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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese writer. She wrote the children's novel series Telepathy Shōjo Ran and the manga series The Manzai Comics

The Manzai Comics

The Manzai Comics is a manga series written by Atsuko Asano and illustrated by Hizuru Imai. In Japan it is published by Jive. In the United States it is published by Aurora Publishing....

. She started writing the children's novels when she was in college. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin college and majored in literature. She published "Hotaru-kan monogatari" as her first novel.

Asano received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for book series Battery

Battery (novel series)

is a novel series by Atsuko Asano that was published by Kadokawa Shoten. For the work the author received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 and the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005....

, which has been adapted into a film

The Battery (film)

is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita, which is based on the novel series with the same title. There is a 2008 Japanese drama series, Battery, based on the same novel...

. The same series won the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005. Her work frequently appears in literary magazines and she has also been featured in the Mainichi Shimbun

Mainichi Shimbun

The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by .-History:The history of the Mainichi Shimbun begins with founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper...

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Works

• "Kamigami-no Utatane"
• "Girls Blue 2"
• "Girls Blue"
• "Yume-utsutsu"
• "NO.6 #1-8"
• "The MANZAI #1-6"
• "Asano Kodomo-no Omocha-bako"
• "Neko No Neko San"
• "Telepathy Girl Lan"
• "Arihureta Hu-keiga"
• "Sasayaka-na Monogatari-tachi"
• "Kimi-ni Okuru Tsubasa Monogatari"
• "Matteru"
• "Last Inning
  Last Inning
  is a baseball manga written by Ryu Kamio, supervised by Kiyosi Kato and illustrated by Yu Nakahara.-Plot:Saitama High School went to the first round of the Koshien 36 years ago. However after that they did not manage to win any...
  
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• "Kaze-no Yakata-no Monogartari"
• "Ashita-Hukukaze"
• "Shin-Hotarukan Monogatari"
• "Hotarukan Monogatari"
• "Iede-de Densha-ha Ganbarimasu"
• "Miroku-no Tsuki"
• "Erina-no Aoi-sora"
• "Vivace
  Vivace
  Vivace is Italian for "lively" and "vivid". It is pronounced in the International Phonetic Alphabet.Vivace is used as an Italian musical term indicating a movement that is in a lively mood ....
  
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• "Kimi-ga Mitsukeru Monogatari"
• "Miyama Monogatari"
• "Fuku-shu Planner"
• "Konjiki-no Nobe-ni Utau"
• "Battery #1-7"
• "Field, wind"
• "Tabidachi"
• "Chu-gakusei No Kimochi"
• "Iede-densha-ha Koshou-chu?"
• "You-kai Henka"
• "Ju-ni No Uso-to Ju-ni No Shinzitsu"
• "Yasha-zakura"
• "Ju-ni-sai Deai-no Kisetsu"
• "Banka-no Playball"
• "Runner
  Runner
  A runner is a person who runs.Runner may also refer to:- Arts and music :* Runner, a film by the British artist Ravi Deepres* Runner , a short-lived British rock band, formed in 1978* Runner , a Marvel Comics character...
  
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• "Fukuin-no Sho-nen"
• "Sugu-kakeru Dokusho-kanso-bun"
• "Naniyorimo Taisetsu-na Koto"
• "Bokura-no Shin-rei Spotto"
• "Natsu-yasumi"
• "Chi-ni Umorete"
• "Ji-kuu Hunter Yuki"
• "Hint?"
• "Toumei-na Tabiji-to"
• "Tanpopo-akichi-no tsukinowa"
• "Doba-pyon"
• "Love Letter
  Love Letter
  Love Letter is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai, and starring Miho Nakayama. The film was shot almost entirely on the island of Hokkaidō, mainly in the city of Otaru....
  
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• "Mai-ha Jussai-desu"
• "No. 6
  No. 6
  No. 6 is a nine-volume novel series written by Atsuko Asano and published by Kodansha between October 2003 and June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Hinoki Kino began serialization in the March 2011 issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine. A TV anime series adaptation by Bones began airing in Japan in...
  
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External links

• JLPP author profile
• Battery (Japanese)