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List of Year 24 complete manga work in English or Italian

I made this list mainly to myself, but you can easily use it too. I am on a mission to read every Year 24 group manga available, so here I collected:

licensed manga (in English and Italian)

online scans

Every licensed manga has a the name of the publisher too, and you might find the Italian translation easier than the Japanese.

I added an "online" to the ones you can definitely find scanned online. Every title is linked to where to read the story nearby, keep in mind these websites come and go and might have ads.

If you see a licensed title in italics it means that the manga cannot be found anywhere online and scanned (and translated). Or that some short stories in the collection (if it is a collection) cannot be found anywhere online and scanned.

Let's start!

The authors are (in order): Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya, Riyoko Ikeda, Ryoko Yamagishi, Yasuko Aoike, Yumiko Ooshima, Minori Kimura, Kihara Toshie.

MOTO HAGIO

Licensed in English

They Were 11! (JP Oversized and Viz)

The Complete Poe Clan (Fantagraphics, coming out November 2024)

Heart of Thomas (Fantagraphics)

A Drunken dream and other stories (Fantagraphics)

Neo Parasyte m (Kodansha Comics; first chapter is by Moto Hagio)

Lil' Leo (Denpa books)

Otherworld Barbara volume 1 and 2 (Fantagraphics)

A,A' (Viz), impossible to find it seems

Licensed in Italian

Il cuore di Thomas - The heart of Thomas (J-POP)

A Cruel God Reigns, 9 volumes (J-POP)

Star Red (J-POP)

Hanshin, la dea dimezzata, collection of stories (J-POP) (anilist)

Il Clan dei Poe volume 1 and 2 (J-POP)

Barbara, vol1, 2 and 3 (J-POP)

Marginal vol1, 2 and 3 (J-POP)

Online (English only) (chronological order)

-> Full series

The Heart of Thomas (manganelo)

They were 11 (mangadex)

They were 11: Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (mangadex)

U wa Uchuusen no U (collection of stories) (mangadex)

Silver Triangle (mangadex)

A, A' (mangadex)

Marginal (mangadex)

A cruel god reigns (mangadex)

-> One shots

Bianca (mangadex)

Girl on the porch with puppy (internet archive)

Poor mama (mangadex)

Autumn Journey (internet archive)

11-gatsu no Gymnasium (mangadex)

Unicorn no Yume (mangadex)

Onshitsu (mangadex)

Marie, ten years later (internet archive)

Cabagge Hata no Isansouzokunin (mangadex)

Houmonsha, prequel of Heart of Thomas (mangadex)

Shiro - The Castle (mangadex)

A Drunken Dream (internet archive)

Ragini (mangadex)

Kinyou no Yoru no Shuukai (mangadex)

Kimi Wa Utsukushii Hitomi (mangadex)

Hanshin: Half-God (mangadex)

Egg stand (mangadex)

Angel Mimic (internet archive)

The child who comes home (internet archive)

Slow Down (mangadex)

The false king (mangadex)

Iguana girl (mangadex)

Afternoon sunshine (mangadex)

Yuujin K (mangadex)

Yama e Iku - Going to the mountains (mangadex)

The Willow Tree (mangadex)

Moments of lonliness (mangadex)

With Love to "From Eroica with love" (mangadex)

Neo Parasyte m's short story "Yura no Mon wo" (mangaplaza, first story, which is the free one)

KEIKO TAKEMIYA

Licensed in English

To Terra, 3 volumes (Vertical Inc)

Andromeda stories, 3 volumes (Vertical Inc)

Licensed in Italian

Il poema del vento e degli alberi - Kaze to Ki no Uta, 10 volumes (J-POP)

Verso la Terra - To terra, 3 volumes (J-POP)

Il suo nome era Gilbert, autobiographical novel (J-POP)

Online (English only) (chronological order)

-> Full series

Kaze to Ki no Uta (mangadex)

To Terra (mangadex)

Andromeda Stories (mangadex)

Rintarou Panic! (mangadex)

-> One shots

Sunroom Nite (mangadex)

Hohoemu Shounen (mangadex)

On a snowy day (mangadex)

Star (mangadex)

20 no Hiru to Yoru (mangadex)

Mister no kokori (mangadex)

Natsu e no Tobira (mangadex)

Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (mangadex)

Koufuku no Hato (mangadex)

Toki wo Yuku Uma (mangadex)

RIYOKO IKEDA

Licensed in English

Claudine (Seven Seas)

The Rose of Versailles, 5 volumes (Udon Entertainment)

Licensed in Italian

Le rose di Versailles, 5 volumes (Edizioni BD)

La finestra di Orfeo - Orpheus no Mado, 9 volumes (J-POP)

Anello dei Nibelunghi - Nibelungen no Yubiwa, 4 volumes (Goen)

Claudine (Goen)

Ayako, 2 volumes (Goen)

Caro Fratello - Dearest Brother, 2 volumes (Goen)

