Akira Oze ( 尾?あきら , Oze Akira , born 26 July 1947 in Kyoto , Japan ) is a Japanese manga artist . He made his debut in 1971 under the pen name Megumu Matsumoto ( 松本めぐむ ) writing sh?nen 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 sh?nen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II . ^[1]

Selected works [ edit ]

• Tobe! Jinrui ( とべ!人類 ) (1978, 1 volume)
• Hatsukoi Scandal ( 初?スキャンダル ) (1981?1986, 18 volumes)
• Ry? ( リュウ ) (1986?1987, 7 volumes) - story by Masao Yajima
• Natsuko's Sake ( 夏子の酒 , Natsuko no Sake ) (1988?1991, 12 volumes)
• The Story of My Village ( ぼくの村の話 , Boku no Mura no Hanashi ) (1992?1994, 7 volumes)
• The Legend of Minori ( みのり?? , Minori Densetsu ) (1994?1997, 9 volumes)
• Island of Light ( 光の島 ) (2001?2004, 8 volumes)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Website (in Japanese)
• Akira Oze at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide

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