Suzue Miuchi
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is a Japanese manga artist
and author of long running shōjo
manga Glass Mask
. She was born in Nishinomiya, Japan and grew up in Osaka
. She won the Kodansha Manga Award
(1982) for Youkihi-den and the Japan Cartoonists Association Award (1995).
In December 1975, Miuchi began work on Glass Mask which is regarded as her representative work today. Although the core shōjo
manga
fandom at the time viewed this series blatantly conservative and obsolete, its popularity turned out to be sensational and it has gained a huge mass of admirers during its run for more than 30 years. Miuchi is now a big-name shōjo manga artist enjoying the fact that Glass Mask is still attracting a new generation of fans, while the long-time fans are eagerly waiting for the conclusion.
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...
and author of long running 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 Glass Mask
Glass Mask
is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialised in Hana to Yume from January 1976, and collected in 46 tankōbon volumes as of June 24, 2011. The story has also been adapted into anime and a live action television series. As of 2006, the collected volumes had 50 million...
. She was born in Nishinomiya, Japan and grew up in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
. She won the Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the...
(1982) for Youkihi-den and the Japan Cartoonists Association Award (1995).
In December 1975, Miuchi began work on Glass Mask which is regarded as her representative work today. Although the core 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
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
fandom at the time viewed this series blatantly conservative and obsolete, its popularity turned out to be sensational and it has gained a huge mass of admirers during its run for more than 30 years. Miuchi is now a big-name shōjo manga artist enjoying the fact that Glass Mask is still attracting a new generation of fans, while the long-time fans are eagerly waiting for the conclusion.
Series
- Amaterasu
- Bara Monogatari
- Glass no Kamen- January 1976 - ongoing
- Juusan Gatsu no Higeki
- Shira-yuri no kishi
- Youkihi-den
One-shots
- Dynamite MilkpieDynamite MilkpieDynamite Milkpie is the one-shot manga created by Suzue Miuchi, the author of Glass Mask.- Story :The story is about the life of Miruku Katsuragi, the 7-dan kendō student. Her teacher wants to make her his heiress and the boss of a Yakuza gang called Gokuraku wants to adopt her due to her...
- Futari no Melody
- Kaerazaru Hyuuga
- Niji no Ikusa
- Oujo Alexandra
- Pollyana's Knight
- Shiroi Kageboshi