is a Japanese '' 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 ...

. She debuted in 1978 with the short story ''Koi wa Happy Snow ni Notte'' (monthly ''HITOMI'', AKITA Publishing Co., Ltd.).

Selected bibliography

Shōjo manga

* ''

Lady!! is a Japanese manga series written and illsutrated by Youko Hanabusa. It was published by Akita Shoten in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hitomi Comics'' from 1987 to 1993 and collected in 12 tankoubon volumes. The manga series was ada ...

'' (レディ!!) :The manga was adapted into

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...

television series - ''

Lady Lady!! is a Japanese manga series written and illsutrated by Youko Hanabusa. It was published by Akita Shoten in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hitomi Comics'' from 1987 to 1993 and collected in 12 tankoubon volumes. The manga series was ada ...

'' and ''

Hello! Lady Lynn is the second season of the anime series, Lady!!, ''Lady Lady!!'', produced by Toei Animation Co., Ltd. It consists of a total of 36 episodes and was aired from May 12, 1988 to January 26, 1989 on TV Tokyo. Based on the Japanese shōjo manga ...

'' in 1987 by

Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...

Co., Ltd. * ''Lady Lynn!'' (レディリン!) :a sequel to ''Lady!!'' * ''Lynn no Kodomotachi & Peter Pan'' (リンのこどもたち&ぴぃたぁぱん) :Hanabusa's official

dojinshi , also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created b ...

that focuses on twin children of Lynn and Edward. * ''Premier Muguet'' (プルミエ・ミュゲ) story by

Kyoko Mizuki is one of the pen names of , a Japanese writer who is best known for being the author of the manga and anime series ''Candy Candy''. Kyoko Mizuki won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best '' Shōjo'' Manga for ''Candy Candy'' in 1977 with Yumiko Iga ...

* ''Heart ni Aozora Yohou'' (ハートに青空予報) * ''Kirameki Green Age'' (きらめきグリーンエイジ) * ''Milk Miracle'' (みるくみらくる) * ''Majinai Ningyou'' (呪い人形) * ''Time Princess'' (タイムプリンセス) * ''Kurayami no Yubiwa'' (暗闇の指輪) * ''Hoho Yosete Dakishimete'' (ほほよせて抱きしめて) * ''Yaneura Beya e Youkoso'' (屋根裏部屋へようこそ) * ''Hatsukoi Swimming'' (初恋スイミング) * ''Engage Kiss'' (エンゲージ・キス) * ''Jooubachi'' (女王蜂) * ''Roma no Kyuujitu'' (ローマの休日) adapted from ''

Roman Holiday ''Roman Holiday'' is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress f ...

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

Manga adaptations of western romance novels

*''Idol Dreams'' リッツで夕食 (

Charlotte Lamb Sheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates ( in Dagenham, Essex, England – in Isle of Man) was best known under the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb as a prolific romantic novelist. She signed her novels with her married or maiden names – Shei ...

, ''A Wild Affair'')

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

, Inc. *鏡の中の女 (Charlotte Lamb, ''The Devil's Arm'') *恋の砂漠 (Charlotte Lamb, ''Desert Barbarian'') *ローレライ愛の調べ ( Lucy Gordon, ''Song of the Lorelei'') *手紙 (Lucy Gordon, ''Farelli's Wife'') *ある日突然結婚 ( Diana Hamilton, ''An Inconvenient Marriage'') *身代わりプリンセス ( Tracy Sinclair, ''The Princess Gets Engaged'') *王子様とわたし ( Elizabeth Harbison, ''Annie and the Prince'') *いつしか求愛 (

Carole Mortimer Carole Mortimer (born 1960 in England) is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors. Biography Carole Mortimer was ...

