Hideko Mizuno

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Hideko Mizuno (水野英子 Mizuno Hideko?, born 1939-10-29 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan) is a Japanese shōjo artist. She was an assistant of Osamu Tezuka staying in Tokiwa-sō. She made her professional debut in 1956 with Akakke Pony. She became a prominant shōjo artist in the 1960's and 1970's, starting with White Troika, which serialized in Margaret in 1963.

Mizuno is best known for Fire! (1969-1971), one of the first shōjo manga with a boy protagonist,[1] for which she won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award.[2] Her Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken (1966) was adapted as an internationally popular anime television series, licensed in English as Honey Honey.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frederik L. Schodt (1983). Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha. 
  2. ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
  3. ^ Honey Honey no Suteki na Boken (TV). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.

[edit] External links

  • Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide
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