Mineo Maya
| Mineo Maya 魔夜峰央 | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1953 Niigata City, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Patalliro! Fly Me to the Saitama |
Maya Mineo (魔夜峰央, Mineo Maya) is a Japanese manga artist born in 1953. His series Patalliro! is one of the best-selling and the longest-running shōjo manga of all time.[1] [2]
Life
[edit ]Maya was born in Niigata. He made his debut as a professional manga artist in 1973 with Mishiranu hōmon-sha in the shōjo magazine Bessatsu Margaret .[1]
His most successful series started in 1978 with Patalliro! , which was adapted into an anime series. Since then, he has worked on the series for different magazines and produced several spin-offs. With more than 100 volumes, it is the longest-running shōjo manga. An anime adaptation in 1983 was the first TV anime to show homosexuality.[1] [3] In 1981, he was nominated for the Seiun Award and in 1999, he received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award for the series. The spin-off series Patalliro Saiyūki! has been translated into French.[4]
In the early 1980s, he met ballet dancer Yoshimi Yamada and got married.[5] They have two children, one of them is the manga artist Marie Yamada.
His manga Tonde Saitama has been adapted into a live-action film starring musician Gackt in 2019 and with himself appearing in the opening scene.
Maya is a heavy drinker. Because of excessive alcohol consumption, he had health problems with his liver in February 2016 and was forced to undergo medical treatment.[6] [7]
Works
[edit ]- Mishiranu hōmon-sha (見知らぬ訪問者, 1973, one-shot in Bessatsu Margaret )
- Rashanu! (ラシャーヌ!, serialized in Hana to Yume , Bessatsu Hana to Yume and LaLa , 1978–1989)
- Patalliro! (パタリロ!, serialized in Hana to Yume, Bessatsu Hana to Yume, Melody, Hana LaLa online and Manga Park, since 1978)
- Tonde Saitama (翔んで埼玉, serialized in Hana to Yume, 1982–1983)
- Yōkai shimatsu hito Trauma!! (妖怪始末人トラウマ!!, serialized in Komi Komi , 1986–1988)
- Astaroth (アスタロト, serialized in Bessatsu Princess , 1991–1994)
- Zero Hoshi (ゼロ星, serialized in Princess Gold , 1994–1997)
- Yōkai tōzoku Mazar-i-Sharif (妖怪盗賊マザリシャリフ, serialized in LC Mystery , 1994–1995)
- Patalliro Saiyūki! (パタリロ西遊記!, serialized in Melody, 2000–2004)
- May Tantei Purikoro (May探偵プリコロ, since 2009)
- Nemuranai Eve (眠らないイヴ, serialized in Manga Life , since 2018)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Mineo Maya". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2022年11月16日.
- ^ "魔夜峰央からバレンタインの贈り物! 『魔夜峰央のトランプ王国 〜パタリロ&オールスターズ〜』豪華新装版で37年ぶりに復刻!!". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1|PR TIMES. Retrieved 2022年11月16日.
- ^ Gravett, Paul (2004) Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics (Harper Design ISBN 1-85669-391-0) page 90
- ^ "Manga-news.com" . Retrieved 2022年11月16日.
- ^ "リアルガイド給湯室 魔夜峰央スペシャルインタビュー". 2004年10月10日. Archived from the original on 2004年10月10日. Retrieved 2022年11月16日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ mgohan_cn (2015年04月21日). "【田中圭一のペンと箸-漫画家の好物-】第11話:『パタリロ!』魔夜峰央とブリの握り". ぐるなび みんなのごはん (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022年11月16日.
- ^ Kurata, Yoshimi; 倉田よしみ (2017–2018). Aj ichimonme : tabete egaku! mangaka shokukikō. Zenta Abe, あべ善太. (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō. ISBN 978-4-09-189735-0. OCLC 1117339478.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External links
[edit ]- Mineo Maya at Anime News Network's encyclopedia