, ''To Woo a Wife'') *あこがれる心の裏で (Carole Mortimer, ''To Be a Husband'') *今夜だけのパートナー (Carole Mortimer, ''To Be a Bridegroom'') *悩める伯爵 (

Anne Ashley Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

, ''The Earl of Rayne's Ward'') *消えた子爵夫人 (Anne Ashley, ''Lady Linford's Return'') *泥棒は恋の始まり (

Anne Gracie Anne Gracie is an Australian author of historical romance novels. Her books have been shortlisted for the RITA Award and she has twice won the Australian Romance Writer of the Year award and National Readers Choice Award (USA). She lives in Melbo ...

, ''An Honourable Thief'') *献身 (

Violet Winspear Violet Winspear (28 April 1928 – January 1989) was a British writer of 70 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1961 to 1987. In 1973, she became a launch author for the new Mills & Boon-Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Presents line of categor ...

, ''Passionate Sinner'') *ハリウッドの天使 (Violet Winspear, ''Lucifer's Angel'') *情熱のマスカレード (

Emma Darcy Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emm ...

, ''The Power and the Passion'') *王子様は、ある日突然 (

Miranda Lee Miranda Lee (born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia) is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990. Biography Miranda Lee was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, A ...

, ''Knight to the Rescue'') *プリンスと虹色の指輪 (

Joan Elliott Pickart Joan Elliott Pickart (d. November 13, 2018) was an American writer of over 100 romance novels, who also wrote under the pen name Robin Elliott. Biography Pickart was one of three daughters of Robert G. Elliott, an Episcopal pastor in Detroit, ...

, ''Man...Mercenary...Monarch'') *一夜だけの花嫁 (

Day Leclaire Day Leclaire is an American author of more than forty romance novels. Biography Early years Day Leclaire started writing when she was just a child. After a long day of trying to keep occupied in the midst of a snowstorm, Leclaire and her three ...

, ''One Night Wife'') *無邪気なかけひき (

Penny Jordan Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny ...

, ''The Sheikh's Virgin Bride'') *誘惑はオアシスで (Penny Jordan, ''One Night with the Sheikh'') *砂塵に舞う花嫁 (Penny Jordan, ''Possessed by the Sheikh'') *愛は復讐の果てに (Penny Jordan, ''The Perfect Seduction'') *危険な結婚 (

Helen Bianchin Helen Bianchin (born 20 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon. Biography Bianchin was born on 20 February 1939 in New Zealand. She worked as a legal secretary ...

, ''A Passionate Surrender'') *愛の惑い (Helen Bianchin, ''The Greek Bridegroom'') *見知らぬ国で (

Catherine George Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

, ''Devil Within'') *堕ちた愛人 ( Susanne McCarthy, ''No Place for Love'') *プリンセスへの階段 (

Cathie Linz Cathie Linz Baumgardner (29 November 1954, Chicago – 7 March 2015, Chicago) was an American librarian and a ''USA Today'' writer of over 50 romance novels under the pen names of Cathie Linz and Cat Devon. Her romance novels are published worl ...

, ''A Prince At Last!'') *フィアンセは当店で ( Jackie Braun, ''One Fiancee to Go, Please'') *銀色に光る海で (

Miranda Jarrett Miranda may refer to: Law * ''Miranda v. Arizona'', an American legal case * ''Miranda'' warning, an American police warning given to suspects about their rights, before they are interrogated Places Australia * Miranda, New South Wales * Mirand ...

, ''The Silver Lord'') *リメンバー・ミー (

Sharon Sala Sharon ( he, שָׁרוֹן ''Šārôn'' "plain") is a given name as well as an Israeli surname. In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name. However, historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In I ...

, ''Remember Me'') *さらわれたハート (

Barbara Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) published as Barbara Cartland was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, who published both contemporary romance, contemporary and historical romance novels, the lat ...

, ''The Wing of Ecstasy'') *公爵の花嫁 (Barbara Cartland, ''A Nightingale Sang'') * My fiance is in love with my sister

Selected bibliography

Shōjo manga

Manga adaptations of western romance novels

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