Maki Minami

Maki Minami 南 マキ
Born	May 20 [1]
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Story, art, illustration

Maki Minami (南 マキ, Minami Maki^?) is a Japanese manga author. She is best known as the author of manga series Special A.

History

Maki Minami was born in Saitama Prefecture in Japan.^[2]

In 2001, her short story Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー^?) received an Honourable Mention for Hakusensha's 25th Athena awards. She debuted in Hana to Yume's October 2001 issue with a short story titled Faraway Blue (彼方の青, Kanata no Ao^?).^[3]

Maki Minami's longest running series, Special A, began publication in 2003 and recently ended in 2009. Her current series, Seiyuu ka-! began serialization in Hana to Yume in 2009, after the completion of Special A. Her recent works also include the oneshot Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店^?), which appeared in the April 2009 edition of The Hana to Yume.

Works

Series

• S・A - Published in 2003 and its serialization ended in 2009 in Hana to Yume, 17 volumes
• You're My Girlfriend (キミはガールフレンド, Kimi wa Girlfriend^?) - Published in 2004, 1 volume
• Seiyuu ka-! (声優かっ！^?) - Began serialization Hana to Yume in June 2009, 3 volumes (ongoing)
• Ane☆Mone Seikaten - Maki Minami Classic Short Stories (アネ☆モネ生花店～南マキ傑作短編集～^?) - Published in 2009, collects four oneshots previously published in Hana to Yume.
  • Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店^?) - Originally published in Hana to Yume in 2009.
  • Everyday is a Treasure (毎日が宝物, Mainichi ga Houmotsu^?) - Originally published in Hana to Yume in 2005
  • Batsu-san (バツサン^?) - Originally published in Hana to Yume issue 24 of 2007.
  • Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー^?) - Originally published in issue 8 of The Hana to Yume in 2001.

One-shots

• Day Dream Believer (デイ・ドリーム・ビリーバー^?) - Published in issue 8 of The Hana to Yume in 2001.
• Faraway Blue (彼方の青, Kanata no Ao^?) - Published in Hana to Yume's October 2001 issue, debut work.
• Half-Potato (はんぶんポテト^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2002.
• S-People (S-ピープル^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2002.
• Lying Cinderella (うそつきなシンデレラ, Usotsuki na Shinderera^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2003.
• Shiawase Shokutaku (シアワセ食卓^?) - Published in issue 7 of Hana to Yume in 2003.
• Incomplete Chorus (未完成 コーラス, Mikansei Korasu^?) - Published in 2003, included in volume 1 of Special A
• Food Paradise (食の都, Shōku no Miyako^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2003, included in volume 11 of Special A
• Warm Snow (雪、あたたか, Yuki, Attataka^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2004.
• Everyday is a Treasure (毎日が宝物, Mainichi ga Houmotsu^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2005
• Batsu-san (バツサン^?) - Published in Hana to Yume issue 24 of 2007.
• Ane☆Mone Seikaten (アネ☆モネ 生花店^?) - Published in Hana to Yume in 2009.

Contributions

• Ren'ai Shinanbu! ― Koisuru Shōnen Shōjo no Mikata (恋愛指南部!―恋する少年少女のミカタ^?) - Cover illustrations for volume 1-2; written by Hiroshi Ishikawa

References

1. ^ Special A, vol. 3, chapter 15; profile: Maki Minami
2. ^ http://shojobeat.com/manga/sa/bio.php
3. ^ http://shojobeat.com/manga/sa/bio.php

External links

• Interview featuring Maki Minami (Japanese)

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