Hisae Iwaoka

Hisae Iwaoka (岩岡ヒサエ, born 17 July 1976, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist.[1]

Career

Iwaoka started her career as a professional manga artist in the early 2000s, when she released several short stories to critical acclaim. In 2002, she won the newcomers award Afternoon Shiki Shō of the manga magazine Afternoon for "Yume no Soko". The short story was published in the October 2002 issue of Afternoon and became her debut. In 2004, she won the alternative manga magazine Ikki's newcomer award Ikiman for "Shiroi Kumo". Two of her short story collections were jury-recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival; Shiroi Kumo in 2005 and Yume no Soko in 2006.[1][2]

Some of her work was included in the 2004 Takashi Murakami exhibition "Tokyo Girls Bravo" at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, where her artwork was compared to that of A. A. Milne.[3][4]

Eventually, from 2004 on she focused on series, publishing in magazines for different demographics such as seinen, shōjo and josei. Hoshigahara Aomanjū no Mori was a jury-recommended work at the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival. And the science fiction series Saturn Apartments, published in Ikki and licensed in English by Viz Media, won the festival's Grand Prize in 2011, making her the third female artist after Makoto Isshiki and Fumiyo Kōno to win the award.[2] The jury called the manga a "gentle human drama set in the near-future earth".[5] Her ongoing series Koshoku Robot has been made into live-action series.[6]

Aside from her publications as a professional manga artist, she is also active in amateur manga. In 2009, she formed a doujinshi circle named "Harapeko Sentai Hashi Ranger" together with fellow manga artists Takako Shimura, Fumiko Tanagawa, Aoki Toshinao and Ishide Den.[7]

Works
Title Year Notes Refs
Shiroi Kumo (しろいくも, "White Clouds") 2004 Short story collection published by Shogakukan in 1 vol.
Hana Bōro (花ボーロ, "Flower Cookies") 2004–2005 Serialized in Ikki
Published by Shogakukan in 1 vol.
Yume no Soko (ゆめの底) 2005 Short story collection published by Kodansha in 1 vol.
Saturn Apartments (土星マンション, Dosei Mansion) 2005–2011 Serialized in Ikki
Published by Shogakukan in 7 vol.
Published in English by Viz Media		 [8]
Oto no Hako (オトノハコ) 2008 Serialized in Beth
Published by Kodansha in 1 vol.
Hoshigahara Aomanjū no Mori (星が原あおまんじゅうの森) 2008–2014 Serialized in Nemuki
Published by Asahi Sonorama in 5 vol.		 [9]
Shiawase no Machi (幸せのマチ) 2009–2016 Serialized in Nemuki+
Published by Asahi Shimbunsha in 1 vol.		 [8]
Narihirabashi Denki Shōten (なりひらばし電器商店) 2012–2013 Serialized in Evening
Published by Kodansha in 2 vol.		 [10]
Koshoku Robot (孤食ロボット) 2013–present Serialized in Jump X (2013–2014) and Cookie (2014–Present)
Published by Shueisha in 8 vol. (as of January 2023)		 [6]
Kichijitsu Goyomi (きちじつごよみ) 2017–present Serialized in Feel Young
Published by Shodensha in 1 vol. (as of January 2023)		 [11]

References
  1. "Iwaoka Hisae". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. "IWAOKA Hisae | List of Committee Members & Artists". Japan Media Arts Festival. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ART IN REVIEW; 'Tokyo Girls Bravo' – New York Times
  4. Marianne Boesky Gallery – TOKYO GIRLS BRAVO
  5. "Grand Prize - Saturn Apartments | Award | Manga Division | 2011 [15th]". Japan Media Arts Festival Archive. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. "Hisae Iwaoka's Koshoku Robot Manga Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. "腹ペコ戦隊はしレンジャー". hashiranger.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. "Saturn Apartments' Iwaoka Ends Shiawase no Machi Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. "Saturn Apartment's Iwaoka Starts Hoshi ga Hara Aa Manjuu no Mori Manga's Final Arc". Anime News Network. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. "Saturn Apartments' Iwaoka Ends Narihirabashi Denki Shoten Manga Series (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  11. "Kichijitsu Goyomi". Pixiv. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.