is a Japanese

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 ...

. He graduated from

Wako University is a private university in Japan. It is located in Machida, Tokyo. Wako University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Wako-Gakuen (和光学園) (meaning Wako schools), that includes kindergarten, two elementary schools, j ...

in Machida,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. In 1979, Nobe won an honorable mention in the 18th

Tezuka Award The is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha since 1971, under the auspices of its ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine. It awarded new manga artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, a ...

for his story ''Hana to Arashi ga Iku''.

Works

Listed alphabetically. *'' Monaco no Sora e'', 22 volumes *'' Monaco no Sora e 2: Alas Kagayakeru Tsubasa'', 5 volumes (as of July 2006) *'' Myū no Densetsu'', 8 volumes *''Nobe Toshio Senshū Tanpenshū'', 2 volumes so far, short story collections *''

Nozomi Witches , sometimes also called ''Bewitching Nozomi'', is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992. Plot Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she ...

'', 48 volumes, made into an

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

series from 1992–1993 *''Rising'', 1 volume *'' Watashi no Okita-kun'', 20 volumes *''

Yayoi no Ōzora The started at the beginning of the Neolithic in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age. Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon ...

'', 11 volumes *''

Yōsei Taisen NOA is a Japanese word that is generally synonymous with the English term . Today, this word usually refers to spirits from Western legends, but occasionally it may also denote a creature from native Japanese folklore. For example, according to an ...

'', 9 volumes

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nobe Toshio 1957 births Living people Manga artists from Tochigi Prefecture People from Utsunomiya, Tochigi