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Behind the anime
Original Creator
A Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University.
Our catalog credits Akimi Yoshida, a mangaka, on 25 titles. Their listed hometown is Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Born August 12, 1956. Years active: 1977–present.
Production credits include story & art (21), original creator (2), and character design.
Our catalog lists 25 credits, including BANANA FISH, Bobby ni Kubittake, and Banana Fish.
Their hometown is listed as Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Japan.
The person behind the work
A Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University. She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story "Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin" ("A Slightly Strange Neighbor"), published in Bessatsu Shoujo Comic magazine. Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series Banana Fish, which received an anime adaptation produced by MAPPA in 2018.
She won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Kisshou Tennyo and Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni in 1984, Yasha in 2002, and Umimachi Diary in 2016. Yoshida also received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Umimachi Diary in 2007. In 2013, she won the Manga Taishou award for Umimachi Diary.
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25 titles listed
