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 bef ...

, who is the creator of the now completed manga ''

Elemental Gelade is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. The fantasy adventure and a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living ...

'', which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode

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, and its ongoing spinoff manga ''Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky''. She is also recognized for creating the manga adaptation of the video game '' Star Ocean: The Second Story'', which was later adapted into an anime entitled ''Star Ocean EX''. Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an assistant to

Kozue Amano is a Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of ''Aria'', which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and 2 OVAs. As of autumn 2010, Amano's work releases ha ...

, creator of ''

Aria In music, an aria ( Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompa ...

''.

Works

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 ...

Enix was a Japanese video game publisher that produced video games, anime and manga. Enix is known for publishing the ''Dragon Quest'' series of role-playing video games. The company was founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22, 1975, as . Th ...

(now Square Enix) *** ''Night Walker!'' (ナイトウォーカー!) (1995–1996, ''Monthly Shōnen GagOh!'') *** ''Get!'' ( GET!) (1999, ''

Monthly Shōnen Gangan is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese mar ...

'') *** '' Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo'' ( ヴァンパイアセイヴァー〜魂の迷い子〜) (1997–2001, ''

Monthly Gangan Wing is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese ma ...

'') *** '' Star Ocean: The Second Story'' ( スターオーシャンセカンドストーリー) (1999–2001, ''

'') ** Mag Garden *** ''

'' ( EREMENTAR GERAD) (2002–2009, ''

Monthly Comic Blade was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Mag Garden. It was first published in February 2002 and was sold on the 30 of each month until July 2014. It restarted in September 2014 as a free online magazine titled ''Online Magazine Comic ...

'') *** ''Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky'' (EREMENTAR GERAD -蒼空の戦旗-) (2003–2014, ''

Comic Blade Masamune was a bi-monthly Japanese shōnen manga magazine, published by Mag Garden that contains manga and information about those series. It began in December 2002, and ceased publication on June 15, 2007, to be revamped as a new magazine called '' Comi ...

'') *** ''Toraneko Folklore'' (とらねこフォークロア) (2010–2013, ''

'') *** ''Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū: Higan no Ēsu'' ( 宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 緋眼のエース) (2013–present,''

''), ''

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 ''Star Blazers 2199'', known in Japan as , is a 2012–2013 Japanese military science fiction anime television series that is a remake of the first ''Space Battleship Yamato'' television series created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Mats ...

'' spin-off manga *Video Game ** Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (Character Designer)

External links

Mayumi Azuma Official Site 'AZUMA-YA'
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azuma, Mayumi Manga artists from Tokyo Living people 1975 births