Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.
Life
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
- 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
- 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
External links
- Yoshitoki Ōima in the Anime News Network encyclopaedia
- Yoshitoki Ōima at AniSearch Template:In lang
- Interview in Le Monde Template:In lang
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