Yoshitoki Ōima (大今 良時, Ōima Yoshitoki, born March 15, 1989) is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.
Yoshitoki Ōima | |
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大今 良時 | |
| Born | March 15, 1989 Ōgaki, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | A Silent Voice To Your Eternity |
Life edit
Ōima was born on March 15, 1989, in Ōgaki, Japan, as the third daughter of a sign language interpreter mother and has an older sister and an older brother. Due to her mother's work as a sign language interpreter Ōima was inspired to write the A Silent Voice manga series where she got help by her mother and her sister working on the series.[1][2]
Her first manga was Mardock Scramble which was an adaptation of the same-named novel written by Tow Ubukata and was released in 2009.[2] She was also responsible for an illustration of the ending sequence of the ninth episode of Attack on Titan.[3] After her success with A Silent Voice Yoshitoki Ōima worked alongside other manga artists on a collaboration manga called Ore no 100-wame!!. In 2016 Yoshitoki Ōima released her third full manga series under the moniker To Your Eternity.
In 2015 , Yoshitoki Ōima won the New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[4] A Silent Voice was nominated for an Eisner Award a year later,[5] the Rudolf-Dirks-Award and the Max & Moritz Prize in 2017 and 2018.[6][7] In 2018 she won at French Japan Expo the Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice and the Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity.[8]
Works edit
- Mardock Scramble (2009–2012; serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine)
- A Silent Voice (2013–2014; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
- Ore no 100-wame!! (2015; alongside other manga artists)
- To Your Eternity (2016–present; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
Accolades edit
- Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize[4]
- 2015: New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice (won)
- Manga Taishō[9]
- 2015: Manga for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- 2018: Manga for To Your Eternity (nominated)[10]
- Eisner Awards[5]
- 2016: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- Rudolf-Dirks-Awards[6]
- 2017: Best Scenario (Asia) for A Silent Voice (won)
- Max & Moritz Prize[7]
- 2018: for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- Japan Expo[8]
- 2018: Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice (won)
- 2018: Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity (won)
Notes edit
- ^ "Im Interview mit Yoshitoki Ōima" (in German). Egmont Manga. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ a b Misaki C. Kido (2016-06-07). "Interview: Yoshitoki Oima on A Silent Voice". Kodansha. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Scott Green (2013-06-13). "VIDEO: A Final Look Back at "Attack on Titan" End Cards". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ a b Chrystalyn Hodgkins (2015-03-30). "Aisawa Riku Manga Wins 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ a b Michael Cavna (2016-04-16). "2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ a b "Rudolph Dirks Award für grafische Literatur vergeben". Börsenblatt (in German). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ a b ""Max und Moritz" Award 2018" (in German). Comic-salon.de. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ a b "Daruma 2018 : les lauréats manga" (in French). Japan Expo. 2018-02-22. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Egan Loo (2015-01-18). "8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda (2018-01-22). "11th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 12 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
External links edit
- Yoshitoki Ōima in the Anime News Network encyclopaedia
- Yoshitoki Ōima at AniSearch (in German)
- Interview in Le Monde (in French)