Minene Sakurano

Minene Sakurano (桜野みねね, Sakurano Minene; born 29 November 1973) is the pen name^[2] of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.^[2]

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Minene Sakurano
桜野みねね
Born	(1973-11-29) November 29, 1973 (age 51)^[1] Sendai, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	Mamotte Shugogetten Shōuindō no Emily: Sakurano Minene Short Story Collection Jōshū Tōzoku Aratamegata Hinagiku Kenzan! Healing Planet Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles Madoromyāna no Komoriuta Yggdrasil Liveline Hinagiku Kenzan: Ippon Ōkamachi-hen Fairial Garden Hoshi no Dai Circus

Sakurano made her debut in 1995 with her story Mother Doll, which tied for first place in the 1st Enix 21st Century Manga Prize contest, sharing the prize with Yasaka Mamiko's Kaze no Daidōzoku.^[3] Her representative work is Mamotte Shugogetten, which was adapted into an anime television series and an OVA series. After a dispute in 2001, Sakurano stopped publishing Shugogetten in Enix's Shōnen Gangan and moved the publication to Comic Blade, published by Mag Garden under the title Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles.

All works are listed chronologically.

Manga

Mamotte Shugogetten! (11 volumes, 1996–2000, Shōnen Gangan)
Shōuindō no Emily: Sakurano Minene Short Story Collection (1 volume, 1997, Gangan Comics)
Jōshū Tōzoku Aratamegata Hinagiku Kenzan! (3 volumes, 1999–2001, Gangan Wing)
Healing Planet (1 volume, 2000–2001, Shōnen Gangan)
Mamotte Shugogetten! Retrouvailles (6 volumes, 2002–2005, Comic Blade)
Madoromyāna no Komoriuta (2004, Comic Blade Masamune)
Yggdrasil Liveline (2004–2005, Comic Blade Masamune)
Hinagiku Kenzan: Ippon Ōkamachi-hen (1 volume, 2006–2007, Comic Blade Masamune)
Fairial Garden (2007–2010, Comic Blade)
Hoshi no Dai Circus (2011-ongoing, Comic Blade)

Art books

Shitenrin (支天輪) (1999-04-18, Enix, ISBN 4-7575-0014-9)
Days of Moonlight (2003, Mag Garden, ISBN 4-901926-95-0 (limited edition), ISBN 4-901926-97-7 (standard edition)

Anthologies

These are anthologies in which Sakurano's works appeared:

Eris Futatabi... (エリス再び), (Super Comic Gekijō Vol.1: Tōshinden 2, Enix)
Daichi no Ken (大地の剣), (Super Comic Gekijō Vol.2: Fire Emblem, Enix)

Works

Manga

Art books

Anthologies

References

External links

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