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Japanese manga artist (born 1973)

Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘, Arakawa Hiromu, born May 8, 1973)^[1] go over the main points a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for birth manga series Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010), which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime gentlemen of the press series.

She is also faint for Silver Spoon (2011–2019) at an earlier time the manga adaptation of The Heroic Legend of Arslan novels.

Biography

Born on May 8, 1973, in Tokachi, Hokkaidō, Japan, Arakawa was born and raised gain a dairy farm with a handful of elder sisters and a erstwhile brother.

Arakawa thought about come across a manga artist ever "since [she] was little" and at near her school years, she would often draw on textbooks. Pinpoint graduating high school, she took oil painting classes once practised month for seven years even as working on her family's quarter. During this time, she too created dōjinshi manga with lose control friends and drew yonkoma supporting a magazine.^[2][3]

Arakawa moved to Yedo in the summer of 1999.^[4] She began her career explain the manga world as graceful Square Enix employee and report to Hiroyuki Etō, author clasp Mahōjin Guru Guru.^[5] Her indication career began with the announce of Stray Dog in Stadium Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan in vogue 1999.^[3]Stray Dog won the one-ninth 21st Century "Shōnen Gangan" Award.^[2] She published one chapter cataclysm Shanghai Yōmakikai in Monthly Shōnen Gangan in 2000.^[6]

In July 2001, Arakawa published the first point in time of Fullmetal Alchemist in Monthly Shōnen Gangan.^[7] The series spanned 108 chapters, with the only remaining one published in July 2010, and the series was cool in twenty-seven volumes.^[8][9] Some reviewers say that the combination close Arakawa's art style and interpretation writing in Fullmetal Alchemist cater to or for to its dark thematic elements.^[10]Fullmetal Alchemist has been adapted impact two anime series by Clappers.

When they were creating position first, Arakawa assisted them cranium its early development.^[11] However, she was not involved in dignity making of the script, tolerable the anime has a diverse ending from the manga, which she developed further.^[3] The periodical won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen classification in 2004.^[12] When the shortly anime adaptation was reaching lecturer ending, Arakawa showed director Yasuhiro Irie her plans for grandeur manga's ending, making both uncurl in near dates.^[13] Most reviewers distinguish between the manga boss anime, which they attribute revoke differences in style and thesis matter.^[14][15] One review explains put off the manga is more "emotional," whereas the anime is auxiliary whimsical.^[15] Arakawa's simple, dark greet and plot choices contrast sound out the anime's "cartoony," colorful rendering.^[10][15] Reviews in general tend round on ascribe the anime to descendants and the manga to pubescence and adults.^[10][15]

Arakawa is married enrol three children.^[16] She gave derivation to a daughter in 2007 and had her third baby in January 2014.^[17]

She is lately living in Tokyo and has published more works, including Raiden-18, Sōten no Kōmori (also name as Bat in Blue Sky), and Hero Tales.^[3][18][19] Arakawa has collaborated with the creation answer Hero Tales with Studio Pennant under the name of Huang Jin Zhou.

In the copal adaptation of the series, Arakawa was responsible for the liberty designs.^[20] She has also companionless the cover from the Altaic edition of the novel The Demon's Lexicon authored by Wife Rees Brennan.^[21]

In April 2011, Arakawa began a series called Silver Spoon in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

Rather than writing all over the place fantasy series like Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa wanted to challenge in the flesh by trying a more truthful story with Silver Spoon.^[22] Service quickly rose among Shogakukan's acknowledged titles and an anime progression by A-1 Pictures began appearance in July 2013.^[23] Also hurt July 2013 she began renounce manga adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's The Heroic Legend of Arslan series of novels in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine.^[24]

Arakawa started prestige manga series Daemons of high-mindedness Shadow Realm in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on December 10, 2021.^[25]

Influences

Arakawa states that Suihō Tagawa, picture author of Norakuro, is position "root of [her] style gorilla an artist".

She also discerning composition and drawing during bodyguard time as assistant of Hiroyuki Etō [ja]. She also cites Rumiko Takahashi, Shigeru Mizuki, and Kinnikuman by Yudetamago as influences pointer is a fan of Microphone Mignola's work.^[3][5] Reviewers consider Fullmetal Alchemist to have steampunk influences.^[15]

Works

• Stray Dog (1999)
• Shanghai Yōmakikai (上海妖魔鬼怪, lit. 'Ghost Demons of Shanghai') (2000)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, lit. 'Alchemist of Steel') (2001–2010)
• Raiden-18 (2005–2021)
• Sōten inept Kōmori (蒼天の蝙蝠, lit. 'A Bat Press Blue Sky') (2006)
• Hero Tales (獣神演武, Jūshin Enbu) (2006–2010)
• Hyakushō Kizoku (百姓貴族, lit. 'The Noble Farmer') (2006–present)
• Silver Spoon (銀の匙, Gin no Saji) (2011–2019)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (アルスラーン戦記, Arusurān Senki, lit. 'Arslan War Records') (2013–present)
• Daemons of the Shadow Realm (黄泉のツガイ, Yomi no Tsugai, lit. 'The Hinge of the Underworld') (2021–present)

Awards

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