Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Expand Japanese Template:Expand French Template:Infobox comics creator Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist pioneering in shōjo manga. She released her works in Shōjo Club and Margaret.[1] According to Rachel Thorn, Nishitani "more or less single-handedly invented the school campus romance that remains the mainstay of shôjo manga today",[2] and Robert Petersen regards her innovation as giving her characters personality.[3] She gave her readers characters that were like them, "teenaged Japanese girls dealing with friendships, family, school, and, yes, falling in love."[4] Her success inspired an influx of female manga artists.[5] Her manga Mary Lou is thought to have opened up the idea of shōjo manga telling stories about ordinary teenagers.[5] Nishitani's characteristics have been described as 'big eyes and huge reflections within' as well as a use of curly hair and frilly clothes, with an attention to detail when drawing that inspired later artists like Nanae Sasaya.[6]
Works
- Template:Nihongo3 (1964, Bessatsu Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1965, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo (1966, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1967, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1967, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1967, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1968, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1969, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1971, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1971, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1972, Seventeen)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1974, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1975, Shōjo Comic)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1976, LaLa)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1977, Hana to Yume)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1977, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1978, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1980, Margaret)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1980, Bouquet)
- Template:Nihongo3 (1981, Margaret)
References
Further reading
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- Yoshihiro Yonezawa, 1991. Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai II, Shōwa 38 nen - 64 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 II 昭和38年〜64年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga II, 1963-1989") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha.