Akira Himekawa
Akira Himekawa ( Japanese 姫 川 明 , Himekawa Akira ) is the pseudonym of the Japanese manga artists and illustrators A. Honda ( 本田 A , Honda A. ) and S. Nagano ( 長野 S , Nagano S. ).
Life
The Japanese artists A. Honda and S. Nagano have been working as professional mangaka under the pseudonym Akira Himekawa since the 1990s . According to their own statements, they previously met at their university through the fan community for a manga series that is very popular in Japan. First of all, they started drawing manga with animals.
Her first professional series included Loup Gal , a three-volume series published in 1994 in the manga magazine Newtype , and the 1995 manga Alchemia and Legend of Crystania .
In 2003 Akira Himekawa adapted the classic Astro Boy from the mangaka Osamu Tezuka under the title Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom in three parts for the publisher Shogakukan . Another adaptation is the Shonen manga for the anime Brave Story from 2006, based on the story by Miyuki Miyabe , also for Shogakukan.
With the consent of Nintendo in Japan, the same publisher published a total of ten manga for the game series The Legend of Zelda between 2000 and 2009 . Akira Himekawa drew them. Eight games in the series are themed; two of them are summarized in a two-volume series. Since 2016, a new, four-volume series on the game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has been published by Tokyopop in Germany.
In 2008 they started working with Qais Sedki , based on whose story they drew the Manga Gold Ring on behalf of the Arab publishing house Flipflap Publishing .
At the end of July 2010, Akira Himekawa visited the AnimagiC 2010, where they gave the fans autographs, answered questions in two question-and-answer panels on July 31 and August 1, and asked questions to the audience.
Works
- Loup Gal (1994)
- Alchemia (1995)
- Legend of Crystania (1995)
- Jikū Tenshō Nazca (1998)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2000, 2 volumes)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2001)
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001)
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)
- Off Road Kids (2003)
- Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom (2003)
- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords + (2004, 2 volumes)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2005)
- Brave Story (2006)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2006)
- 556 Lab (2008)
- Gliding Reki (2008)
- Gold ring (2008)
- Nozoite Miina (2008)
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2009)
- Ao Kishi - Tetsuwan Atom Ao Kishi Yori (2009)
- Dragon dream
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2016, 6 volumes, not yet completed)
Web links
- official website of Akira Himekawa
- Akira Himekawa on Anime News Network
- Interview with Akira Himekawa and Qais Sedki to Goldring ( Memento of 30 October 2014 Internet Archive () english )
- German interview with Akira Himekawa about her work on the Zelda manga
Individual evidence
- ↑ A selection of the manga on Akira Himekawa's website (Japanese): himekawaakira.com ( Memento from July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ gold ring from the publisher Flipflap Publishing ( Memento of 16 July 2010 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ AnimeY - Akira Himekawa. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 8, 2019 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )