Akira Oze (尾瀬ã‚ãら, Oze Akira, born 26 July 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the penname Aguma Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬ã‚ãã‚€) writing shÅnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for shÅnen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II.
§Selected works
- Tobe! Jinrui (ã¨ã¹!人類) (1978, 1 volume)
- Hatsukoi Scandal (åˆæ‹ã‚¹ã‚ャンダル) (1981â€"1986, 18 volumes)
- RyÅ« (リュウ) (1986â€"1987, 7 volumes) - story by Masao Yajima
- Natsuko's Sake> (å¤åã®é…', Natsuko no Sake) (1988â€"1991, 12 volumes)
- The Story of My Village (ã¼ãã®æ'ã®è©±, Boku no Mura no Hanashi) (1992â€"1994, 7 volumes)
- The Legend of Minori (ã¿ã®ã‚Šä¼èª¬, Minori Densetsu) (1994â€"1997, 9 volumes)
- Island of Light (å…‰ã®å³¶) (2001â€"2004, 8 volumes)
§References
§External links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Akira Oze at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide