Jun Mihara

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Jun Mihara ( Japanese 三原 順 , Mihara Jun ; actually: 鈴木 順子 , Suzuki Junko ; born October 7, 1952 in Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan ; † March 20, 1995 ) was a Japanese mangaka . She drew shōjo manga for teenage girls.

biography

Mihara published her first comic as a professional illustrator in 1973 with the short story Bokura no Omiai in the manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret . For this, a few more short stories followed, until she finally became a regular draftsman for the magazine Hana to Yume from 1975 . In this she brought out the series Hamidashikko until 1981 , her best-known and with a length of around 2,500 pages in thirteen anthologies also her longest work. Hamidashikko is about the dramatic everyday and love life of four orphan boys who look after each other.

After graduating from Hamidashikko and the manga Lou to Solomon , which was published in LaLa from 1976 to 1981 , she created, among other things, the 80-page short story Die Energie 5.2 ☆ 11.8 , in which she critically deals with the consequences of atomic energy . Other series followed, including Sons from 1986 to 1990 for Hana to Yume Epo magazine . After that she brought out some Josei manga for a more adult readership.

Mihara died of an illness in 1995 at the age of 42. Numerous new editions of her comics appeared posthumously.

Works

  • Bokura no Omiai ( ぼ く ら の お 見 合 い ), 1973
  • Hamidashikko (は み だ し っ 子 ), 1975–1981
  • Lou to Solomon ( ル ー と ソ ロ モ ン ), 1976–1981
  • Long Ago ( ロ ン グ ア ゴ ー ), 1982
  • The Energy 5.2 ☆ 11.8 , 1982
  • X Day , 1982
  • Yūgure no Tabi ( 夕 暮 れ の 旅 ), 1983
  • Moon Lightning ( ム ー ン ・ ラ イ テ ィ ン グ ), 1984–1985
  • Sons , 1986-1990
  • Yume no Naka Akumu no Naka ( 夢 の 中 悪 夢 の 中 ), 1991–1992
  • Billy no Mori Jodie no Ki ( ビ リ ー の 森 ジ ョ デ ィ の 樹 ), 1993–1995

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1147.html
personal data
SURNAME Mihara, Jun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 三原 順 (Japanese); 鈴木 順子 (Japanese, real name); Suzuki Junko (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese mangaka
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapporo , Hokkaidō, Japan
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1995