Elisabetta - Elizabeth (Yamato)

Eroica la Gloria di Napoleone - Héroïque The Glory of Napoleon, 12 volumes (Magic Press)

Online (English only)

Bara Yashiki no Shoujo (mangadex)

Early Spring Trembling (mangadex)

Porando Hishi Ten no Hate Made (mangadex)

Dearest Brother (mangadex)

Nibelungen no Yubiwa (only 3 volumes, 1 missing, mangadex)

Claudine (mangadex)

Versailles no Bara (up till volume 12, mangadex)

Summer in Cantenbury (mangadex)

RYOKO YAMAGISHI

Online (English only)

Shiroi Heya no Furari (mangadex)

Yasha Gozen (mangadex)

Harpy, collection of stories (mangadex)

Hatshepsut (mangadex)

Hiruko (mangadex)

Medusa (mangadex)

Hemi no Hire (mangadex)

YASUKO AOIKE

Licensed in English

From Eroica with Love (Cmx, unfinished)

Online (English only)

From Eroica with Love (still being translated, currently at chapter 21 (mangadex)

Vampire (mangadex)

The free shooter (mangadex)

Tasogare ni Kaere (mangadex)

Z (mangadex)

YUMIKO OOSHIMA

Online (English only) (chronological order)

No longer male (mangadex)

To Joker (mangadex)

Banana Bread no Pudding (mangadex)

Grass Crown Princess (mangadex)

He His Him (mangadex)

Across a golden prarie (mangadex)

Summertime (mangadex)

Long long cafe (mangadex)

MINORI KIMURA

Online (English only) (chronological order)

Ame (short stories) (mangadex)

Warped mirror (mandagex)

KIHARA TOSHIE

Online (English only) (chronological order)

I'm fine with dying (mangadex)

Diamond Gojiran, 3 one shots (mangadex)

With love to "From Eroica with love" (mangadex)

NANAE SASAYA

none

MINEKO YAMADA

none

[orenoanime]

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

Komura starts his school year with a new seat neighbour in homeroom—the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he’s nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who’s always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal for Komura to get to know Mie better, will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!

[jariten]

Recurring themes in 2023: my year of lesbian and yuriful manga

Doing this a little different when summarizing 2023. Since I stuck to my decision to not start buying any new licensed series and mainly did cultural catchup for both english and japanese manga I didn't really read enough hot new releases in 2023 for them to warrant a list of their own as they usually do. So to catch up on the months without a roundup as well as a year end summary I will do some themed lists!

The first came to easy since a noticeable trend was how much lesbian and yuri manga i made time for. For clarity I make a subjective distinction of lesbian and yuri works, just as some works I'm more inclined to describe as a Gay or LGBT story rather than a BL if it wasn't published in a BL imprint or invests time to do cultural or social commentary. Now to the list:

Among my favorite lesbian manga read in 2023 are: The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi Moonlight Flowers by Mutsumi Tsukumo Indigo Blue by Ebine Yamaji Umibe no Kain by Minori Kimura

I won't reiterate too much as I already talked about it in a roundup but Hiranishi gave an extremely refreshing perspective on being a woman who loves masculine women, the dark story of her first heartbreak and the path forward. Love that Viz took the initiative to give her a graphic novel edition and promote her platform by licensing The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend. I've always found women's manga to be a not that secret treasure trove of lesbian stories yet I hadn't read the classic that is Moonlight Flowers... Just a truly suspenseful and romantic story of lesbian love as liberation and freedom that I can't recommend enough. Just with a clear warning of depictions of intimate partner violence that could be upsetting.

Yamaji has a well known track record of exploring lesbianism as well as bisexuality and I think Indigo Blue was extremely interesting in its explooration of the protagonist and her journey to figuring out what she wants as she's caught between two relationships. Another story of a woman's journey to confront who she is and what she wants: Umibe no Cain was a rather heartbreaking story of a young woman seeking refuge with a woman older than herself and as they start forming a frienfdship she begins to face the hurt and trauma she faced from her mother. But as the two women grow closer their relationship might take a turn that they can't come back from.

In the yuri-ish category: Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame by Kaiko Fuyumushi OL to Ningyo by Mai Shiba

Won't reiterate too much of Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame as I already talked about it in a roundup but love bite sized depictions of a miserable adolescence and toxic yuri but not quite. And if you found yourself taken by the more supernatural stories in this collection then may I recommend OL to Ningyo? Described by the author themselves as yuri-ish this collection depicts the bonds of human girls and their non-human counterparts. Humans, vampires, tengu, mermaid, and oni all face their own challenges and conflicts both romantic and otherwise.

