is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily for the weekly

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''. When he started at the company in 1989, he began with an anthology of various shorts and one-shots collectively known as ''Shiina Department Store''. Eventually one of these one-shots, about a beautiful, money grubbing female

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and her lecherous companion, would become the basis of his best known work: ''

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for shōnen in 1993. Even as he had success with ''Mikami'', Shiina continued to create various one-shot stories on the side of his main series. After the end of ''GS Mikami'', Shiina tried to create new series for the manga anthology, such as ''Ichiban-yu no Kanata'' and ''Mister Japan''. He also created new series and shorts on the side, including ''GS Holmes: Gokuraku Daisakusen!!'' (an alternate take on Sherlock Holmes co-starring the robotic

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from GS Mikami) In 2003, Shiina introduced another of his many ideas in Shōnen Sunday in short form: ''

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'', about three young girls with great psychic powers and terrifying ambitions. Finding some success with it in short form, the manga artist introduced it as a weekly series in 2005, where it continued to run in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' until June 2021.

Works

*''Shiina Department Store'' (1991) *''

'' (1991–1999) *''Mister Japan'' (2000) *''Ichiban-yu no Kanata'' (2002) *''GS Holmes Gokuraku Taisakusen!!'' (2004) *''

'' (2005–2021) *'' Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon'' (2021–present)

References

External links

Takashi Shiina's Official Website

Takashi Shiina's blog
* * Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture Living people 1965 births {{manga-artist-stub