Akane Ogura

Akane Ogura 小椋アカネ
Born	October 25 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Character design, Writer, Manga artist
Notable works	Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen
Awards	Fresh Debut - Purity 999.9 Outstanding Debut - Mademoiselle Butterfly
Official website

Akane Ogura (小椋アカネ, Ogura Akane^?, born October 25) is a Japanese manga artist from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is currently residing in Tokyo.^[1]

Her current work is Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen, serializing in Hakusensha's bi-monthly shōjo manga magazine LaLa DX.

Career

Akane Ogura began her career as a manga artist with her first work titled Purity 999.9 which was published in LaLa DX's July issue of 2001.^[2] She gained the Fresh Debut award in the 26th LaLa Manga Grand Prix with Purity 999.9.^[3]

In October of the same year, Beni'iro Kyōsō Kyoku (紅色狂騒曲^?) was also published in LaLa DX's November issue.^[4] The following month, Kimi no Omoi de (きみの思い出^?) appeared in LaLa DX's January issue of 2002.^[5] It was later compiled into the first volume of Ogura's second series Mademoiselle Butterfly.^[6]

On April 10, 2002, Watashi no Suteki na Hito (わたしのすてきなひと^?) was published in LaLa DX's May issue.^[7] Soon after, she began her first short work consisting of two chapters, Mayonaka mo Jugyōchū (真夜中も授業中^?). The chapters were published in LaLa DX's January and March issue of 2003 respectively.^[8][9] They were never collected into tankōbon.

Exactly a year after she published Mayonaka mo Jugyōchū, a one-shot titled Ō-sama Yūgi (王様遊戯^?) appeared in LaLa DX's March issue of 2004.^[10] In LaLa DX's November issue, Ogura started serializing her first series, Madomowazeru Batafurai (マドモワゼルバタフライ^?, Mademoiselle Butterfly).^[11]

In between the serializations of Mademoiselle Butterfly, she managed to do another one-shot, Natsu no Rekuiemu (夏のレクイエム^?, Natsu no Requiem) which was published in the September issue of LaLa.^[12] After having nine chapters, Mademoiselle Butterfly ended in the September 2006 issue of LaLa DX.^[13] It was compilled into two volumes.^[14] The series was also given the Outstanding Debut award in the 30th Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Award.^[15] She continued working by having Ojō-sama to Amai Yūtsu (お嬢様と甘い憂鬱^?) in the November issue of LaLa.^[16]

In 2007, she published another short work which consisted of three chapters titled Ten'imuhō Purinsesu (天衣無縫プリンセス^?, Ten'imuhō Princess) in LaLa DX. It was serialized between January^[17] and May of the same year.^[18] Like Mayonaka mo Jugyōchū, it was not collected into tankōbon. Later in September, she began a new series in LaLa DX titled Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen (絶対平和大作戦^?) which is still ongoing as of September 2009. It has been collected into two volumes so far.^[19]

A one-shot, Dr.Rabitto (Dr.ラビット^?, Dr.Rabbit) was published in the November issue of LaLa DX of the same year.^[20] In 2008, aside from working on her series Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen, she published a one-shot titled Jīniasu Hausu (ジーニアス・ハウス^?, Genius House) in LaLa Special.^[21]

Works

One-shots

• Beni'iro Kyōsō Kyoku
• Kimi no Omoide
• Watashi no Suteki na Hito
• Ō-sama Yūgi
• Natsu no Requiem
• Ojō-sama to Amai Yū'utsu
• Dr. Rabbit
• Genius House

Sent-in works

• Purity 999.9

Short works

• Mayonaka mo Jugyōchū
• Ten'imuhō Princess

Series

• Mademoiselle Butterfly
• Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen

References

1. ^ "La Garance - Information" (in Japanese). Akane Ogura. http://lagarance.hp.infoseek.co.jp/information.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
2. ^ "LaLaDX2001年07月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2001/laladx200107.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
3. ^ "Purity 999.9" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/work/13157.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
4. ^ "LaLaDX2001年11月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2001/laladx200111.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
5. ^ "LaLaDX2002年01月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2002/laladx200205.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
6. ^ "La Garance: Works" (in Japanese). Akane Ogura. http://lagarance.hp.infoseek.co.jp/works.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-22. "読切｢きみの思い出｣収録" 
7. ^ "LaLaDX2002年05月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2002/laladx200201.html. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
8. ^ "LaLaDX2003年01月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2003/laladx200301.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
9. ^ "LaLaDX2003年03月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2003/laladx200303.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
10. ^ "LaLaDX2004年03月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2004/laladx200403.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
11. ^ "LaLaDX2004年11月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2004/laladx200411.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
12. ^ "LaLa2005年09月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/lala/2005/lala200509.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
13. ^ "LaLaDX2006年09月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2006/laladx200609.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
14. ^ "s-book.net Library Service - Mademoiselle Butterfly" (in Japanese). s-book.net. http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_series?tid=459218829. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
15. ^ "第30回 アテナ新人大賞" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. http://www.hakusensha.co.jp/athena/past/index30.html. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 
16. ^ "LaLa2006年11月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/lala/2006/lala200611.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
17. ^ "LaLaDX2007年01月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2007/laladx200701.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
18. ^ "LaLaDX2007年05月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2007/laladx200705.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
19. ^ "s-book.net Library Service - Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen" (in Japanese). s-book.net. http://www.s-book.net/plsql/slib_series?tid=459218412. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
20. ^ "LaLaDX2007年11月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/laladx/2007/laladx200711.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
21. ^ "LaLaスペシャル2008年10月号" (in Japanese). Comic Holmes. http://comich.net/mg/lalasp/2008/lalasp200810.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 

External links

• La Garance - Official website (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)
• Hakusensha's Interview with Akane Ogura for Mademoiselle Butterfly (Japanese)

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Name	Ogura, Akane
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Date of birth	missing-10-25
Place of birth	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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