Arina Tanemura (
Tanemura was an exclusive artist for Ribon until 2011. Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura was her last series published in the magazine.[2] She became a freelancer and launched Fudanjuku Monogatari in Margaret the same year.[3] Tanemura ended her ninth series, Neko to Watashi no Kinyobi, also in Margaret, on November 20, 2015.[4]
Tanemura is currently penning Idol Dreams, which began in 2013.[5] In 2015, she drew the character designs for the game, Idolish 7.[6] Tanemura has since illustrated several manga for the franchise, including Trigger - Before the Radiant Glory and Idolish 7: Ryusei ni Inoru.[7]
Biography[]
Early and personal life[]
Tanemura was born on March 12, 1978[8] in Ichinomiya in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan. She has one older sister, one younger, and one brother. Tanemura also has two cats named Riku and Kai.[9]
Career[]
1996 – 2001[]
Tanemura debuted in 1996 with the one-shot, "The Style of the Second Love" in Ribon Original.[10] Tanemura's next one-shot, "Rainy Afternoons Are for Romantic Heroines", was published that October, followed by "Short-Tempered Melancholic" in 1997, which was her first work in Ribon.[11] All three stories, including "This Love is Non-Fiction", were collected into a short story collection, titled Short-Tempered Melancholic.[12] In 1997, Tanemura began her first series, I.O.N, in Ribon. I.O.N was originally planned for three chapters, but it was eventually increased to six.[13] It was collected into a single volume in December 1997.[14]
In February 1998, she began her second manga, Phantom Thief Jeanne with a fifty-page debut.[15] The series was adapted into a forty-four episode anime airing from 1999 to 2000.[16] The manga concluded with seven volumes in August 2000.[17] Tanemura's Time Stranger Kyoko started in September 2000. The series ended the following September with three volumes.[18] Tanemura published a one-shot, "Gin-yu Meika", in Ribon's November 2001 issue.[19]
2002 – 2012[]
Tanemura launched Full Moon o Sagashite in January 2002. It was adapted into an anime, which began airing in 2002.[20] Full Moon concluded the series in June 2004 at seven volumes.[21] Tanemura began serializing The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross the following September.[22] In 2007, she published two one-shots, "Shojo Eve: Eve's Applework 24 Hours" and "The Globe of the Sea: Nocturne".[23] Tanemura ended The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross and began Mistress Fortune in Ribon's July 2008 issue.[1] Mistress Fortune concluded at three chapters in the September issue.[24]
In November 2008, Tanemura began a new series, titled Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura.[25] She ended her exclusivity contract with Ribon in the spring of 2011, though Tanemura did not announce it until the following November.[2] In July 2011, she started Fudanjuku Monogatari, which was serialized for seven chapters in Margaret.[26] Sakura Hime ended at twelve volumes[27] in late 2012.[28]
2013 – present[]
She began Neko to Watashi no Kinyobi in the fifth issue of Margaret in February 2013.[28] Tanemura premiered Idol Dreams in Hakusensha's Melody the following April.[5] In July 2015, she drew the character designs for Idolish 7, a "big media-mix project" that began as a smartphone game.[6] Tanemura collaborated with Yui Kikuta, a former assistant, for a new manga, Shunkan Lyle, in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum.[29] Neko to Watashi no Kinyobi concluded with eleven volumes in November 2015.[4]
In February 2016, Tanemura started a three-chapter series, Idolish 7: Trigger - Before the Radiant Glory based on Bunta Tsushimi's novel.[30] She launched Akuma ni Chic×Hack in Margaret's late March issue,[31] before ending that October.[32] Tanemura has also published several other Idolish 7 stories, including Mezzo - Murasaki Ao no Hekireki,[33] Ryusei ni Inoru,[34] Cooler and Pants, and "Good Morning, Laughter!". The stories were subsequently published together in two volumes.[35] She began a new Idolish 7 manga, titled Re:member in the January 2018 issue of LaLa DX.[36]
She and Kikuta ended Shunkan Lyle in April 2018 at four volumes.[37]
Published works[]
Series
- I.O.N (1997; 1 volume)
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (1998-2000; 7 volumes)
- Time Stranger Kyoko (2000-2001; 3 volumes)
- Full Moon o Sagashite (2002-2004; 7 volumes)
- The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (2004-2008; 11 volumes)
- Mistress Fortune (2008; 1 volume)
- Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (2008-2012; 12 volumes)
- Fudanjuku Monogatari (2011; 1 volume)
- Arina no Tane (2012; 1 volume)
- Neko to Watashi no Kinyobi (2013-2015; 11 volumes)
- Idol Dreams (2013-present)
- Shunkan Ryle (with Yui Kikuta; 2015-2018; 4 volumes)
- Idolish 7 TRIGGER -before The Radiant Glory- (2016; 1 volume)
- Akuma ni Chic×Hack (2016; 2 volumes)
- Idolish 7: Ryusei ni Inoru (2017-2018; 2 volumes)
