Katsura Hoshino
Katsura Hoshino ( Japanese 星野 桂 , Hoshino Katsura ; born April 21, 1980 in Shiga Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese manga artist .
Life
Hoshino made her debut as a professional illustrator in 2002 with the short story zone , which appeared in the manga magazine Akamaru Jump . In Shōnen Jump , the best-selling manga magazine, she published the short story Continue the following year .
Since June 2004 she has been working for Shōnen Jump on her first manga series, D.Gray-man , which already comprises 26 anthologies (as of 2014) and was a great success. It was produced as an anime television series and translated into several languages. The first eleven paperback editions sold over 9.5 million copies in Japan. The fantasy manga takes place in an alternative Europe of the late 19th century and focuses on the exorcist Allen Walker .
Her mangas are aimed primarily at a male target group in their youth and can therefore be assigned to the Shōnen genre.
Works
- zone , 2002
- Continue , 2003
- D. Gray-man , since 2004
Web links
- Katsura Hoshino in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the seventh DVD of the D.Gray-man anime on Amazon Japan. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoshino, Katsura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 星野 桂 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese manga artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shiga Prefecture , Japan |