Masako Watanabe
Japanese manga artist
Masako Watanabe (わたなべまさこ, Watanabe Masako) (born 16 May 1929, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She began her professional career as an illustrator of books in 1949. She switched to creating manga after reading Osamu Tezuka's works, debuting in 1952 with Namida no Sanbika. She quickly became the most popular female manga artist of her time.[1]
She was noted in the 1960s for using pastel colors instead of the bright primary colors common at the time, and for pioneering both shōjo (written for teenage girls) horror stories with Blue Foxfire and shōjo mystery stories with Glass no Shiro (Glass Castle).[1] In 1971, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for Glass no Shiro and Sei Rosalindo.[2] In the 1980s, she turned from shōjo to sexually explicit redisu-josei (written for adult women) with such series as Kinpeibai, which is based on a 19th-century Chinese erotic novel.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Toku, Masami, ed. (2005). Shojo Manga: Girl Power!. Chico, CA: Flume Press/California State University Press. p. 59. ISBN 1-886226-10-5.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide
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Shogakukan Manga Award – General
- Būtan by Noboru Baba (1955)
- Oyama no Kaba-chan by Eijo Ishida (1956)
- Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan by Osamu Tezuka (1957)
- Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji by Tarō Senba (1958)
- Korisu no Pokko by Jirō Ōta and Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by Toshiko Ueda (1959)
- Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō by Reiji Aki (1961)
- Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan by Fujiko Fujio (1962)
- Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan by Hisashi Sekitani (1963)
- Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka (1964)
- Paki-chan to Ganta by Kazuo Maekawa (1965)
- Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae by Shotaro Ishinomori (1967)
- Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō by Noboru Kawasaki (1968)
- Fire! by Hideko Mizuno (1969)
- Glass no Shiro by Masako Watanabe and Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku by Ryuzan Aki (1970)
- Hana Ichimonme by Shinji Nagashima and Minashigo Hutch by Tatsuo Yoshida (1971)
- Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro by Hiroshi Asuna (1972)
- Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto by Shinji Mizushima (1973)
- The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu (1974)
- Golgo 13 by Takao Saito (1975)
- Abu-san by Shinji Mizushima (1976)
- Notari Matsutarō by Tetsuya Chiba (1977)
- Haguregumo by George Akiyama (1978)
- Tosa no Ippon Tsuri by Yūsuke Aoyagi (1979)
- Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan by Hōsei Hasegawa and Jarinko Chie by Etsumi Haruki (1980)
- Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan (1981)
- Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (1982)
- Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka (1983)
- Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (1984)
- Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige (1985)
- Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki (1986)
- Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon by Shotaro Ishinomori (1987)
- Genji Monogatari by Miyako Maki (1988)
- Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa (1989)
- F by Noboru Rokuda (1990)
- Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon (1991)
- Okami-san by Ichimaru and Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (1992)
- Kaze no Daichi by Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama (1993)
- Bokkō by Hideki Mori (1994)
- Ron by Motoka Murakami and Gallery Fake and Tarō by Fujihiko Hosono (1995)
- Gekka no Kishi by Junichi Nōjō (1996)
- Azumi by Yū Koyama (1997)
- Aji Ichi Monme by Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata (1998)
- Monster by Naoki Urasawa (2000)
- Heat by Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami (2001)
- 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2002)
- Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo by Takatoshi Yamada (2003)
- Iryū by Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai (2004)
- A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (2005)
- Bengoshi no Kuzu by Hideo Iura (2006)
- Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya and Kurosagi by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (2007)
- Gaku: Minna no Yama by Shin'ichi Ishizuka (2008)
- Shinya Shokudō by Yarō Abe (2009)
- Ushijima the Loan Shark by Manabe Shōhei and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2010)
- Kids on the Slope by Yuki Kodama (2011)
- I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (2012)
- Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi (2013)
- Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki and Aoi Honō by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (2014)
- Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida and Sunny by Taiyo Matsumoto (2015)
- Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka and Jūhan Shuttai! by Naoko Matsuda (2016)
- After the Rain by Jun Mayuzuki and Kūbo Ibuki by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2017)
- Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto and Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu by Haruko Kashiwagi (2018)
- Aoashi by Yūgo Kobayashi and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by Aka Akasaka (2019)
- Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano and Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (2020)
- Nigatsu no Shōsha by Shiho Takase and Don't Call It Mystery by Yumi Tamura (2021)
- Medalist by Tsurumaikada (2022)
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