Hideko Mizuno
Hideko Mizuno (水野英子, Mizuno Hideko, born 29 October 1939 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan) is one of the first successful female Japanese shōjo manga artists.[1] She was an assistant of Osamu Tezuka staying in Tokiwa-sō. She made her professional debut in 1955 with Akakke Kouma Pony, a Western story with a tomboy heroine.[2] She became a prominent shōjo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, starting with White Troika, which serialized in Margaret in 1963.
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| Born | October 29, 1939 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Fire! Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken |
| Awards | 15th Shogakukan Manga Award - Fire! |
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Mizuno created Harp of the Stars in 1969, a love story drawing from Norse mythology.[2]
Mizuno is best known for Fire! (1969–1971), one of the first shōjo manga with a boy protagonist,[3] for which she won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award.[4] Her Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken (1966) was adapted as an anime television series,[2] licensed in English as Honey Honey on CBN Cable Network.
Some of Mizuno's works star adult women as protagonists, distinguished from children by the work's inclusion of heterosexual love. Mizuno was inspired by Hollywood romantic films like those featuring Audrey Hepburn.[5]
Works
- Konnichiwa sensei = Harō doku, 1968
- Gin no hanabira, 1969
- Faiyā : Fire, 1972
- Budda to onna no monogatari, 1986
- Erizabēto, 1996
References
- Toku, Masami (2004). "The Power of Girls' Comics: The Value and Contribution to Visual Culture and Society".
Girl's manga were first depicted by female mangaka in the 1950s. Watanabe, Maki, and Mizuno are the most successful girl's mangaka who visualized girls' dreams and desires in their graphic novels.
- Masami Toku, ed. (2015). "Profile and Interview with Hideko Mizuno". International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture. Routledge. pp. 160–167. ISBN 9781317610755.
- Schodt, Frederik L. (1983). Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha.
- 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
- Lent, John A., ed. (2001). Illustrating Asia : comics, humor magazines, and picture books. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 178. ISBN 0824824717.
Further reading
- Matthieu Pinon; Laurent Lefebvre (2016). "Hideko Mizuno". In Ynnis (ed.). Histoire(s) du manga moderne: 1952-2014 [History(Histories) of modern manga: 1952-2004] (in French). p. 37. ISBN 979-10-93376-40-0.
