Eiki Eiki

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Eiki Eiki ( Japanese 影 木 栄 貴 ; * December 6, 1971 ) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo who has been drawing manga since 1998. Most of her manga belong to the Yaoi and Shōnen Ai genres . Her real name is Eiko Naitō ( 内藤 栄 子 , Naitō Eiko ).

Eiki Eiki's grandfather is former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita . The J-Pop singer Daigo is her brother. One of her friends is the mangaka Mikiyo Tsuda , also known under the pseudonym Taishi Zaō. They often work together, and Eiki Eiki sometimes acts as Tsuda's manager. Between their work Train Train and Tsudas Princess Princess , both also drew cross-over , first Eiki Eiki with Tore × Puri ( ト レ × プ リ ), which was printed in Princess Princess Volume 3, and then Tsuda with Puri × Tore in Train Train Volume 2 .

From 2006 onwards, several of her mangas in German were published by Egmont Ehapa in quick succession . Eiki Eiki was a guest at the Erlangen Comic Salon in 2008.

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The mostly young, male figures in her works are drawn as typical bishons : androgynous, soft facial features, pointed chins and almond eyes. In the humorous scenes that are often predominant, the characters are portrayed in a super deformed style. She mostly uses abstract patterns as backgrounds, as well as realistic, but simple everyday scenes. For this she often uses grid foil. Eiki Eiki also tells stories with a more tragic or dramatic background with humor and a positive mood. The content ranges from the comedy Train Train , which is about a train station run almost exclusively by beautiful young men without same-sex relationships, to more serious stories about homosexual romances with personal drama or political entanglements such as Dear Myself and Prime Minister . Your current series, humorous Love Stage !! is about the love between a budding mangaka and an actor.

The German magazine Animania praises Eiki Eiki's confident narrative style and the successful conveyance of even serious topics with a positive mood and loosened up with situational comedy . Eiki Eiki is one of the most popular artists in the genre. Jason Thompson calls Eiki Eiki's story Dear Myself , ambitious and empathetic at times, but some loveless scenes ruined the work. Ren'ai Kofukuron is told a little better. He describes her drawing style as " hasty and arbitrary ".

bibliography

published in Germany:

  • Kiss , Ehapa Comic Collection, July 2006, ISBN 3770465350 in Japan as: 運 命 に KISS / Unmei ni Kiss , Shinshokan, April 1998, ISBN 4403614949 (1 volume)
  • Dear Myself , Ehapa Comic Collection, 2007 in Japan as Dear Myself and World's End , 1998–1999 (2 volumes)
  • Yuigon , Ehapa Comic Collection, September 2006, ISBN 377046429X in Japan as遺言 , Shinshokan, December 2002, ISBN 4403660665 (1 volume)
  • Color (2006, 1 volume, together with Taishi Zaō; Japan: 1999)
  • Prime Minister (2007, 4 volumes;世紀末 プ ラ イ ム ミ ニ ス タ ー , Seikimatsu Puraimu Minisutā , Japan: 1998–2001)
  • Train Train (2007, 3 volumes; ト レ イ ン ☆ ト レ イ ン , Torein Torein , Japan: 2002–2005)
  • Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (2011, 1 volume, together with Taishi Zaō; 春夏 秋冬 , Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu , Japan: 2007)
  • Love Stage !! (2011–2016, 7 volumes, together with Taishi Zaō)
  • Back stage !! ( Light Novel , 2011–2013, 3 volumes, together with Taishi Zaō and Kazuki Amano)

other works:

  • Ren'ai Kōfukuron ( 恋愛 幸福 論 , 2001, 1 volume)
  • D²（Double dealers）- Zassōkan no Shūnin-tachi (D²（ダ ブ ル ・ デ ィ ー ラ ー ズ）〜 雑 草 館 の 住 人 た ち 〜 , 2007)
  • Eiki Eiki no Notchaketai !! ( エ イ キ エ イ キ の ぶ っ ち ゃ け 隊 !! , 2009, 1 volume): Comic essay about her family
  • Ren'ai Idenshi XX ( 恋愛 遺 伝 子 ＸＸ , 2009–, together with Taishi Zaō)
  • Scissors Sisters ( シ ザ ー ・ シ ス タ ー ズ , 2011–, together with Daigo and Marico)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 影 木 栄 貴 先生 直 撃 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー 完全 版 . In: ジ ャ ン プ ス ク エ ア . Shūeisha, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; Retrieved August 24, 2012 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b Musician Daigo, Creator Eiki Eiki Start Scissors Sisters Manga. Anime News Network, October 7, 2011
  3. ↑ a b c Animania 08-09 / 2006, p. 40.
  4. ↑ AnimeY On Eiki Eiki's visit to the Comic Salon ( Memento from April 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b Animania 07/2007, p. 42f.
  6. ↑ Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . Del Rey, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8 , pp. 420, 423 .

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personal data
SURNAME Eiki, Eiki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 影 木 栄 貴 (Japanese); Naitō Eiko (real name); 内藤 栄 子 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese mangaka
DATE OF BIRTH 6th December 1971