In the Now That's What I Call Yuri category: Natsu to Lemon to Overlay by Ru & Miyako Miyahara Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All) by Sumiko Arai Sukeban to Tenkousei by Fujichika

Natsu to Lemon to Overlay is the manga adaption of a yuri award winning novel novel that I picked kind of at random. An aspiring voice actress struggling to make any career moves are requested by a mysterious woman to read the obituary at her own funeral. What happens next will warm your heart. The Guy She Liked is one where I'm just going to assume most if not all of you are aware of so I'm just going to say that I like it and am looking forward to the next volume 👍 And last but not least: an adorable 80's throwback with some truly heartwarming moments and developments not to mention very funny: Sukeban to Tenkousei by Fujichika

[tomoyoo]

Manga, books and authors mentioned in A Drunken Dream and Other Stories

I wrote the english names that were used in the book. Honestly the way I organized this gave me a headache but I hope it's useful <3 See more for the list of authors that were mentioned briefly.

Manga mentioned in the interview Mama’s Violin - Tetsuya Chiba Tomboy Angel - Mitsuteru Yokoyama Shinsengumi; Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka Harp of the Stars; Hello, Teacher; The White Troika - Hideko Mizuno Mist, Roses and Stars - Shotaro Ishitani The Boy from Dartmoor - Nanae Sasaya In the Sunroom; The Song of the Wind and the Trees - Keiko Takemiya You Can Hear the Rain; Birth - Yumiko Oshima Norakuro - Suiho Tagawa The Rose of Versailles - Riyoko Ikeda

Mentioned in Rachel Thorn's essay Fuichin-san - Toshiko Ueda Tomorrow’s Joe - Tetsuya Chiba Eyes of Ice - Nanae Sasaya Aim for the Ace! - Sumika Yamamoto Toward the Terra; Fly Me to the Moon! - Keiko Takemiya Banana Bread Pudding; F-Shiki Ranmaru - Yumiko Oshima Two in a White Room; Arabesque; The Son of Heaven in the Land of the Rising Sun; Terpsichore - Ryoko Yamagishi Mari and Shingo; A Staff and Wings - Toshie Kihara

Books The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Shank’s Mare - Ikku Jippensha The Currents of Space - Isaac Asimov The Generative Enterprise Revisited - Noam Chomsky Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran

There's notes at the end giving more context for these authors but I don't have it in me rn.

Interview: Miyako Maki Masako Watanabe Kazuo Umezu Sanpei Shirato Mineko Yamada Ryoko Yamagishi Jun Morita Yasuko Sakata Akiko Hatsu Shio Satoh Aiko Itoh Machiko Satonaka

Essay: Yoshiko Nishitani Minori Kimura Mineko Yamada Akira Mochizuki Sato Tomoe

Book authors: Kenji Miyazawa Jean Stratton-Porter Robert Heinlein Ryotaro Shiba Sawako Ariyoshi Herman Hesse Ray Bradbury Jean Cocteau Kenichiro Mogi

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER SideM 9th STAGE ～MIR＠-CIRCLE CRESCENDO～

Further information regarding the SideM 9th LIVE has been revealed! The live will occur in the MAKUHARI MESSE EXHIBITION HALL on the 13th and 14th of JULY.

The voice actors participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1

Beit [Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], W, FRAME [Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Sai [Yuya Nakada (Kuro Kiyosumi), Yutaka Balleta (Shoma Hanamaru)], HighxJoker, THE Kogado, Legenders, C.FIRST

DAY 2

DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo), Taku Yashiro (Tsubasa Kashiwagi)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Altessimo, Shinsoku Ikkon, Café Parade, MofumofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], S.E.M, F-LAGS

[vilgramcrimeandpunishment]

Annnnddd we're almost finished with the first trial! I urge you all to please please please vote for Asuka and Raiden while you still can (I'm hopefully we can get to the same number of votes Akari/Kousei had)

At the same time, I'm working on T2 sprites of characters that do not involve Raiden + Asuka in their arcs (yet ;)). I can't give an estimate when T2 will come out, but I'm aiming for before July!

Meanwhile, since all the prisoners had their T1, it's time for this poll one last time!

[fishtomale]

if you know how to access any of the following titles in English I would really appreciate your help. thank you.

"Maria" (1971) by Kazuo Kamimura

"Hana Monogatari" / "Flower Tales" (1916-1924) by Nobuko Yoshiya

"Yaneura No Nishojo" / "Two Virgins in the Attic" (1919) by Nobuko Yoshiya

"Yureru Soushun" / "Early Spring" (1973) by Riyoko Ikeda

"Umibe No Cain" / "Cain of the Beach" (1980) by Minori Kimura

[demifiendrsa]

Vinland Saga season 2 - Ending Theme PV (with English captions)

LMYK will perform the ending theme song “Without Love.”

Season 2 of Vinland Saga will premiere on January 9, 2023. Netflix will be streaming the season worldwide except in China and Crunchyroll as streaming the season worldwide except in Asia.

