is a Japanese
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 ...
series written and illustrated by Ichimaru. It was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Big Comic Original
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to ''Big Comic'', the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks ''Big Comic ...
'' from 1990 to 1999, with its chapters collected in 17 ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes. It was followed by a sequel, ''Okami-san Heisei Basho'', serialized in the same magazine from 2011 to 2013, with its chapters collected in two ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series is about a woman who becomes the manager of a stable of
sumo wrestlers.
In 1993, ''Okami-san'' won the 38th
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...
in the general category.
Publication
''Okami-san'', written and illustrated by , was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Big Comic Original
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to ''Big Comic'', the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks ''Big Comic ...
'' from 1990 to 1999.
Shogakukan collected its chapters in seventeen ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes, released from August 30, 1991, to March 30, 1999.
A sequel, titled , was serialized for sixteen chapters in the same magazine from October 20, 2011, to September 5, 2013. Two ''tankōbon'' volumes were released on February 28
and December 27, 2013.
Volume list
''Okami-san''
''Okami-san Heisei Basho''
Reception
In 1993, alongside
Hideki Arai
(born 15 September 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1993 for ''Miyamoto kara Kimi e''. His manga '' The World Is Mine'' was chosen by the editors of '' Pulp' ...
's ''
Miyamoto kara Kimi e'', ''Okami-san'' won the 38th
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...
in the general category.
References
External links
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Comedy anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga
Slice of life anime and manga
Sumo anime and manga
Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga
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