Yoshitoki Ōima

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Yoshitoki Ōima ( 大 今 良 時 Ōima Yoshitoki , born March 15, 1989 in Ōgaki , Gifu Prefecture ) is a Japanese mangaka who became famous for her work A Silent Voice .

Life

Yoshitoki Ōima was born on March 15, 1989 to a sign language interpreter in Ōgaki , Gifu Prefecture , and has an older sister and an older brother. She came up with the idea of A Silent Voice as a manga through her mother . Ōima was supported by her mother and sister in developing the manga. In 2008 she submitted A Silent Voice to a newcomer competition organized by Weekly Shōnen Magazine , where she won first prize. A publication of the manga shortly after the competition was initially not implemented due to the publisher's concerns about the subject matter. It only appeared as One Shot in 2011 , where it met with great approval and was published as a manga series from 2013.

Her first manga is Mardock Scramble and was first published in 2009 and is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Tow Ubukata . She was also responsible for the illustration of the end sequence in the ninth episode of the anime series Attack on Titan .

Works

Awards and nominations

year Award category For result swell
2015 Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize Young artist award A silent voice Won
Manga Taishō Manga Nominated
3rd place
2016 Eisner Award Best US Edition of International Material (Asia) Nominated
2017 Rudolph Dirks Award Best scenario (Asia) Won
2018 Max and Moritz Prize Reader award Nominated
Japan Expo Awards Daruma d'Or Manga Won
Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série To Your Eternity Won
Manga Taishō Manga Nominated
5th place
2019 AnimaniA Awards Best Manga International Nominated
Kodansha Manga Prize Best shōnen manga Won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In an interview with Yoshitoki Ōima. Egmont Manga , accessed July 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Misaki C. Kido: Interview: Yoshitoki Oima on A Silent Voice. Kodansha , June 7, 2016, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Maya Matsubara: A Silent Voice: Nishimiya Shôko - "Alien" or tragic heroine? Dr. Elisabeth Scherer (Institute for Modern Japan at the University of Düsseldorf ), February 6, 2017, accessed on January 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ Teresa Kramer: Review: The Controversial 'A Silent Voice'. Comics Bulletin, August 6, 2015, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Scott Green: VIDEO: A Final Look Back at "Attack on Titan" End Cards. Crunchyroll , June 13, 2013, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  6. ^ Chrystalyn Hodgkins: Aisawa Riku Manga Wins 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award. Anime News Network , March 30, 2015, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Egan Loo: 8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles. Anime News Network, January 18, 2015, accessed January 15, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Egan Loo: Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award. Anime News Network, March 24, 2015, accessed January 15, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Michael Cavna: 2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women. Washington Post , April 16, 2016, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Rudolph Dirks Award for graphic literature. Börsenblatt , December 13, 2017, accessed on September 16, 2018 .
  11. ^ "Max and Moritz" Award 2018. Comic-salon.de, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Daruma 2018: les lauréats manga. Japan Expo , February 22, 2018, accessed July 25, 2018 (French).
  13. ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: 11th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 12 Titles. Anime News Network, January 22, 2018, accessed January 15, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Egan Loo, Chrystalyn Hodgkins: Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS Wins 11th Manga Taisho Awards. Anime News Network, March 22, 2018, accessed January 15, 2019 .
  15. ↑ AnimaniA Awards: The nominations . In: AnimaniA (Ed.): 2/2019 . Hachenburg 2019, p. 44-47 .
  16. ↑ Chrystalyn Hodgkins: 43rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced. Anime News Network, May 10, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ōima, Yoshitoki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 大 今 良 時 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese mangaka
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Ōgaki , Gifu Prefecture