Koge-Donbo

Koge-Donbo ( Japanese こ げ ど ん ぼ * , Koge Dombo * ; born February 27, 1976 in Tokyo , Japan ), also known as Kokoro Koharuno ( 小春 こ こ ろ , Koharuno Kokoro ), is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator .

After completing her studies, she first worked as an amateur draftsman for the dojinshi market. Koge-Donbos career began when she for anime and video game store chain Broccoli mascot Dejiko (a Catgirl ) designed. She published her first comic as a professional illustrator in 1999 with the first episode of her manga series PitaTen , which she worked on until 2003 for the manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! drew. The approximately 1,200 page manga in eight anthologies, for which she also published an art book and which was filmed as an anime , describes the relationship between a boy and his neighbor of about the same age who claims to be an angel.

The broccoli mascot Dejiko was followed by a manga series and several anime series under the title Di Gi Charat due to its popularity . Koge-Donbo became a sought-after character designer and carried out this job at Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar , for which a manga was also produced and an anime from 2001 to 2002.

For young girls ( Shōjo ), the illustrator created the Magical Girl Manga series Kamichama Karin from 2003 to 2006 . This roughly 1,200-page comic about an orphaned middle school student who suddenly acquired magical abilities was published in the Kōdansha publishing house's Nakayoshi magazine . Kamichama Karin became a success and, like the artist's previous works, was filmed as an anime television series. Since 2006 Koge-Donbo has been working on the sequel Kamichama Karin chu .

Her mangas have been exported to several countries; her work has been translated into German, English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Works

Manga

• PitaTen (ぴ た テ ン ), 1999–2003
• Kamichama Karin (か み ち ゃ ま か り ん ), 2003–2006
• Koi-hime Sōshi ( 恋 姫 草紙 ), 2005
• Yoki, koto, kiku. ( ヨ キ 、 コ ト 、 キ ク。 ), 2006 as Kokoro Koharuno
• Kamichama Karin chu ( か み ち ゃ ま か り ん chu ), 2006–2008
• Kon Kon Kokon ( こ ん こ ん こ こ ん ), 2006
• Naki Shōjo no Tame no Pavane ( 亡 き 少女 の 為 の パ ヴ ァ ー ヌ , German "Pavane for a dead girl", allusion to Pavane pour une infante défunte (Japanese Naki Ōjo no Tame no Pavane ) by Maurice Ravel ), since 2008
• Doki Doki Tamatan ( ど き ど き! た ま タ ン ), 2009
• Yome-san wa Moe Mangaka ( ヨ メ さ ん は 萌 え 漫画家 ), 2011–2013
  • Mama-san wa Moe Mangaka ( マ マ さ ん は 萌 え 漫画家 ), since 2014

Anime

• Di Gi Charat , 2000–2001 (character design only)
• Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar (ち っ ち ゃ な 雪 使 い シ ュ ガ ー , Chitcha na Yukitsukai Sugar ), 2001-2003 (character design only)
• Kamichama Karin

Light novel

• Nanairo Oukoku to Mahou no Awa (七色 王国 と 魔法 の 泡 ), 2013 (illustrations)

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Masanao Amano: Manga Design . P. 216.