Cast

Yuto Uemura as Thorfinn

Shunsuke Takeuchi as Einar

Kensho Ono as Canute

Mayumi Sako as Arnheid

Fuminori Komatsu as Snake

Yu Hayashi as Olmar

Taiten Kusunoki as Thorgil

Akio Ōtsuka as Thorkell

Staff

Director: Shūhei Yabuta

Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko

Character Design / Animation Director: Takahiko Abiru

Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda, Kentaro Ohnuki, Izumi Hirabayashi

Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto, Minori Nishita

Filming Director: Yūki Kawashita, Hisashi Matsumukō

Editor: Kashiko Kimura

3DCGI Director: Kōhei Ogawa

Sound Effect Director: Shōji Hata

Sound Effect: Takuya Hasegawa

Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan

Music: Yutaka Yamada

Animation Production: MAPPA

[koholint]

today’s playlist:

Yukari Tamura - Angel Pride

Tomoe Tamiyasu - tun-de’re

Yuki Kimura - Love & Joy

Mayu - divergent flow

Denonbu - Bakuretsu Thaumazein

Pochi Korone - Candy Purple

Metamo - Busou

Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara & Yuko Goto - Sono Mama Jet Jumper

Luchica - Kirakira���Smash 0

U-J∀Nk - Chitekiseimeitai 2-go

Momobako - Metal Passion

Yui Sakakibara - Sinclair

kukui - Pizzicato Biyori

miko - promissed road

White-Lips - Kyoukasuigetsu

thanks for listening!

[minori-aka-minnow-blog]

Professional Mask || open starter

A few days rest and treatment with potion-based salve did Lazard a world of good, but he was still hurting come Monday. But he couldn’t just call off for this - he called out so rarely that it would raise a dozen red flags and invite questions he’d very much like to avoid. So he carefully treated and bandaged his hand before slipping on his glove, grateful that they were long enough to conceal the fading bruise around his wrist. The wide stripes of bruising across his back were hidden entirely by his shirt and jacket, and even if they still pulsed unpleasantly they were at least hidden.

He smiled wryly at the mirror, taking a good look at himself. To appearances, nothing was wrong. Perfect. Time to get to work.

Minori rarely had reason to venture up to the executive floors of Shinra Tower. Today, she had two. True, she had more than enough work to keep her busy in the labs, especially now that they were down another intern. Someone had to deliver reports where they needed to go; Hojo had appropriated all of the remaining assistants for his current project. But now she could kill the proverbial two birds with one stone, and all in one office.

She tapped at the open door. “Director Lazard? Dr. Kimura from the Science Dept. May I speak with you, sir?”

[imasline]

[incorrect-idolmastersidem-quotes]

Scenes from the Wake Atte Mini! OVA, and here's the first part of it featuring the physical idols!

EXTRA: Hungry, hungry physicals are making the chef idols scared!

[jariten]

May-July 2023 roundup: Favorite one-shot comps edition

its not over until I get to the one shot collections.

Flight by Minori Kimura is my first one-shot collection by her and immediately I was in love. Smart, sensitive, and very unlike anything I’ve read from her peers or anyone working today. Really looking forward to reading more so I have more to say about her style and talents

Rainy Doori no Niji by Keiko Fukuyama is not a one-shot collection but an anthology of connected stories centered around a painting that keeps changing hands. I only had a vague familiarity of Fukuyama by way of a cover of hers having caught my eye at some point but I hadn't memorized her name so this acquisition was very much something out of the manga itself. Polished and charming character art that reflects her background in anime not to mention fun and creative storytelling reminiscent of the early generations of children’s anime. Once I finished I was pretty embarrassed that I didn’t knowing anything about her at all prior to this.

Suki Desu, Kono Shoujo Manga is a 5 volume anthology that’s very special because it wasn’t curated by a group of editors but Shoujo manga artists who submitted a one-shot either someone else made or from their own career that they’re particularly proud of. And truly there were nooooo misses, it covers a 50 year time span and gave me the chance to read the works of artists I already love, were curious about, or never even heard of before. The covers are also all illustrations Chiki Ooya made specifically for the anthology series. Since a bit more than 10 years I really hope someone does a project like this again I’d love to know what the manga artist currently in the scene would pick as their favorite shoujo manga one-shot. Check its anilist page to see the full table of contents!

“GARO” “COM” is another curated anthology focusing on the very iconic and formative magazines named in the title (if you read Mitsuru Adachi and Rumiko Takahashi’s relay manga from Came The Mirror you may remember them discussing how formative both magazines were for them). Volume 1 covers the established talents who made up the initial all-stars line up in each magazine, Shirato Sampei’s Kamui Den, Tezuka’s Phoenix, Shotaro Ishinomori’s Fantasy World Jun, and Shinji Nagashima’s Fuuten are previewed along with one-shots from other stars. Whereas volume 2 features some of the breakout talents from each magazine. It was a great way to get a taste of what reading these magazines were like, although if you keep up with the alt manga that gets licensed into English you might have read most of the Garo works already (and for Garo it was a rather tame selection). Absolutely another type of anthology series I wish someone would bring back, bc I want moooooore. Check its anilist page for the full lineup!

