Arina Tanemura
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Arina Tanemura (種村 有菜 Tanemura Arina?, born March 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist who does mainly shōjo manga. She debuted with I-O-N. To date, her works are published in the manga magazine Ribon and are distributed in several countries. Tanemura Arina is also her real name.
Her most popular manga are Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne and Full Moon wo Sagashite ("Searching for the Full Moon"), both of which were adapted into TV anime. One of her lesser works, Time Stranger Kyoko, was also made into a 15-minute mail-order OVA anime.
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne was licensed for translation and publication in the U.S. by CMX, the manga imprint of DC Comics. Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne began publication in October 2005, with the final volume released on January 24, 2007. Both the anime and manga of Full Moon o Sagashite have been released by VIZ Media as Full Moon.
Tanemura's current manga is The Gentlemen's Alliance (known in Japan as Shinshi Doumei Cross) which began serialization in the September 2004 issue of Ribon. VIZ Media recently licensed The Gentlemen's Alliance and began issuing it on March 6, 2007. She has a New Series called Mistress Fortune.
[edit] Tankōbon (volumes)
All of these volumes are published by Shueisha under their Ribon Mascot Comics imprint.
- I-O-N (イ・オ・ン?) - 1 volume
- Firecracker is Melancholy (かんしゃく玉のゆううつ Kanshaku-dama no Yūutsu?) - 1 volume
- A collection of Tanemura's early short stories, including Kanshaku-dama no Yūutsu, Kanshaku-dama no Yūutsu ~Kimi ga Inakucha~, Ame no Gogo wa Romance no Heroine, Kono Koi wa Non-Fiction, and Niban-me no Koi no Katachi.
- Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne (神風怪盗ジャンヌ Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu?) - 7 volumes, 6 kanzenban volumes
- Time Stranger Kyoko (時空異邦人KYOKO?) - 3 volumes
- Full Moon wo Sagashite (満月をさがして Furu Mūn o Sagashite?) - 7 volumes
- Ginyuu Meika (吟遊名華 Ginyū Meika?) - A one-shot included in Volume 2 of Full Moon o Sagashite
- The Gentlemen's Alliance † (紳士同盟† Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu?) - 11 volumes
- Umi no Chikyuugi Nocturne ( The Globe of the Sea - Nocturne, The Map of the Sea - Nocturne?) - A one-shot included in The Gentlemen's Alliance.
- Shōjo Eve☆Eve's Applework 24 Hours (少女イブ☆林檎じかけの24時 Shōjo Eve Ringo Jikake no 24 ji?) - A short story issued in the Ribon Bikkuri in May 2007 and in Shojo Beat in August 2007. It was included in volume 8 of The Gentlemen's Alliance†.
[edit] Artbooks
Two books of Arina Tanemura's artwork have been published by Shueisha.
- Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Contains artwork from Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne in full color, with artist comments.
- Full Moon o Sagashite Illustration Collection - Tanemura Arina Collection: Tanemura's latest artbook, it has artwork from Full Moon o Sagashite, Time Stranger Kyoko, Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne, Firecracker is Melancholy, I-O-N, and Ginyuu Meika. Viz Media has announced that it had licensed the book and would be publishing it in August 2008.
