Arina Tanemura

Arina Tanemura (種村 有菜, Tanemura Arina, born on March 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist who mainly creates shōjo manga. Her debut work was a one-shot work titled "The Style of the Second Love" (2番目の恋のかたち, Niban-me no Koi no Katachi), which was later reprinted in her anthology work Short-Tempered Melancholic.^[3] Tanemura gained fame with the 1997 publication of I.O.N, a high school romance with a supernatural twist. From 1998 to 2000, she worked on the popular series Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, about a young girl who is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc, followed by Time Stranger Kyoko in 2000-2001 and Full Moon wo Sagashite in 2002. In 2004, Tanemura came out with The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, which broke her tradition by having more than seven volumes in one single series. Tanemura serialized a series in Margaret magazine from July to November 2011.^[4][5] Her most recent work, Sakura Hime Kaden, debuted in 2009 and ended in December 2012.

Despite Tanemura's intentions to draw in a style that makes her stories difficult to animate, both Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Full Moon wo Sagashite have been adapted into TV series. Her works are primarily serialized in Ribon magazine, with series published in collected volumes by Shueisha. For the 15th anniversary since her debut, she was involved in creating a CD featuring songs based on ten of her heroines.^[6][7] Tanemura contributed to a dōjinshi along with other manga artists that was sold for charity efforts for the March 2011 Japanese earthquake.^[8] As of November 2011, Tanemura has become a free agent manga artist, no longer solely affiliated with Shueisha.^[1][2] However, she continued to publish "Sakura Hime Kaden" in Ribbon until the series' end in 2012. Tanemura stated herself that a new series is planned during AnimeFest 2012 in Dallas, Texas.^[9] Sakura Hime Kaden recently ended in December 2012 on the 12th volume. Her newest series, Neko to Watashi no Kinyoubi (translation: "The Cat and My Friday") started on February 5 in Margaret magazine. She also started serializing 31 Ai Dream in Hakusensha's Melody magazine. This is the author's first josei manga.^[10]

With the exception of the unlicensed Fudanjuku Monogatari and Neko to Watashi no Kinyoubi, all of her manga have been published in English by Viz Media in North America. Viz Media has re-released Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (originally released by CMX Manga) with a new translation as well.

Bibliography

Manga series

• (1997) I.O.N. (イ·オ·ン^?) ; English translation: I.O.N (2008)^[11]
• (1998) Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu (神風怪盗ジャンヌ^?) ; English translation: Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (2005)
• (1998) Kanshakudama no Yūutsu (かんしゃく玉のゆううつ^?) ; English translation: Short-Tempered Melancholic (2008)^{[n 1]}
• (2000) Taimu Sutorenjā Kyōko (時空異邦人KYOKO^?) ; English translation: Time Stranger Kyoko (2008)^[12]
• (2001) Furu Mūn o Sagashite (満月をさがして^?) ; English translation: Full Moon o Sagashite (2005)
• (2004) Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu (紳士同盟†^?) ; English translation: The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (2007)
• (2008) Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Misutoresu Fōchun (絶対覚醒天使ミストレス·フォーチュン^?) ;^[13] English translation: Mistress Fortune (2011)^[14]
• (2009) Sakura Hime Kaden (桜姫華伝^?) ;^[15] English translation: Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (2011)^[14][16]
• (2011) Fudanjuku Monogatari (風男塾物語^?) ^[17]
• (2013) Neko to Watashi no Kinyobi (猫と私の金曜日^?) ^[18]
• (2013) 31☆Ai Dream (31☆アイドリーム)^[19] English translation: Idol Dreams

Artbooks

• (2000) Tanemura Arina Irasuto Shuu Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu (種村有菜イラスト集 神風怪盗ジャンヌ^?) ^[20]
• (2004) Furu Mūn o Sagashite Irasuto Shuu Tanemura Arina Korekushon (満月をさがしてイラスト集 種村有菜コレクション^?) ;^[21] English translation: The Arina Tanemura Collection: The Art of Full Moon (2008)^[22]
• (2008) Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu Tanemura Arina Irasuto Shuu (「紳士同盟クロス」種村有菜イラスト集^?) ;^[23] English translation: The Gentlemen's Alliance †: Arina Tanemura Illustrations(2009)^[24][25]
• (2009) Paint Ribon Art of Sakura Hime Kaden (PAINTりぼん art of 種村有菜^?) ^[26]

Notes

1. ↑ The stories in Short-Tempered Melancholic were serialized in various issues of Ribon between 1995 and 1998. They were collected and published together by Shueisha in a single tankōbon volume in May 1998.

There was also a 37-page one-shot called "Shojo Eve:Eve's Applework: 24 Hours", which was briefly in an issue of Ribon, as well as the August 2007 of Shojo Beat. It later appeared as part of the Shinshi Doumei Cross tankoubon.

References

External links

• Arina Tanemura's Official Blog
• Arina Tanemura's Official Twitter
• Arina Tanemura's Second Official Twitter