Fuyumi Ono

Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由 美, ONO Fuyumi, born December 24, 1960 in Nakatsu on the island of Kyushu ) is a Japanese writer who is best known for her novels The Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, "Jūni Kokuki"). These novels were adapted into a popular anime series .

Life

Ono completed her studies in Buddhism at the University of Ōtani ( Kyōto ) and was employed by the publishing house Kōdansha in 1988 . Her debut novel is entitled Sleepless on Birthday Eve (バ ー ​​ス デ イ ・ イ ブ は 眠 れ な い, bāsudei ibu wa nemurenai ). Ono is married to crime novelist Naoyuki Uchida , who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji. He is known as the author of the horror novel Another . Her name has been Uchida Fuyumi since she got married, but she continues to write under her maiden name. Before starting work on The Twelve Kingdoms , Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔 性 の 子, Mashō no Ko ), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series . The short stories set in the different kingdoms include: Kasho (華 胥), Toei (冬 栄), Shokan (書簡), Kizan (帰 山) and Jogetsu (乗 月). In February 2008, a new short story of the Twelve Kingdoms , "Hisho no Tori" (丕緒の鳥) in the journal Yomyom of Shinchosha published.

On March 18, 2007, she said in an interview with the Anime News Network that she was currently rewriting a girl horror series that (she) wrote a long time ago.

Works

Evil Spirit series

• There are lots of Evil Spirits ?! (悪 霊 が い っ ぱ い!?) 1989, ISBN 978-4-06-190311-1 .
• There are really lots of Evil Spirits! (悪 霊 が ホ ン ト に い っ ぱ い!), 1989, ISBN 978-4-06-190365-4 .
• Too many Evil Spirits to sleep (悪 霊 が い っ ぱ い で 眠 れ な い), 1990, ISBN 978-4-06-190417-0 .
• A lonely Evil Spirit (悪 霊 は ひ と り ぼ っ ち) 1990, ISBN 978-4-06-190485-9 .
• I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit! (悪 霊 に な り た く な い!), 1991, ISBN 978-4-06-190594-8 .
• Don't Call me an Evil Spirit (悪 霊 と よ ば な い で), 1991, ISBN 978-4-06-198575-9 .
• I don't mind Evil Spirits 1 (悪 霊 だ っ て ヘ イ キ! 〈上〉), 1992, ISBN 978-4-06-198696-1 .
• I don't mind Evil Spirits 2 (悪 霊 だ っ て ヘ イ キ! 〈下〉), 1992, ISBN 978-4-06-198697-8 .

Ghost Hunt series

Ghost Hunt Series (ゴ ー ス ト ・ ハ ン ト シ リ ー ズ) is a continuation of the Evil Spirit series in a different context.

• Nightmare Dwelling 1 (悪 夢 の 棲 む 家 (上)), 1994, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-255156-4 .
• Nightmare Dwelling 2 (悪 夢 の 棲 む 家 (下)), 1994, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-255164-9 .

The Twelve Kingdoms series

• Shadow of the Moon, Sea of ​​the Shadow (月 の 影 影 の 海), 1992, ISBN 4-06-255071-7 . US Publication: 3/2007, Tokyo Pop, ISBN 1-59816-946-7 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of ​​Shadow ( German 2007 ISBN 978-3-86719-191-3 )
• Sea of ​​the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth (風 の 海 迷宮 の 岸), 1993, ISBN 4-06-255114-4 . US Publication: 3/2008, Tokyo Pop, ISBN 978-1-59816-947-8 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of ​​Wind ( German 2008 ISBN 978-3-86719-192-0 )
• Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of ​​the West (東 の 海神 西 の 滄海), 1994, ISBN 4-06-255168-3 . US Publication: 3/2009, Tokyo Pop, ISBN 978-1-59816-948-5 as The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas ( German 2009, ISBN 978-3-86719-193-7 )
• A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn (風 の 万里 黎明 の 空), 1994, ISBN 4-06-255175-6 . US Publication: 3/2010, Tokyo Pop, ISBN 978-1-59816-949-2 as The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn ( German 2010, ISBN 978-3-86719-194-4 )

SHI-KI series (屍 鬼)

published in German by Egmont Manga :

• Volume 1 ISBN 978-3-7704-8031-9
• Volume 2 ISBN 978-3-7704-8032-6
• Volume 3 ISBN 978-3-7704-8033-3
• Volume 4 ISBN 978-3-7704-8116-3
• Volume 5 ISBN 978-3-7704-8117-0
• Volume 6 ISBN 978-3-7704-8118-7
• Volume 7 ISBN 978-3-7704-8211-5
• Volume 8 ISBN 978-3-7704-8212-2
• Volume 9 ISBN 978-3-7704-8213-9
• Volume 10 ISBN 978-3-7704-8344-0

Other novels (selection)

• Mephisto and Waltz! (メ フ ィ ス ト と ワ ル ツ!) 1988, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-190249-7 , Continuation of Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve .
• Evil Spirits Aren't Scary (悪 霊 な ん か こ わ く な い), 1989, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-190257-2 .
• Demon's Child (魔 性 の 子 "Mashō no Ko"), 1991, Shinchosha, ISBN 4-10-124021-3 . Loosely associated with the 12 Kingdom Series.
• 17 Springs Passed (過 ぎ る 十七 の 春 Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru), 1995, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-255201-1 , an adaptation of Charmed 17 year old .
• Home, Green Home (緑 の 我 が 家 Home 、 Green Home), 1997, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-255294-3、 an adaptation of Green Home Spirits .
• Strange Tōkei Tales (東 亰 異 聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner-up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award), 1994, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4-10-124022-0 .
• Aspired Wings (図 南 の 翼), 1996, Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-255229-9
• Shiki (屍 鬼, literally Corpse Demon ) 1998, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4-10-397002-6 .
• Island of the Black Shrine (黒 祠 の 島), 2001, Shodensha, ISBN 978-4-396-33164-1 .
• Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn (黄昏 の 岸 暁 の 天), 2001, Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-255546-8 .
• Kashou's Dream (華 胥 の 幽夢), 2001, Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-255573-5 .
• Kura no Kami (く ら の か み), 2003, Kodansha, ISBN 978-4-06-270564-6 .
• Zan'e (残 穢), 2012, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4-10-397004-0 .

Short story collection

• Ghost Stories Storybook (鬼 談 百 景), collection of the stories published in a series by Yuu magazine since 2000 in an anthology published in 2012

Web links

• Manga at Egmont-Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yukari Takahashi: Interview - Yukito Ayatsuji (イ ン タ ビ ュ ー 綾 辻 行人) ( Japanese ) Edit. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
2. ↑ Baka Updates Manga - ONO Fuyumi . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
3. ↑ Yom Yom Yom Official Website
4. ↑ Fuyumi Ono interview . In: Anime News Network . Retrieved March 18, 2007.