Aya Kanno 菅野 文 | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 30 January 1980
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works |
Aya Kanno (菅野 文, Kanno Aya, born 30 January 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. [1] After working as an assistant to Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame, she debuted as a professional manga artist in Hana to Yume in 2001 with her fantasy-action series Soul Rescue. [1] [2] She has since published manga primarily in Hakusensha's shōjo (girls') manga anthologies: Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume, Hana to Yume Plus, and Bessatsu Hana to Yume. [3] Kanno is best known for her romantic comedy series Otomen, which was adapted into a live-action television drama in 2009. [4] Her historical dark fantasy series Requiem of the Rose King, based on William Shakespeare's Richard III, was adapted into an anime by J.C.Staff in 2022. [5]
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Mangaka Aya Kanno readily admits that she never intended to draw shoujo manga. She did, after all, train under the auspices of a shounen artist (Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame). But it just so happens that the first magazine to accept her submission was Hakusensha's Hana to Yume, ...
Soul Rescue • Aya Kanno (story and art) • Tokyopop (2006–2007) • Hakusensha (Hana to Yume, 2001–2002) ...
Aya Kanno 菅野 文 | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 30 January 1980
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works |
Aya Kanno (菅野 文, Kanno Aya, born 30 January 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. [1] After working as an assistant to Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame, she debuted as a professional manga artist in Hana to Yume in 2001 with her fantasy-action series Soul Rescue. [1] [2] She has since published manga primarily in Hakusensha's shōjo (girls') manga anthologies: Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume, Hana to Yume Plus, and Bessatsu Hana to Yume. [3] Kanno is best known for her romantic comedy series Otomen, which was adapted into a live-action television drama in 2009. [4] Her historical dark fantasy series Requiem of the Rose King, based on William Shakespeare's Richard III, was adapted into an anime by J.C.Staff in 2022. [5]
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Mangaka Aya Kanno readily admits that she never intended to draw shoujo manga. She did, after all, train under the auspices of a shounen artist (Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame). But it just so happens that the first magazine to accept her submission was Hakusensha's Hana to Yume, ...
Soul Rescue • Aya Kanno (story and art) • Tokyopop (2006–2007) • Hakusensha (Hana to Yume, 2001–2002) ...