Mitsuru Miura

Mitsuru Miura (三浦 みつる, Miura Mitsuru, born 25 November 1954) is a Japanese

Miura’s career took off in 1971, while he was attending Isogo Technical High School. In that year, he won Weekly Shōnen Jump’s Young Jump Award for “The Story of an Unlucky Man” (世にも不幸な男の話, Yonimo fukōna otoko no hanashi). After graduating high school, he went on to be an assistant at Tezuka Productions. Soon after in 1973, he won an Honorable Mention in the 6th Tezuka Award for his series “The Wandering Box” (さまよう箱は, Samayō hako wa), and another Honorable Mention in 9th Tezuka Award in 1975 for his series “I Won’t Go Crazy” (僕は狂わない, Boku wa kuruwanai).

In 1980, Miura wrote a one-off manga called “Musashi and L” (武蔵とエル, Musashi to Eru) that released in

Miura returned to The Kabocha Wine in 2006 with “The Kabocha Wine - Sequel” and “The Kabocha Wine - Another”, with the latter being turned into a live action movie in 2007, which received mixed reviews. In 2017, he returned to the series for the last time with the title “Back To The Kabocha Wine” (バック・トゥー・The♡かぼちゃワイン, Bakku Tu Za Kabocha Wain). After a successful crowdfunding event, he officially retired from manga after a 45-year-long career.

in 2021, with a partnership with 7-Eleven and Lawson (store), a re-release of the manga for “The Kabocha Wine” began, releasing books all over Japanese convenience stores, with 4 volumes released as of May 24, 2022, and a 5th volume on its way.

Manga

References

External links

• Mitsuru Miura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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