[cereal-before-milk]

YEAR 24 GROUP

A group of women who revolutionized the world of shōjo manga and the vision of the female mangaka.

They are known as the Year 24 Group or as Forty-Niners since they were all born around the year 24 of the Shōwa era (1949)

The entrance of women to the dedication of manga as a profession was very slow, since until then being a mangaka was a well-accepted job only for men. Meanwhile, Japanese women were still tied to housework.

But Japan after losing World War II was occupied for 7 years by the United States, which caused changes in Japanese customs. Beate Sirota, an American defender of women's rights, introduced legal equality between men and women in the 1947 constitution. She also gave the right to marriage by mutual agreement and lastly she gave women the right to divorce, to own/buy property and to inherit. Thanks to Sirota, women were freed little by little from being housewives, if they wanted, and were able to dedicate themselves to jobs that were previously considered for men, more naturally.

During the 70s, after the student strikes, the scourge of modernity and the sexual revolution, the mangakas of the Year 24 Group began to debut and the manga stopped having molds.

The Magnificent Forty-Niners cast aside the innocence of the female mangaka that preceded them, yet are aware of their limitations, praise their achievements, and serve as an influence.

The women of the Year 24 Group were by no means conformists, as evidenced in their works and private lives, and made shōjo an exploratory category in which they included new genres that had never been touched before in this demographic. Until now, Shōjo was mainly (if not only) about the simple life of high school girls, it was just about the slice of life. But these ladies gave depth to the characters, filling them with philosophical or existential questions and on several occasions the girls stopped having the leading role. They introduced other genres such as science fiction, shōnen-ai (currently bl, love between two men) or bildungsroman and included elements such as the exploration of sexuality, genderqueer characters, adult women, vampires or rock and roll. And they dared to place their stories in places outside of Japan and in the past.

Moto Hagio was the core of the Year 24 Group and shared an apartment outside of Tokyo with another top Forty-Niner, Keiko Takemiya, for 3 years (1970-1973). Later the apartment became the Ōisumigakuen or Ōizumi Salon, a center where beginner mangaka girls will go to learn about manga, help each other and share ideas.

Gradually they gained popularity. Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya, Riyoko Ikeda, Yasuko Aoike, Toshie Kihara, Minori Kimura, Yumiko Oshima, Nanae Sasaya and Ryoko Yamagishi, all of them are part of the Year 24 Group whether they are more or less known in the West, in Japan they won their recognition.

— MŌTO HAGIO (1949-)

Currently she is the best known of the "Year 24 Group". Although she liked to draw since she was a child and in adolescence she was clear that she wanted to dedicate herself to manga, she did not have it easy since her mother didn't like it.

♡ The Poe Clan (1972-1976)

- Shōjo/josei (fantasy, horror)

- Spanish

♡ Otherworld Barbara (2002-2005)

- Josei (science fiction)

- English

—KEIKO TAKEMIYA (1950-)

Is dedicated to the teaching and dissemination of manga and also to preserve and reproduce manga with historical value.

♡ The Song of Wind and Trees (1976-84)

- Shōjo (shōnen-ai/bl)

- Spanish

♡ Tera e... (1977-1980)

- Shōnen (space opera)

- Spanish

—RIYOKO IKEDA ♡ (1947-)

♡ The Rose of Versailles (1972-1973)

Studied philosophy at university while drawing manga, although she finally had to leave his studies due to pressure.

- Shōjo (historical, romance)

- Spanish / english

♡ Oniisama e... (1973-1975)

- Shōjo (drama, slice of life)

—YASUKO AOIKE (1948-)

Debuted at the age of 15 by winning an award from a magazine. The vast majority of her works are or have shōnen-ai elements, since she grew up surrounded by strong men (her family had a construction company).

♡ From Eroica with Love (1976-2012)

- Shōjo (comedy, action, bl)

♡ Sons of Eve (1976-1979)

-shōjo (comedy, bl)

—RYOKO YAMAGISHI (1947-)

As a child practiced ballet, an element that is part of many of her works. And she introduced yuri as a genre in shōjo.

♡ Hi Izuru Tokoro no tenshi (1980-84)

- Shōjo (supernatural, historical)

♡ Shiroi Heya no Futari (1971)

- Shōjo (yuri)

—TOSHIE KIHARA (1948-)

The vast majority of her works are considered Josei, because they are not fanciful or humorous (there are exceptions). Some of her mangas have served as inspiration for musicals performed by the all-female Takarazuka Revue.

♡ Angelique (1977-1979)

- Shōjo (romance, historical)

♡ Mari to Shingo (1979-1984)

-Shōjo (bl, historical)

—NANAE SASAYA (1950-)

She is the youngest of four siblings. Her father wanted all his children to go to university and become teachers, but she gave it up to dedicate herself to manga. Is known for her horror stories with occult themes.

