Moyoco Anno

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| name_jp = 安野モヨコ

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

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| area = Manga artist

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| awards = Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1998

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| website = {{URL|https://annomoyoco.com/}}

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| residence = Tama, Tokyo

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{{nihongo|Moyoco Anno|安野モヨコ|Anno Moyoko|born March 26, 1971}} is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work Sugar Sugar Rune won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame. Anno has aspired to being a manga artist since her third year at elementary school.{{cite web|title="Strip!": The Manga Art of Anno Moyoco|url=http://www.nippon.com/en/views/b00123/|website=nippon.com|date=September 27, 2016|access-date=26 April 2017|language=en}}

Works

Anno draws inspiration from the fashion world, and her work is noted for its detail which gives it a broader appeal than just the demographic it is aimed for. She delves into the psychology of her characters.{{cite book |last1=Amano |first1=Masanao |last2=Wiedemann |first2=Julius |year=2004 |title=Manga Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiZ-SXfp50cC |publisher=Taschen |page=1939 |isbn=978-3-8228-2591-4}} Her manga and books have attained considerable popularity among young women in Japan. Though she primarily writes manga of the josei demographic, her most popular series, Sugar Sugar Rune, (serialized in Nakayoshi) is targeted at primary school-aged girls. In a recent Oricon poll, she was voted the number eight most popular manga artist among females and thirteen in the general category. Her manga Happy Mania was made into a television series in 1998, followed by Hataraki Man in October 2007.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Sakuran was made into a movie in 2006.{{cite news |last=Alverson |first=Brigid |date=20 October 2011 |title=Vertical NYCC News: New Tezuka and Anno Manga, Makoto Shinkai Adaptation |language=en |work=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2623280/vertical-nycc-news-new-tezuka-and-anno-manga-makoto-shinkai-adaptation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426010118/http://www.mtv.com/news/2623280/vertical-nycc-news-new-tezuka-and-anno-manga-makoto-shinkai-adaptation/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=27 April 2017}} More than 3 million copies were sold of Happy Mania.{{Cite web |date=2007-01-01 |title=NTTドコモ/ i-mode公式サイトに電子コミックサイト「恋 ｺﾐ」オープン！！ |url=http://www.sammy-net.jp/cms/file/news/20051121164240.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101081312/http://www.sammy-net.jp/cms/file/news/20051121164240.pdf |archive-date=2007-01-01 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Sega Sammy Group}}

In the movie Japan Sinks, she has a cameo role alongside her husband; their characters were also married. The movie was directed by Shinji Higuchi, who, like her husband Hideaki Anno, is a co-founder of Gainax.{{cite news |last=Koulikov |first=Mikhail |date=15 January 2008 |title=Gainax Co-Founder's Sinking of Japan Comes to UK DVD |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-15/gainax-co-founder's-sinking-of-japan-comes-to-uk-dvd |access-date=27 April 2017}}

Anno took a career hiatus in 2008, citing health reasons.{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=11 March 2008 |title=Hataraki Man's Moyoco Anno Halts Work Due to Health (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-11/moyoco-anno-halts-manga-work-cites-health-condition |website=Anime News Network |language=en}} During this hiatus, Anno published essays in manga form about her life with her husband.{{cite news |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=4 March 2014 |title=Sugar Sugar Rune's Moyocco Anno to Attend Toronto Comics Arts Festival |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-04/sugar-sugar-rune-moyocco-anno-to-attend-toronto-comics-arts-festival |access-date=27 April 2017}}

In October 2020, it was announced Anno's manga Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen will be adapted into a Broadway musical. It will be the first Japanese manga to be adapted into an American musical.{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=20 October 2020 |title=Moyoco Anno's Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen Manga Inspires Broadway Musical |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-20/moyoco-anno-memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-manga-inspires-broadway-musical/.165390 |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Anime News Network}}

Awards and honors

Anno won the 29th Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2005 for Sugar Sugar Rune.{{cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | access-date=2007-08-21 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |archive-date = 2007-08-16}}
Asteroid 300082 Moyocoanno, discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yasuhide Fujita in 2006, was named in her honor. The official {{MoMP|300082|naming citation}} was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 April 2012 ({{small|M.P.C. 79108}}).

List of works

Title ! Year ! Notes ! Refs{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/authorities/7809\|title=安野モヨコ\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808073011/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/authorities/7809\|archive-date=August 8, 2017\|url-status=dead}}
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{{Nihongo3\|Super Electric Shock Girl Mona\|超感電少女モナ\|Chō Kanden Shōjo Mona}}	1994	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118532\|title=超感電少女モナ(講談社コミックスフレンドB)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Trumps!	1994	Published in 2 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118530\|title=TRUMPS!(講談社コミックスフレンドDX)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Peek a Boo	1994	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118528\|title=PEEK A BOO!(講談社コミックスフレンドB)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Happy Mania	1996–2000 (vol.)	Serialized in Feel Young magazine. Published by Shodensha in 10 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118572\|title=ハッピー・マニア(フィールコミックスgold ／ FC gold)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
In Clothes Called Fat	1997	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118619\|title=脂肪と言う名の服を着て(Giga comics)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Jelly in the Merry-go-round\|ジェリーインザメリィゴーラウンド}}	1997–98 (vol.)	Published in 3 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118674\|title=ジェリーインザメリィゴーラウンドJelly in the merry-go-round\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Patrol QT\|パトロール・QT}}	1997	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118668\|title=パトロール・QT(KCデラックス)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Love Master X\|ラブマスターX}}	1998–99 (vol.)	Published Wonderland in 3 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118607\|title=ラブ・マスターX(Wonderland comics)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Angelic House\|エンジェリック・ハウス}}	1999	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118536\|title=エンジェリック・ハウス(Amie KC)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Chameleon Army\|カメレオン・アーミー}}	1999	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118544\|title=カメレオン・アーミー(フィールコミックス)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Jelly Beans\|ジェリービーンズ}}	1999–2002 (vol.)	Wonderland comics, 5 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118672\|title=ジェリービーンズ(Wonderland comics)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Flowers & Bees\|花とみつばち\|Hana to Mitsubachi}}	2000–2003 (vol.)	Published by Yan maga KC, 7 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/122388\|title=花とみつばち(ヤンマガKC)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Tundra Blue Ice\|ツンドラブルーアイス}}	2000	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118603\|title=ツンドラブルーアイス\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Baby G\|ベイビーG}}	2001	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118670\|title=ベイビーG\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Sakuran	2001 (2003 vol.)	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/books/1213573\|title=さくらん(イブニングKCDX)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Sugar Sugar Rune	2003–07	Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha in 8 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118625\|title=シュガシュガルーン(KCデラックス)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
Hataraki Man	2004–07 (vol.)	Published in 4 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118611\|title=働きマン(モーニングKC)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Insufficient Direction\|監督不行届\|Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki}}	2005	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/118615\|title=監督不行届\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|The Diary of Ochibi-san\|オチビサン}}	2008–21 (vol.)	Published in 10 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/113006\|title=オチビサン\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Buffalo 5 Girls\|バッファロー5人娘\|Baffarō Gonin Musume}}	2013	Published in 1 volume	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/181875\|title=バッファロー5人娘(FC)\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}
{{Nihongo\|Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen\|鼻下長紳士回顧録\|Bikachō Shinshi Kaikoroku}}	2013	Published in 2 volumes	{{cite web\|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/book_titles/197178\|title=鼻下長紳士回顧録\|website=mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp\|access-date=August 8, 2017}}