Mayumi Azuma

Mayumi Azuma (東 まゆみ, Azuma Mayumi, born April 24, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky. She is also recognized for creating the manga adaptation of the video game Star Ocean: The Second Story.

Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an assistant to Kozue Amano, creator of Aria.

§Works

• Manga
  • Enix
    • Night Walker! (ナイトウォーカー!) (1995â€"1996, Monthly Shōnen GagOh!)
    • Get! (GET!) (1999, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
    • Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo (ヴァンãƒ'イア セイヴァー 〜魂の迷い子〜) (1997â€"2001, Monthly Gangan WING)
    • Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー) (1999â€"2001, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
  • Mag Garden
    • Elemental Gelade (EREMENTAR GERAD) (2002â€"2009, Monthly Comic Blade)
    • Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky (EREMENTAR GERAD -è'¼ç©ºã®æˆ¦æ——-) (2003â€"present, Comic Blade Masamune)
    • Toraneko Folklore (とらねã"フォークロア) (2010â€"2013, Monthly Comic Blade)
    • UchÅ« Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyÅ«-kyÅ«: Higan no Ä'su (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 緋眼のエース) (2013â€"present, Monthly Comic Blade), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 spin-off manga

• Video Game
  • Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (Character Designer)

§External links

• Mayumi Azuma Official Site 'AZUMA-YA' (Japanese)
• Mayumi Azuma at Anime News Network's encyclopedia