- Idolish 7 MEZZO - Murasaki Ao no Hekireki (2016)
- Idolish 7 - Ryusei ni Inoru (2017)
- Idolish 7 - Cooler and Pants (2017)
- "Idolish 7 - Good Morning, Laughter!" (2017)
- Idolish 7 - re:member (2018-present)
One-shots
- Short-Tempered Melancholic (1998)
- "The Style of the Second Love" (Ribon Original - 1996)
- "Rainy Afternoons Are for Romantic Heroines" (Ribon Original - 1996)
- "Short-Tempered Melancholic" (Ribon - 1997)
- "This Love Is Nonfiction" (Ribon Bikkuri Daizokan Gō - 1997)
- "Gin-yu Meika" (Ribon - 2001)
- "Shojo Eve: Eve's Applework 24 Hours" (Ribon Haru no Cho Bikkuri Daizokan Go - 2007)
- "The Globe of the Sea: Nocturne" (Ribon Special - 2007)
- "White Rose Academy: Vampire Rose" (Ribon Fantasy Zokan Go - 2009)
- "The Angelic Gold Coin of Maple Rose" (Ribon Special - 2010)
- "Sakana to Watashi no Spica" (Spica - 2015)
Artbooks
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne: Arina Tanemura Illustrations (2000)
- The Arina Tanemura Collection: The Art of Full Moon (2004)
- The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross: Arina Tanemura Illustrations (2008)
- Paint Ribon: Art of Sakura Hime Kaden (2009)
Collaborations[]
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (anime) (original creator; 1999-2000)
- Time Stranger Kyoko: Leave It to Chocola! (original creator; 2001)
- Full Moon o Sagashite (anime) (original creator; 2002-2003)
- Full Moon o Sagashite: Cute Cute Adventure (original creator; 2002)
- Junai Tenshi (album; 2010)
- Princess Tiara (album; 2013)
- Idolish 7 (character designs; 2015)
Notes[]
- Tanemura's favorite manga artist is Rumiko Takahashi, whom she cites as a major influence along with Hayao Miyazaki and Kei Kusunoki.[38] She has also cited that the series Tokimeki Tonight and Chibi Maruko-chan influenced the comedy and gags in her manga.[39]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-05/tanemura-to-end-gentlemen-alliance-launch-fortune
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-11/full-moon-manga-tanemura-ends-exclusivity-with-ribon-mag
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-03/full-moon-tanemura-4-others-start-manga-in-margaret
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://natalie.mu/comic/news/166651 (Japanese)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-28/full-moon-tanemura-to-launch-31-ai-dream-manga
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-10/full-moon-arina-tanemura-designs-idolish-7-game-manga/.89093
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-12/arina-tanemura-launches-new-idolish-7-manga-in-december/.122602
- ↑ I.O.N, side-column, page 52
- ↑ Baka-Updates Manga
- ↑ http://ribon.shueisha.co.jp/data/sensei/tanemura_sensei.html (Japanese)
- ↑ Arina Tanemura on Japanese Wikipedia
- ↑ https://www.viz.com/short-tempered-melancholic-and-other-stories
- ↑ I.O.N, side-column, page 151
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4088560531/ (Japanese)
- ↑ Phantom Thief Jeanne (CMX edition), chapter notes, page 6
- ↑ http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/jeanne/episode/list/ (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4088562216/ (Japanese)
- ↑ Time Stranger Kyoko on Japanese Wikipedia
- ↑ Full Moon o Sagashite on Japanese Wikipedia
- ↑ Full Moon o Sagashite volume 1, side-column, page 22
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4088565495/ (Japanese)
- ↑ The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross volume 1, side-column, page 10
- ↑ The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross on Japanese Wikipedia
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-03/tanemura-to-draw-gentlemen-alliance-side-story-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-02/full-moon-tanemura-to-launch-sakura-hime-kaden-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-16/full-moon-tanemura-draws-idol-group-fudanjuku-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-11/arina-tanemura-to-end-sakura-hime-manga-in-12-volumes
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-30/full-moon-tanemura-starts-neko-to-watashi-no-kinyobi-manga
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-19/arina-tanemura-yui-kikuta-launch-new-collaboration-manga-this-month/.93516
- ↑ http://natalie.mu/comic/news/190384 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-06/arina-tanemura-reveals-title-details-of-new-manga-launching-this-month/.99453
- ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/204378 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/197485 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/243579 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/263830 (Japanese)
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-12/arina-tanemura-launches-new-idolish-7-manga-in-december/.122602
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-29/arina-tanemura-yui-kikuta-shunkan-lyle-manga-ends-on-april-28/.129633
- ↑ http://yattatachi.com/arina-tanemura-interview
- ↑ https://www.animefeminist.com/interview-arina-tanemura/