' in December 1993. Several chapters of the series were serialized in Hakusensha's oth ...

* OZ * Eight Clouds Rising * Marcello Storia * Passion Parade * Tokiiro Triangle * Eccentric City ;''Original story'' (OAV, anime television series) ;OVA *

Yakumo Tatsu is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Natsumi Itsuki. It won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded ...

* OZ ;Anime television series *

References

External links

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Hakusensha's Comicate Interview with Natsumi Itsuki
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