♡ Glass no penguin (1983)

- Josei ( Drama Slice of life)

♡ Makiko (1976)

- Shōjo (romantic comedy)

—YUMIKO OSHIMA (1947-)

Implanted new ways of making manga. Likes characters' thoughts being free on the page instead of in speech bubbles.

♡ Wata no Kuni Hoshi (1978-1987)

- Shōjo (fantasy, Romance)

♡ Gou Gou Datte Neko de Aru(1996-2011)

- josei (slice of life)

—MINORI KIMURA (1949-)

She debuted professionally at the age of 14 and, despite her very little recognition in the West, she is considered one of the brightest members of the "Year 24 Group". Some of her works are educational and deal with health issues.

♡ Umibe no Cain (1980-1981)

-shōjo (yuri)

♡ Ai-chan wo sagashite (2011)

- shōjo (slice of life)

The effort of each of them was not in vain. The women of the Year 24 Group have achieved great awards and recognition over the years. They were nominated for 10 years in a row for one of the most prestigious Science Fiction awards in Japan, the Seiun Awards, and won up to 6 times (1978 y 1988). Moto Hagio won the Seiun Award in 1980, 1983 and 1985. They have also been awarded another of the most prestigious awards, but this time it is for manga, the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award. Moto Hagio was the first person to receive the Osamu Tekuza Award for Excellence (1997). Some years later Ryoko Yamagishi and Keiko Takemiya also won it.

The Forty-Niners were the main and most relevant mangaka, but it doesn't mean that other female mangaka didn't arise during that time. Perhaps they didn't have such a revolutionary ideology or innovative way of making manga as the women of the Year 24 Group, but they also contributed to the world of manga (like Sumika Yamamoto with her manga Ace wo Nerae!)

The mark that these mangakas have left and continue to leave is not small at all. They have reinvented, innovated and set aside the limits. They made great strides despite having many things against them and thanks to all that, their works are classics today and all of them influence many current artists.

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER SideM 10th ANNIVERSARY P@SSION TOUR

Further information regarding the SideM 10th ANNIVERSARY P@SSION TOUR live has been revealed! The EHIME Stop occurring in MATSUYAMA CIVIC CENTER on the 3rd of November 2024 will be labelled P@SSION BANG!!!

The voice actors participating in this stop are as follows:

Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin), Shunichi Toki (Kei Tsuzuki), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe), Yoshitaka Yamaya (Kyosuke Aoi), Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana), Daiki Hamano (Michiru Enjoji), Fumiyoshi Shioya (Sora Kitamura), Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine)

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Introductions

Prisoner 001 - Kasumi Aisaka

“Oh, hi. I’m Kasumi Aisaka. It’s a pleasure to meet you,”

“I’m not really special…."

"My work is kinda boring, I'd much rather talk about you,"

Ẃ̶̰ẖ̵́ý̶̗ ̵̫̊ş̴͠h̸̺̃o̸̯͋ù̷̞ḽ̴̃d̵̓ͅ ̴͎̅I̵̡̔ ̸̢͑f̵͚̎é̸̗e��̪́l̴͉̐ ̵̝̽s̶͍̊o̸̦̚r̴̙̀r̵̭̈́ý̴͉ ̶̈́ͅf̵̟̒o̷̜̐r̸͇̕ ̶̧̈s̶̝̃ö̴̻m̷̤͘ḛ̴̈o̶̙͆ǹ̷̜e̸̘͌ ̷̤͝e̵̜̿l̶̈ͅš̸̺ē̵͚'̴̟̿s̴̺͠ ̴͓̀m̶͍̌i̶͇̿s̶̹̑t̴̬͆a̶̼̔k̶̫̕ḙ̶͝?̸̖̈́ ̵̮̾

Prisoner 002 - Daisuke Kurosaki

"Daisuke Kurosaki. 24 years old,"

"What else is there to know?"

"God, you're hopeless. I don't intend to be anyone's 'friend' here,"

Ẃ̷̧ĥ̶͔a̴̳͒t̷̛͕ ̶̦̋a̸͉͋ ̵̗͐b̵̺͂o̷̤̊t̸̏͜h̷̺̅e̴̞̾r̸̨͐.̵̝̋.̶̱͒.̵̟͠a̴̺͝n̶̥͐d̴̲́ ̸̖̎n̷̤͠ô̵̲w̴̮̄ ̸̞̅I̷͖̎ ̸̰̀h̶͙͝á̸̦v̴̲͗e̴͍͛ ̷̘̚t̷̛̪o̷̧̍ ̸̻͊ć̴̪l̸̨̒e̸̳͝ả̴̦n̶̯̆ ̷̫̊ụ̸̄p̴͚͂

Prisoner 003 - Haruto Suzuki

"...Haruto....Suzuki...."

"M-My age? I'm...20...."

