Yumiko Ōshima

Yumiko Ōshima (大島弓子, Ōshima Yumiko^?, born August 31, 1947) is a female Japanese manga artist and a member of Year 24 group.^[1][2]

She made her debut in 1968 with Paula's Tears in Weekly Margaret.^[3]

She received the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence for Mimoza Yashiki de Tsukamaete. She received the 1978 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for The Star of Cottonland,^[4] and the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for "Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami," a short story in the ongoing series Gū-gū datte Neko de aru.^[5] She is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi (catgirl) character type through her creation of Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland.^[6]

Selected works

• Paula no Namida (ポーラの涙^?, "Paula's Tears"), 1968
• Tanjō (誕生^?), 1970–1971
• Sakura Jikan (桜時間^?, "Cherry Blossom Time"), 1972
• Mimoza-yakata de Tsukamaete (ミモザ館でつかまえて^?), 1973
• Joka e ("To Joker") (1973) - An allegorical love triangle involving a boy who is accidentally transformed into a girl
• Nazuna yo Nazuna (なずなよなずな^?), 1974
• Ichigo Monogatari (いちご物語^?, "Strawberry Story"), 1975
• Freud-shiki Ranmaru (F式蘭丸^?), 1975
• Shichigatsu Nanoka ni (七月七日に^?), 1976
• Banana Bread no Pudding (バナナブレッドのプディング^?), 1977–1978 - A story about a sensitive young woman, Ira Miura, who wishes to have a gay boyfriend
• The Star of Cottonland (綿の国星, Wata no Kuni Hoshi^?), 1978–1987 - A story about a kitten, Chibi-neko, who thinks she is a little girl
• Akasuika Kisuika (赤すいか黄すいか^?), 1979
• Kinpatsu no Sōgen (金髪の草原^?), 1983
• Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi (毎日が夏休み^?), 1989
• Koi wa Newton no Ringo (恋はニュートンのリンゴ^?), 1990
• Christmas no Kiseki (クリスマスの奇跡^?), 1995
• Gū-gū datte Neko de aru (グーグーだって猫である^?), 1996–ongoing

References

External links

• Yumiko Ōshima at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide
• List of works at Mangayomi