Hisae Iwaoka (, born 17 July 1976, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist.
Career Iwaoka started her career as a professional manga artist in the early 2000s, when she released several short stories to critical acclaim. In 2002, she won the newcomers award of the manga magazine Monthly Afternoon for "Yume no Soko". The short story was published in the October 2002 issue of Monthly Afternoon and became her debut. In 2004, she won the alternative manga magazine Monthly Ikkis newcomer award Ikiman for "Shiroi Kumo". Two of her short story collections were jury-recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival; Shiroi Kumo in 2005 and Yume no Soko in 2006.
Some of her work was included in the 2004 Takashi Murakami exhibition "Tokyo Girls Bravo" at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, where her artwork was compared to that of A. A. Milne.ART IN REVIEW; 'Tokyo Girls Bravo' – New York Times
Eventually, from 2004 on she focused on series, publishing in magazines for different demographics such as , and . Hoshigahara Aomanjū no Mori was a jury-recommended work at the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival. And the science fiction series Saturn Apartments, published in Monthly Ikki and licensed in English by Viz Media, won the festival's Grand Prize in 2011, making her the third female artist after Makoto Isshiki and Fumiyo Kōno to win the award. The jury called the manga a "gentle human drama set in the near-future earth". Her ongoing series Koshoku Robot has been made into live-action series.
Aside from her publications as a professional manga artist, she is also active in amateur manga. In 2009, she formed a circle named "Harapeko Sentai Hashi Ranger" together with fellow manga artists Takako Shimura, Fumiko Tanagawa, Aoki Toshinao and Ishide Den.
Works
TitleYearNotesRefs2004Short story collection published by Shogakukan in 1 vol.2004–2005Serialized in Monthly IkkiPublished by Shogakukan in 1 vol.2005Short story collection published by Kodansha in 1 vol.2005–2011Serialized in Monthly IkkiPublished by Shogakukan in 7 vol.Published in English by Viz Media2008Serialized in BethPublished by Kodansha in 1 vol.2008–2014Serialized in NemukiPublished by Asahi Sonorama in 5 vol.2009–2016Serialized in Nemuki+Published by Asahi Shimbunsha in 1 vol.2012–2013Serialized in EveningPublished by Kodansha in 2 vol.2013–presentSerialized in Jump X (2013–2014) and Cookie (2014–Present)Published by Shueisha in 8 vol. (as of January 2023)2017–presentSerialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol. (as of January 2023)
References
External links moimoi (official website)