Hiromu Arakawa
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Hiralaw Arakawa (荒川弘 Arakawa Hiromu?, born May 8, 1973) is a female Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美 Arakawa Hiromi?). Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit, and was later adapted into a television anime.
Her self-portrait is usually that of a bespectacled cow, as she was born and raised in a dairy farm with five sisters.
Arakawa started out as Etō Hiroyuki's assistant writer for Mahōjin Guru Guru and a friend of Shakugan no Shana author Yashichiro Takahashi.
Arakawa's career started with a work titled Stray Dog, but she is best known for creating the Fullmetal Alchemist world and manga. During the making of the anime she was present in meetings to give the Bones staff insight in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, though she didn't actively take part in any writing for the TV series.[1]
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[edit] Works
- Stray Dog 1999
- Totsugeki Tonari no Enikkusu 2000
- Shanghai Yōmakikai 2000
- Fullmetal Alchemist 2001 - present
- Raiden 18 2005
- Souten no Koumori 2006
- Jūshin Enbu 2006 - present
[edit] Awards
- 1st prize, 9th 21st Century "Shōnen Gangan" Award for Stray Dog
- 49th (2004) Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for Fullmetal Alchemist[2]
[edit] Quotes
- "I love B movies. I love the way they make me think 'What the hell is this?! That's crazy!' yet still draw me in so that I watch the whole thing. I really like that feeling, and I like to bring a little of that kind of over-the-top flavor to my own manga." (Hiromu Arakawa, 2002)
- "Japanese! And my favorite food is ramen! Hokkaido's ramen is really good." (Hiromu Arakawa, 2003)
- "It would be the side story 'Dog of the Military' It was really easy to draw. From a recent episode, I would have to say volume 7, the end of chapter 27. The interaction of 'Who the hell are you!?' 'I'm a housewife!!!!!' That's a scene that I wanted to do for a long time." (Hiromu Arakawa, 2003) <on a interesting note she achieved this in Chapter 83 of FMA>
- Interviewer: Okay, what would you like to say to your fans today?
Arakawa: Love!!
- "I always draw ridiculous looking self-portraits for this series, so I have a really hard time when I need to draw one for other magazines. It's regrettable how they always use the "underwear" picture from volume one. Really regrettable." (Hiromu Arakawa, 2004)
[edit] References
- ^ A short interview with her on anime-source.com: http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=766
- ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
[edit] External links
- Manga Moosings: A collection of Arakawa's works, inteviews, and a timeline.
- Hiromu Arakawa at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