"S-Sorry....am I in the way?"

N̴̬̆-̷̲͝N̵͉̆ỏ̵͚.̴̗̒.̷͓͋.̷͕́n̴̠̓ò̴͔ ̴̦͗n̸̮̿o̶͖͘ ̶̀ͅn̶̑͜o̷̹͝!̸͇͠ ̷̡̐I̸͙̓ ̴͙̔d̸̠̓i̴̢̅d̸̙̆ṉ̵̋'̴̬͘t̶̗͐ ̴̘̀ḿ̷͎e̶̳̾ạ̵̈n̴̛͕ ̸̦̿t̷͎̾o̵̱͌.̷͖̓.̶͍̊.̴̲̑w̴̤͆ḁ̷̓k̸̟̿e̶̳͝ ̴̭͊ů̷͔p̸̖͌!̵͔͋

Prisoner 004 - Mai Akagi

"Oh? You want to talk to the beautiful me? Hehe, Mai Akagi is the name and smiles are the game!"

"God, did I sound totally lame there? Sorry sorry, teehee! I can make it up by giving you some tickles~"

"Just tell me if you feel uncomfortable, kay?"

W̸͇͐h̷͈̏ã̶̞t̶̜̃ ̵̻͝d̷̼̒o̸̦̔ ̴̜̍y̶̪̋ơ̴͖u̸̘̕ ̶͈͒m̷̫͘e̶͈͂a̷̛͇n̷̑͜?̶̜͛ ̵̱̆T̶͎̐h̴̨̾é̶͉y̸̨̎ ̷̺̐d̸̖̕e̵̟͋s̴̢̉ȇ̸̩r̵͖̉v̸̯̊e̶̡̛d̶͉̃ ̸̩̋i̸̛͖t̵͈̎,̸̦̐ ̵͓̈d̶̞̔i̵̜͑d̸̘͂n̶̤͒'̸͎̌t̸̼̒ ̷̻̓t̷͙͒ĥ̴̻e̴̘̊ỳ̸̺?̶͖̐

Prisoner 005 - Akari Kamizaki

"A-kar-i Ka-mi-zaki!!! What do you get? Akari Kamizaki!!! Akari meaning light! Dazzle, shiny shiny! Bright!"

"Murder? Akari never murdered anyone! How mean to assume that! Hmpf!"

"I don't get what you mean....Oh! This is a super duper secret musical spectacular, isn't it?!"

P̷̺͑a̷͔͂p̵̹̐a̶̰̔ ̴͎͂a̶̹͐n̷̰̓d̷̹͐ ̶͍̔M̸̘͒a̵̤̚ ̵̝̊w̸̠̒as ̸̱͐t̸̘̄h̵̞̔e̶͎̎ ̶̞̈́b̵̬̐e̸͔̊s̴̝̊ť̷͇e̴̳͝s̵̲̀t̷͈̓!̷̫̚ ̶̦̄I̸̭̓ ̶͇͆b̷̜̋è̴̙c̴͈̏a̷̦͝m̶̮͆ė̷̙ ̴̣͝â̷̮ ̵̜̋m̵̗͒ụ̴͝ş̷̃i̶̒͜c̸͙̈ä̶̪l̴͕̆ ̸̱̍a̷͐ͅc̵̖̒t̸̝̀r̸̈́ͅḙ̴͝s̴̲̈ṡ̷̜ ̵͍̾j̴̭̊ù̵̠s̵̜͘t̶͖̔ ̷̰̃f̴̧̄ō̶̙r̴̃ͅ ̴̳̃t̷͎̀h̵̤͋ë̶̠́m̸̲̃!̸͝ͅ

Prisoner 006 - Kousei Tachihara

"Kousei Tachihara. A pleasure to meet you,"

"I won't deny I killed someone, but the story is a bit more complicated,"

"Of course it's not an excuse. But I'm not a cold-blooded monster,"

".....Warden-san?"

D̸̔͜ȍ̵̜n̵͇̍'̶͉̎t̸̬͝ ̵̨̔p̶̬͛i̵͔̅s̸͇͊s̸̠̽ ̶̧̋m̴̙͌ȅ̵̘ ̸̪̈́ǫ̵͒f̵̮͆f̸̫͒!̷̝͂ ̶͙̐Ī̵̼ ̵̤̀h̴̭͆ą̵̿t̸̹̍ḙ̶͘ ̸̤̀y̷̖͆o̷̩͆ȕ̸̹,̶̓͜ ̶̖̓j̸̲͆u̶̡̒s̴̨̃t̷̪̃ ̴̨̑d̷̬͊i̶̮̔ë̷͕́ ̶͉̒a̵̙̓l̷̗͠r̷͍͝ẻ̵͙a̴̼͝d̶͕̓y̶̯̎!̸̟͘

Prisoner 007 - Masako Katsura

"Masako Katsura. If you need....anything~ at all, don't be afraid to ask~,"

