Towa Oshima
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
manga artist
, currently residing in Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for the manga, High School Girls
and its anime
adaptation, Girl's High. Her father, Yasuichi Oshima
, was a successful manga artist as well.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, currently residing in Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for the manga, High School Girls
High School Girls
is a comedy manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 2001, and then subsequently Comic High! from 2004....
and its anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
adaptation, Girl's High. Her father, Yasuichi Oshima
Yasuichi Oshima
is a Japanese manga artist. In 1984, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Bats & Terry.He is the father of manga artist Towa Oshima.- External links :*...
, was a successful manga artist as well.
Manga
- High School GirlsHigh School Girlsis a comedy manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 2001, and then subsequently Comic High! from 2004....
- Published in English by DrMasterDrMasterDrMaster Publications Inc. is an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California....
, serialized in Japan by COMIC HIGH!Comic High!is a Japanese seinen manga magazine pushlished on a monthly basis by Futabasha. It was launched as a special issue of Weekly Manga Action but has since become its own independent monthly anthology...
magazine. - Mel KanoMel Kanois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oshima Towa and published by Shogakukan.-Plot:The plot follows the episodic adventures of users of the online dating service F.I.L Gate as they strive for love. As the series continues the plot focuses on two users, Shinjou Shouryuu and Haruka...
- Serialized in Japan by Monthly Sunday Gene-X Magazine. http://websunday.net/gx/sakuhin/oosima.html - 同棲レシピ (dōsei reshipi) - Serialized in Japan by Square EnixSquare Enixis a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...
's Bi-Weekly Young Gangan Magazine. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/lineup/