Arina Tanemura
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(March 12, 1978 - ) is a mangaka who does mainly shōjo manga. Her works are published in the manga magazine Ribon and are popular in many countries.Her most popular manga are Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne and Full Moon wo Sagashite (Searching for the Full Moon in English), both of which were adapted into TV anime. One of her lesser works, Time Stranger Kyoko, was also made into a 15-minute mail-order OAV anime.
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne was recently licensed for translation and publication in the U.S. by CMX, the manga imprint of DC Comics. Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne began publication in October 2005. Full Moon o Sagashite was also licensed by VIZ Media as Full Moon. Currently, the first six volumes of Full Moon are available in the U.S., with the final volume coming out October 3, 2006. Viz also now holds the license for the Full Moon anime. The first DVD was released in June 2006.
Tanemura's current manga is Shinshi Doumei Cross (The Gentleman Alliance) which began serialization in the September 2004 issue of Ribon.
All these volumes are published by Shueisha under their Ribon Mascot Comics imprint.
- I-O-N - 1 volume
- Firecracker is Melancholy - 1 volume
- :A collection of Arina's early short stories, including Kanshaku-dama no Yuutsu, Kanshaku-dama no Yuutsu ~Kimi ga Inakucha~, Ame no Gogo wa Romance no Heroine, Kono Koi wa Non-Fiction, and Niban-me no Koi no Katachi
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne - 7 volumes (Volumes 1-3 now out in English)
- Time Stranger Kyoko - 3 volumes
- Full Moon wo Sagashite (Full Moon) - 7 volumes (volumes 1-6 now out in English)
- Shinshi Doumei Cross - 4 volumes so far
Artbooks
Two books of Arina Tanemura's artwork have been published by Shueisha.
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Contains artwork from Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne in full color, with artist comments.
- Full Moon wo Sagashite Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Tanemura's latest artbook, it has artwork from Full Moon wo Sagashite, Time Stranger Kyoko, and Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne.
External links
- [Ribon Waku-Waku Station - the official Ribon page]
- [Meguro Teikoku - Arina Tanemura's official site]
- [AnimePaper.net Group - Arina Tanemura Fans Club]
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