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 ...
. She is primarily known for her
manga
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works which feature
LGBT
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The LGBT term is ...
(especially
lesbian
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and
transgender
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) topics.
Her best known and selling series are ''
Aoi Hana'' and ''
Wandering Son''. ''Aoi Hana'' was adapted as an
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening o ...
television series broadcast in 2009. ''Wandering Son'' has been licensed in English by
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was fou ...
and an anime adaptation
aired in 2011. In 2014, she collaborated with the original character concepts for the anime ''
Aldnoah.Zero''. In 2016, she provided the character designs for the anime ''
Battery''.
Works
* (1997–2002, 7 volumes)
* (2003,
one-shot)
* (2003, 1 volume)
** (1997, debut story)
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** ''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
Chiya Fujino 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 ''
Aldnoah.Zero'' (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
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