Arina Tanemura

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Arina Tanemura (種村有菜, Tanemura Arina^?) (March 12, 1978) is a mangaka who does mainly shōjo manga. She debuted in 1996 with the Nibanme no Koi no Katachi. To date, her works are published in the manga magazine Ribon and are distributed in several countries.

Her most popular manga are Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne and Full Moon o 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, with the final volume released on January 24, 2007. Both the anime and manga of Full Moon o Sagashite have been released by VIZ Media as Full Moon.

Tanemura's current manga is Shinshi Doumei Cross (The Gentleman Alliance) which began serialization in the September 2004 issue of Ribon. VIZ Media recently licensed "Shinshi Doumei Cross" and began issuing it on March 6, 2007.

[edit] Tankōbon (volumes)

All of 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 Kaitou Jeanne - 7 volumes (out in English)
Time Stranger Kyoko - 3 volumes
Full Moon o Sagashite (also known as Full Moon) - 7 volumes (out in English)
Ginyuu Meika - 1 chapter (Currently a bonus in Volume 2 of Full Moon o Sagashite)
Shinshi Doumei Cross(The Gentlemen's Alliance) - 6+ volumes 1 Volume out in English

[edit] Artbooks

Two books of Arina Tanemura's artwork have been published by Shueisha.

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Contains artwork from Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne in full color, with artist comments.

Full Moon o Sagashite Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Tanemura's latest artbook, it has artwork from Full Moon o Sagashite, Time Stranger Kyoko, and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne.