is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 shōjo

Shojo

The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...

 manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

. Her first work, Mahōtsukai wa Shitteriu (I Know a Magician) was published in the weekly shōjo anthology Hana to Yume

Hana to Yume

is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.The magazine is published on the 4th and 22nd of every month. It is often nicknamed as among the readers...

(Flowers and Dreams) in 1982. Hiwatari is probably most well known for Please Save My Earth

Please Save My Earth

, sometimes abbreviated Bokutama, is a shōjo science fiction manga by Saki Hiwatari. It was published by Hakusensha from 1987 to 1994 in Hana to Yume and collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted as a six-part anime OVA in 1993...

, a 21-volume series concerning several alien scientists who are reincarnated as high school students in modern Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Currently only two of her manga series are available in English: Please Save My Earth and Tower of the Future

Tower of the Future

is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Saki Hiwatari. The manga was serialised in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume and collected in eleven tankōbon volumes which were released between March 1995 and April 1999. The series has been licensed in North America by CMX Manga, which released the manga's...

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Works

(1984, Hakusensha

Hakusensha

is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series....

) (2005, re-print, Hakusensha) (1985–1987, serialized in Hana to Yume

Hana to Yume

is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.The magazine is published on the 4th and 22nd of every month. It is often nicknamed as among the readers...

, Hakusensha) (2007, bunkoban re-print, Hakusensha) (1987–1994, serialized in Hana to Yume, Hakusensha

Hakusensha

is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series....

) (1998, bunkoban re-print Hakusensha) (2004, wide-ban re-reprint, Hakusensha) (2004, Hakusensha) omnibus edition compiling:
} (1991, Hakusensha)
} (2001, Hakusensha) (1995–1999, serialized in Hana to Yume, Hakusensha) (2003–2004, bunkoban re-reprint, Hakusensha) (2000–2001, serialized in Hana to Yume, Hakusensha) (2010, bunkoban re-print, Hakusensha) (2002–2005, serialized in Hana to Yume, Hakusensha) (2005-ongoing, serialized in Hana to Yume, Hakusensha); sequel to Please Save My Earth

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