Mariko Iwadate

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Mariko Iwadate (岩館真理子, Iwadate Mariko, born 8 February 1957 in

Hokkaidō, Japan)[1] is a Japanese manga artist
.

Career

She made her debut as a manga artist in 1973 with the short story "Rakudai Shimasu" in the shōjo manga magazine Margaret. She then primarily wrote for the magazines Margaret and Young You.[1][2]

Style

She is considered one of the main artists of a movement in 1970s shōjo manga called

boys love often in international settings. Rachel Thorn describes that otomechikku manga "were heavily infused with a dreamy, 1970s-style femininity characterized by frilly cotton dresses, straw sun bonnets, herbal tea, and Victorian houses."[3] Masanao Amano describes these early works as "stereotypical shoujo manga stories that were of very good quality".[2]

By the 1980s, her works started exploring deeper themes. The short story "Angel", published in 1982, is marked as a stylistic turning point. In the story, the main character has an arranged marriage and ends up falling in love with her husband. Many of her manga focus on family relationships.[2]

Natsume Fusanosuke explains that Iwadate uses white space boldly to suggest emotion and experiments with panel layouts to suggest an uncertainty in the frame.[4]

Reception

Her work had an influence on writer Banana Yoshimoto. Amano describes Iwadate's work as "the combination of literature with shoujo manga".[2][5]

She won the 1992

OVA
in 1991.

Works

Title Year Notes Refs
Futari no Dōwa (ふたりの童話) 1976 Serialized in Margaret
Published by Shueisha in 3 vol.
Garasu no hanataba ni shite (ガラスの花束にして) 1981–1982 Serialized in Margaret
Published by Shueisha in 2 vol.
Ichigatsu ni wa Christmas (1月にはChristmas) 1983 Serialized in Margaret
Published by Shueisha in 1 vol.
Reizōko ni Pineapple Pie (冷蔵庫にパイナップル･パイ) 1987–1995 Serialized in Young You
Published by Shueisha in 3 vol.
Kodomo ha nan demo shitte iru (子供はなんでも知っている) 1988–1996 Serialized in Bouquet
Published by Shueisha in 4 vol.
Uchi no Mama ga iu koto ni wa (うちのママが言うことには) 1988–1994 Serialized in Young You
Published by Shueisha in 5 vol.
Alice ni Onegai (アリスにお願い) 1990–1991 Serialized in Young You
Published by Shueisha in 1 vol.
Kirara no Ki (キララのキ) 1996–1998 Serialized in Young You
Published by Shueisha in 4 vol.
Amaririsu (アマリリス) 1999–2005 Serialized in Young You
Published by Shueisha in 5 vol.

References

  1. ^ a b Iwadate, Mariko. 1980. Haru ga Kossori. Shueisha Inc.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-8228-2591-4
    .
  3. ^ Thorn, Rachel (2001). "Shōjo Manga—Something for the Girls". The Japan Quarterly. 48 (3).
  4. Fusanosuke, Natsume (2010). Berndt, Jaqueline (ed.). Pictotext and panels: commonalities and differences in manga, comics and BD (PDF). Global Manga Studies, Vol. 1. Kyoto Seika University. p. 51. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  5. JSTOR 132644
    .
  6. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

External links

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