Takako Shigematsu
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Takako Shigematsu is a Japanese
manga artist
most famous for her manga
series Tenshi Ja Nai
. Her first manga, published in 1995, told the tale of an all girls dorm. However, it wasn't until her 2002 release of 3 Meters from the Sun that she truly stepped into the spotlight as a professional manga artist. Since then she has worked on several series, such as King of the Lamp and Tenshi Ja Nai. Tenshi Ja Nai was her first series to see an official English publication. Takako is also known for her pet pug, Molly, who is mentioned in most of her manga.
Japanese people
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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...
most famous for her 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...
series Tenshi Ja Nai
Tenshi Ja Nai
is a manga series by Takako Shigematsu. It should not be confused with a similarly titled manga series by Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai. The manga was serialized in America by Go! Comi. The eighth and final volume was published in September 2007....
. Her first manga, published in 1995, told the tale of an all girls dorm. However, it wasn't until her 2002 release of 3 Meters from the Sun that she truly stepped into the spotlight as a professional manga artist. Since then she has worked on several series, such as King of the Lamp and Tenshi Ja Nai. Tenshi Ja Nai was her first series to see an official English publication. Takako is also known for her pet pug, Molly, who is mentioned in most of her manga.
Published works
- 3 Meters from the Sun 2002
- Tenshi Ja NaiTenshi Ja Naiis a manga series by Takako Shigematsu. It should not be confused with a similarly titled manga series by Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai. The manga was serialized in America by Go! Comi. The eighth and final volume was published in September 2007....
(I'm No Angel) 2002 - Lamp no Ou-sama (King of the Lamp) 2005
- Ultimate Venus 2007