Hisae Iwaoka (岩岡ヒサエ, born 17 July 1976,

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Career

Iwaoka started her career as a professional manga artist in the early 2000s, when she released several short stories to critical acclaim. In 2002, she won the newcomers award ' of the manga magazine ''

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'' for "Yume no Soko". The short story was published in the October 2002 issue of ''Afternoon'' and became her debut. In 2004, she won the

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magazine ''Ikki'''s newcomer award ''Ikiman'' for "Shiroi Kumo". Two of her short story collections were jury-recommended works at the

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; ''Shiroi Kumo'' in 2005 and ''Yume no Soko'' in 2006. Some of her work was included in the 2004

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exhibition "Tokyo

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" at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, where her artwork was compared to that of

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. Eventually, from 2004 on she focused on series, publishing in magazines for different demographics such as ''seinen'', ''shōjo'' and ''josei''. ''Hoshigahara Aomanjū no Mori'' was a jury-recommended work at the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival. And the

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series '' Saturn Apartments'', published in ''Ikki'' and licensed in English by Viz Media, won the festival's Grand Prize in 2011, making her the third female artist after Makoto Isshiki and

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to win the award. The jury called the manga a "gentle human drama set in the near-future earth". Her ongoing series ''Koshoku Robot'' has been made into live-action series. Aside from her publications as a professional manga artist, she is also active in amateur manga. In 2009, she formed a ''

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'' circle named "Harapeko Sentai Hashi Ranger" together with fellow manga artists

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, Fumiko Tanagawa, Aoki Toshinao and Ishide Den.

Works

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External links

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