"Being surrounded by all these beautiful souls is a blessing. Tell me all about yourself, dear~"

"Such exquisite taste~ Please, feel free to talk in that charming voice of yours~"

ṗ̴̯l̸̹̈́e̶̞̒a̴̛͔s̵̮̃e̶̟̾ ̶͇̅r̸͚̀ẽ̶̢m̵̳͛a̴̳̐i̷̫̕ṇ̸̃ ̸͔͌s̵̹̾é̶̠á̶̪t̴̢̔e̶̞͛d̴̝͑ ̸̢͠w̵̩͝i̶̳̽t̴͔͑ȟ̸͇ ̴͚͗y̷͙̔ŏ̸̯ú̴̺r̷̬̔ ̵̟͛s̸͚̾e̶͔͗a̷̢̍t̶̰́ ̷̬̚b̴͕̿e̷̫͑l̸͚̐ţ̸̈́ ̵̺͗f̴̜̍ă̶͙s̴̭͗t̸̥̒è̶̟n̴̯̅ḙ̶̓ḍ̴̆ ̶̜͗a̶̬̍n̵̗̆d̸̰̔ ̷͖́k̴͕̚ḛ̶͛é̶̲p̷͎̑ ̷̟͠t̶̼̂h̷̡̕e̴̤͛ ̵̢̕ả̷̘ì̵̻ș̷̚ḻ̷̈́e̶̦̎s̸̡̚ ̴̳̆c̷̼͆ľ̸͉e̷̪͘a̴̞͋r̸̭͋

Prisoner 008 - Hikari Kimura

"I'm soaringstar180. I was apart of the guild that me and cherryjoy92 made. I have some armor in my--.....oh, you meant my real name. Hikari Kimura,"

"Can I get back to my game now? I just got a lifestone and it's OP. My HP never goes down,"

"Wish I can restore some health. He's crazy powerful,"

"Killed? Do you mean the bosses in video games?"

H̷̱̉o̸̺̊w̷̛̩ ̸̼̓ï̸̞ș̸͑ ̵̞̏ĭ̶̧t̵̒ͅ ̶̖́m̴̱̌y̷͖͑ ̸̨͋f̵̣̋a̴͕͗u̶̦̾l̵̲͆t̴͍̃?̶̱̆ ̷̻͑D̷̈́ͅo̷̙͊n̷̮̈́'̸̦͌t̵͈͆ ̴͈͝b̸̻̋e̷̢̊ ̸̢͋a̴̦͑ ̶̗̈́s̴̯͛o̸̜̎r̴̪̊e̴͚͛ ̵͍̊ļ̶̽ȍ̵͍s̵̳̈́e̵̫͝ř̷͓

Prisoner 009 - Asuka Minori

"Asuka Minori. Hi hi!"

"Hey, give me some breathing room! You shouldn't annoy someone like this when they're not even doing anything suspicious!"

"Easy for you to say! No one takes me seriously!"

Ť̷̘h̷̘͊e̶̱̚ ̶͍͆e̵̱͛x̴̪̽p̷̼̒e̶̼͘r̴̻̾í̶͖ḿ̴ͅe̷̻̽n̶̨̽t̴͚͑ ̵̦̐î̸͚s̶͉̚ ̸͕͠c̶͔͐ȏ̸̜ḿ̸̠p̸̗͠l̴̰̊e̸͈͛ṭ̵͂e̴̝͑.̷͖̑ ̵̦̊Ṋ̴̀ö̶̲́w̸̱͌ ̵͉͠a̸̯̿l̸̫͂ľ̸̤ ̷̺́w̶̗̉ê̶͎ ̸̺̏h̴͔̚a̴̙̕v̷̟́è̵͔ ̴̥͝t̵̰̓o̴̪̕ ̷̦̇d̶̥́o̷̟͂ ̴̻̈́i̵̮̊s̷̙̐ ̶͓̈́d̶͔̅e̸̼̋s̸̙̏t̶̯͊r̴͈̾o̶̞͋ÿ̴͔ ̸͈̔â̸̰n̷̆͜ỹ̴̱ ̸̡̄t̴͎͆r̵͔̊ḁ̷̓c̸̤̽è̷̪s̴̹͝

Prisoner 010 - Raiden Arisawa

"Raiden Arisawa. How are you doing?"

"Heh, not gonna lie, I feel a bit out of place. Surprised to see someone middle aged, huh?"

"I'm just waiting to get this over with. I'll be pretty disappointed if you take pity on someone like me,"

W̶̻͒-̵̘̑W̶̗̿h̵͍̎a̸̮̾t̷̤̀.̶͙̆.̵̭͊.̷̙́W̶̲̄h̷̘̑a̴͚͒t̸̝̓ ̵͇͘i̵̥̋s̶̹̒ ̵̱́t̷̘́h̷̭̓i̷̖͒s̴̞̃?̴̟̃