(born December 23 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese shojo

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. Two of her major works are ''

Omukae desu is a Japanese ''shōjo manga'' series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka and published by Hakusensha, with serialization from 1999 to 2002 on ''LaLa'' and with five volumes compiling the chapters. A one-shot sequel volume was published in ...

'' and ''

Faster than a Kiss is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka. The series has been serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, ''LaLa'' since March 2007. The series concluded in October 2012 with twelve volumes published. Plot ...

''.

Pearl Pink is a manga series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka. Originally serialized in Japan in '' LaLa'' from April 2002 through April 2004, the individual chapters were collected and published in four '' tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. The s ...

was released in English by

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed J ...

. ''Young Master's Revenge'', or ''Kimi no Koto nado Zettai ni'' &

Meteor Prince is a Japanese romance '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka. Published by Hakusensha, it was serialized on '' LaLa'' magazine from March 23, 2013 to February 24, 2014, with two volumes compiling the chapters release ...

are both released in English by

Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...

Works

References

Interview with Meca Tanaka
at Hakusensha

External links

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