Arina Tanemura

is a Japanese manga artist who does mainly shōjo manga. She debuted with I-O-N. To date, her works are published in the manga magazine "Ribon" and are distributed in several countries. Tanemura Arina also has a few assistants that help her with her work whom are also great manga-ka's who have published their own works as well or sold at conventions.

Her most popular manga are "Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne" and "Full Moon wo Sagashite" ("Searching for the Full Moon"), both of which were adapted into TV anime. One of her lesser works, "Time Stranger Kyoko", was also made into a 15-minute mail-order OVA anime.

"Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" was licensed for translation and publication in the U.S. by CMX, the manga imprint of DC Comics. "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" began publication in October 2005, with the final volume released on January 24, 2007. Both the anime and manga of "Full Moon o Sagashite" have been released by VIZ Media as "Full Moon".

Tanemura recently completed "The Gentlemen's Alliance" (known in Japan as "Shinshi Doumei Cross"), which began serialization in the September 2004 issue of "Ribon". VIZ Media licensed "The Gentlemen's Alliance" and began issuing it on March 6, 2007. Her newest series is called Absolute Awakening Angel "Mistress fortune". The first chapter ran in the June 2008 issue of "Ribon", along with the last chapter of "The Gentlemen's Alliance", and the last of the three chapters ran in the August 2008 issue.

Works

* "I-O-N" - 1 volume

* "Firecracker is Melancholy" (かんしゃく玉のゆううつKanshakudama no Yuutsu)- 1 volume- A collection of short stories.

* "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" ((神風怪盗ジャンヌ, Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu)- 7 volumes

* "Full Moon wo Sagashite" ("Searching for the Full Moon" 満月をさがして, Furu Mūn o Sagashite) - 7 volumes

* "The Gentlemen's Alliance"(紳士同盟†, Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu)- 11 volumes

* "Mistress fortune" ("Absolute Awakening Angel: Mistress Fortune" Zettai Kakusei Tenshi: Mistress Fortune, 絶対覚醒天使ミストレス☆フォーチュン, Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Misutoresu ☆ Fochun ) - 1 volume

Artbooks

Two books of Arina Tanemura's artwork have been published by Shueisha.

* "Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection": Contains artwork from "Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne" in full color, with artist comments.

* "Full Moon wo Sagashite Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection": Tanemura's latest artbook, it has artwork from "Full Moon o Sagashite", "Time Stranger Kyoko", "Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne", "Firecracker is Melancholy", "I-O-N", and "Ginyuu Meika". Viz Media has published it in August 2008.

* There is also a "Shinshi Doumei Cross" artbook.

External links

* [http://arinafans.com Arina Tanemura FanClub]
* [http://tanemura.info "Tanemura.INFO"]