Yoshitoki Ōima
{{short description|Japanese manga artist (b. 1989)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|15}}
| birth_place = Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
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| known_for = A Silent Voice
To Your Eternity
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{{nihongo|Yoshitoki Ōima|大今 良時|Ōima Yoshitoki|born March 15, 1989}} is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.
Life
Ōima was born on March 15, 1989, in Ōgaki, Japan, as the third daughter of a sign language interpreter mother and has an older sister and an older brother. Due to her mother's work as a sign language interpreter Ōima was inspired to write the A Silent Voice manga series where she got help by her mother and her sister working on the series.{{cite web|title=Im Interview mit Yoshitoki Ōima|publisher=Egmont Manga|url=https://www.egmont-manga.de/interview-yoshitoki-oima/|access-date=2018-07-25|language=de|archive-date=2019-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114005624/https://www.egmont-manga.de/interview-yoshitoki-oima/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Interview: Yoshitoki Oima on A Silent Voice|publisher=Kodansha|url=https://kodanshacomics.com/2016/06/07/interview-yoshitoki-oima-silent-voice/|access-date=2018-07-25|last=Misaki C. Kido|date=2016-06-07}}
Her first manga was Mardock Scramble which was an adaptation of the same-named novel written by Tow Ubukata and was released in 2009. She was also responsible for an illustration of the ending sequence of the ninth episode of Attack on Titan.{{cite web|title=VIDEO: A Final Look Back at "Attack on Titan" End Cards|publisher=Crunchyroll|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/10/05-1/video-a-final-look-back-at-titan-on-titan-end-cards|access-date=2018-07-25|last=Scott Green|date=2013-06-13}} After her success with A Silent Voice Yoshitoki Ōima worked alongside other manga artists on a collaboration manga called Ore no 100-wame!!. In 2016 Yoshitoki Ōima released her third full manga series under the moniker To Your Eternity.
In 2015, Yoshitoki Ōima won the New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.{{cite web|title=Aisawa Riku Manga Wins 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award|publisher=Anime News Network|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-30/aisawa-riku-manga-wins-19th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-top-award/.86553|access-date=2018-06-22|last=Chrystalyn Hodgkins|date=2015-03-30}} A Silent Voice was nominated for an Eisner Award a year later,{{cite news|title=2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/04/19/2016-eisner-awards-the-oscars-of-comics-announces-record-number-of-nominations-for-women/?noredirect=on|access-date=2018-06-22|last=Michael Cavna|date=2016-04-16}} the Rudolf-Dirks-Award and the Max & Moritz Prize in 2017 and 2018.{{cite web|title=Rudolph Dirks Award für grafische Literatur vergeben|newspaper=Börsenblatt|url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/artikel-rudolph_dirks_award_fuer_grafische_literatur_vergeben.1411090.html|access-date=2018-09-16|date=2017-12-13|language=de}}{{cite web|title="Max und Moritz" Award 2018|publisher=Comic-salon.de|url=https://www.comic-salon.de/en/max-und-moritz-award-2018-0|access-date=2018-06-22|language=de|archive-date=2018-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623005008/https://www.comic-salon.de/en/max-und-moritz-award-2018-0|url-status=dead}} In 2018 she won at French Japan Expo the Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice and the Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity.{{cite web|title=Daruma 2018 : les lauréats manga|publisher=Japan Expo|url=https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/menu_info/prix-du-jury-manga_100737.htm|access-date=2018-07-25|date=2018-02-22|language=fr|archive-date=2018-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913190033/https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/menu_info/prix-du-jury-manga_100737.htm|url-status=dead}}
Works
- Mardock Scramble (2009–2012; serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine)
- A Silent Voice (2013–2014; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
- Ore no 100-wame!! (2015; alongside other manga artists)
- To Your Eternity (2016–present; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
Accolades
- Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
- 2015: New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice (won)
- Manga Taishō{{cite web|title=8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles|publisher=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-18/8th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-14-titles/.83431|access-date=2019-01-15|last=Egan Loo|date=2015-01-18}}
- 2015: Manga for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- 2018: Manga for To Your Eternity (nominated){{cite web|title=11th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 12 Titles|publisher=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-22/11th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-12-titles/.126756|access-date=2019-01-15|last=Rafael Antonio Pineda|date=2018-01-22}}
- Eisner Awards
- 2016: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- Rudolf-Dirks-Awards
- 2017: Best Scenario (Asia) for A Silent Voice (won)
- Max & Moritz Prize
- 2018: for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- Japan Expo
- 2018: Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice (won)
- 2018: Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity (won)
Notes
External links
- [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=100048 Yoshitoki Ōima] in the Anime News Network encyclopaedia
- [https://www.anisearch.de/person/30978,yoshitoki-ooima/mangaka Yoshitoki Ōima] at AniSearch {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/07/07/yoshitoki-oima-mangaka-je-n-ai-pas-envie-d-epargner-mes-personnages_5327592_4408996.html Interview] in Le Monde {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Manga artists from Gifu Prefecture
Category:Winners of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (New Artist Prize)