is a Japanese

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. She is primarily known for her

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works which feature

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) topics. Her best known and selling series are ''

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''. ''Aoi Hana'' was adapted as an

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television series broadcast in 2009. ''Wandering Son'' has been licensed in English by

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and an anime adaptation aired in 2011. In 2014, she collaborated with the original character concepts for the anime ''

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''. In 2016, she provided the character designs for the anime ''

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''.

Works

* (1997–2002, 7 volumes) * (2003,

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) * (2003, 1 volume) ** (1997, debut story) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ''sweet16'' * (2002–2004, 2 volumes) * (2002–2005, 3 volumes) * (2002–2013, 15 volumes) * (2004–2013, 8 volumes) * (1 volume) * (2004–2005, 2 chapters) * (adaptation of the

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novel, 2007–2008, 1 volume) * (2009, one-shot) * (2011–present, 3+ volumes) * (2012–2017, 7 volumes) * (2013, 1 volume) * (2014–2015, 1 volume) * Original character concepts for ''

'' (2014) * (2014–2019, 10 volumes) * (2016–2020, 3 volumes) *''Beautiful Everyday'' (ビューティフル・エブリデイ) (2018–present, 2+ volumes) *''Even Though We're Adults'' (おとなになっても ''Otona ni nattemo'') (2019–present, 6+ volumes) *''Bloom Brothers'' (ブルーム・ブラザーズ) (2020–present, 1+ volume)

References

External links

Takako Shimura's blog

Takako Shimura's tumblr
* 1973 births Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Japanese women writers {{manga-artist-stub