Yumiko Shirai | |
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| Born | March 15, 1967 Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 21st century |
| Genre | Feminist, science fiction |
| Notable works | Wombs |
| Notable awards | Nihon SF Taisho Award |
| Website | |
| http://yumikoubou.com/ | |
Yumiko Shirai (born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her manga Wombs , winner of the 2017 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Born in Ehime Prefecture, [1] nYumiko Shirai is a graduate of the Kyoto City University of Arts and the Oil Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts. [1]
In 2007, her manga Tenken , published as a doujinshi (self-publication), won the encouragement award in the manga category at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival. [2] [3] It was then published as a magazine by Sanctuary Publishing in 2008.
From 2009 onwards, Yumiko Shirai created the manga Wombs , published as a monthly series in the pre-publication magazine Monthly Ikki by Shogakukan. [4] [5] Following the magazine's demise, Wombs continued to be published online, and the author took five years to deliver the fifth and final volume. [6] In 2010, Wombs was included in the jury selection for the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in the maga category. [7] [8]
From 2013 to 2015, she published a new series, Rafnas, in the magazine Monthly Action from Futabasha, which was in turn part of the jury's selection for the manga category. [9]
In 2017, Wombs was awarded the 37th Nihon SF Taisho Award joining the exclusive club of mangas to have received this prize, which rewards a work of SF from all the arts. [10]
In 2017, Yumiko Shirai became a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. [11] [12]
In 2020, Yumiko Shirai began publishing a series entitled Wombs Cradle, a prequel to Wombs, which was published on publisher Futabasha's pre-publication website. [13]
In 2021, the Wombs series was translated and published in French by Akata and was met with a positive reception, with critics noting that the manga renewed the themes of science fiction. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Yumiko Shirai creates her sketches on paper before finalising them using graphics software such as Painter, Photoshop [19] and Clip Studio Paint. Shirai said she was influenced by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga Arion, but also by authors such as Moto Hagio, Yumiko Oshima and Mutsumi Hagiiwa. [19]
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