Mitsukazu Mihara

Mitsukazu Mihara (三原ミツカズ, Mihara Mitsukazu, born October 17, 1970, in Hiroshima) is an influential Japanese illustrator who helped to influence the Gothic Lolita look through her illustrations, particularly as the cover illustrator for the first eight volumes of the Gothic & Lolita Bible. In 1994, she won a contest in the Japanese manga magazine Feel Young with her debut "Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids" (ゴムのいらない子供たち, "Gomu no Iranai Kodomo-tachi"), later published by Shodensha in her short story collection IC in a Sunflower (集積回路のãƒ'マワリ, ShÅ«seki Kairo no Himawari).

She resides in Osaka, Japan.

Bibliography

Manga

• ShÅ«seki Kairo no Himawari (集積回路のãƒ'マワリ^?, IC in a Sunflower)
  (1994â€"97, Shodensha, 1 volume, ISBN 4396761716; English translation, 2007)
• HappÄ« FamirÄ« (カトゥル・カール^?, Happy Family)
  (1994â€"98, Shodensha, 3 volumes)
• Beautiful People (ãƒ"ューティフルãƒ"ープル, ByÅ«tifurupÄ«puru)
  (1997â€"2001, Shodensha, 1 volume, ISBN 4396762585; English translation, 2006)
• Dōru (ドｰル^?, Doll)
  (1998â€"2002, Shodensha, 6 volumes; English translation, 2004)
• Haunted House (ホーンテッドハウス, Hōnteddohausu)
  (1998â€"2002, Shodensha, 1 volume, ISBN 4396762887; English translation, 2006)
• R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian
  (1999â€"2000, 1 volume; English translation, 2006)
• Shigeshōshi (死化粧師^?, The Embalmer)
  (2002â€"05, Feel Young, Shodensha, 5 volumes; English translation, 2006)
• Dokuhime (æ¯'姫^?, Poison Princess)
  (5 volumes; 5th volume; ISBN 4022141212)
• Tamashii no Futago (たましいのふたã"^?, The Twin Souls)
  (2006, Shodensha, 1 volume, ISBN 4396763956)

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Art collections

• Alice Addict
• Chocolate

Card box

• Coffin of Fools

References

External links

• Mitsukazu Mihara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia