is a Japanese '' shōjo''

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who was born in

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, then spent a year in college at the

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. Taniguchi's manga have been published by MB ( My Birthday) in Japanese and by

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in English. She has published 9 volumes of manga total. Her first published manga was ''Anpan Balance'', which won silver at the 4th Omacomi Manga School Contest. ''Anpan Balance'' was later released in the manga '' Let's Stay Together Forever''; the title story of that book was her second published story. Taniguchi and

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have helped write some of the books in the ''Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga Illustrated'' series, especially the Shoujo edition which includes her illustrations. Taniguchi recently designed her first fabric print for American clothing designer Samantha Rei. * The first ''shōjo'' manga artist for Marvel Comic. ( ''Marvel AI #1'' ) * As her biggest dream, drawing Star Wars as Shoujo manga style, she became one of the Sketch Card artists for ''Topps Star Wars trading cards''.

Partial bibliography

(dates are given: 1st date, Japanese Release, 2nd date, English release) * '' Let's Stay Together Forever'' (1989) (2003) : Tomoko Taniguchi's first published tankouban, published one year after her initial debut. She aimed the work at girls in their early teens or younger, and it is based loosely on memories from her own childhood. Let's Stay Together Forever is a collection of one-chapter stories about metal heads and the shy girls who they have relationships with. * ''

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'' (?) (2000) : Aquarium is composed of two short stories, one about a shy girl who loves going to the aquarium and the other about a flight attendant. * '' Call Me Princess'' (?) (1999) * '' Princess Prince'' (?) (2003) * '' Popcorn Romance'' (1992) (2003) * ''Just a Girl'' (2 Volumes) (?) (2004) * ''Miss Me?'' (1991) (2003) * '' Spellbound: The Magic of Love'' (2001) * Marvel AI #1 (2006) * The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga Fantasy Creatures Illustrated (2007) * The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga Shoujo Illustrated (2008) * Sketch card artist for Star Wars Galaxy 5, 6, Empire Strikes Back 3D, Star Wars Galactic files 1 & 2,

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References

External links

Tomoko Taniguchi manga
at Media Arts Database * Free sample manga (in Japanese ) at Sonorama plus * http://sonorama.asahi.com/comic/honkowa-taniguchi-05.html * http://sonorama.asahi.com/comic/honkowa-taniguchi-08.html * Kindle Store in Japanese * https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B076SW4C7P Living people Women manga artists University of Michigan alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{manga-artist-stub