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Nationality
  
Japanese

Genre
  
Fantasy, Romance


Name
  
Yuu Watase

Role
  
Manga artist

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Born
  
March 5, 1970 (age 54) Osaka, Japan (
1970-03-05
)

Occupation
  
Cartoonist, writer, artist and illustrator

Subject
  
shojo manga, bishonen manga

Books
  
Alice 19th, Arata: The Legend - Vol 10, Ceres Celestial Legend, Fushigi Yugi: Oracle, The Art of Fushigi Yugi

Animazement 2002 - Yuu Watase piece 3


Anime and Manga by Yuu Watase


Yuu Watase (渡瀬 悠宇, Watase Yuu, born March 5, 1970 in Osaka) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Watase debuted at the age of eighteen with her short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), since Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

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Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase". Yuu Watase is a pen name. She chose "Yuu" because she liked the name.

Early Career and Methods

Watase developed an interest in drawing manga at a young age. However, she did not receive any formal training until after high school when she went to a private art school. There she was taught how to draw manga, but because her first short story, "Pajama de Ojama", had already debuted, she quit in the middle of it.

Watase prefers to work with more traditional methods, because she feels the traditional methods have more feelings. Despite finding new media being jarring to her, she has expressed a desire to work with them as well. While Watase mostly works with colored inks and markers, she has used digital programs such as Photoshop to enhance her traditional work.

Issues in Career

In a blog post, Watase detailed some of the issues that she has faced as a manga artist. A former editor for Arata: The Legend continuously asked her to redraw scenes that he did not like, or understand. It got to the point that Watase was doing redraws all day and pulling late nights just to meet the next morning's deadlines. Because of the constant cycle, she began to lose her interest in working on the manga for the fans, or even the story. She was simply working to try and get it approved for the weekly publication.

Watase Yuu Flower Comics

  • Fushigi Yûgi The Mysterious Play – 18 vol.
  • Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden – 12 Vols.
  • Fushigi Yûgi Byakko Ibun – (oneshot)
  • Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 3 Vols.
  • Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 3 Vols.
  • Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsu Hen – 1 Vol.
  • Epotoransu! Mai – 2 Vols.
  • Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) – 14 Vols.
  • Appare Jipangu! – 3 Vols.
  • Imadoki! – 5 Vols.
  • Alice 19th – 7 Vols.
  • Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend) – 6 Vols.
  • Sakura Gari – 3 Vols.

    • Shōnen Sunday Comics

  • Arata Kangatari (Arata: The Legend) – 24 Vols.

    • Watase Yuu Masterpiece Collection

    1. Gomen Asobase!
    2. Magical
    3. Otenami Haiken!
    4. Suna no Tiara
    5. Mint de Kiss Me

    YuuTopia Collection

    1. Oishii Study
    2. Musubiya Nanako

    Yuu Watase Best Selection

    1. Sunde ni Touch
    2. Perfect Lovers

    Bunko Ban

  • Fushigi Yūgi Bunko – 10 Vols.
  • Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) Bunko – 7 Vols.
  • Alice 19th Bunko – 4 Vols.
  • Zettai Kareshi Bunko – 3 Vols.
  • Imadoki! Bunko – 3 Vols.
  • Shishunki Miman Okotowari Bunko – 3 Vols.

    • Kanzenban

  • Fushigi Yūgi Kanzenban – 9 Vols.

    • Flower Comics Deluxe

    1. Shishunki Miman Okotowari
    2. Shishunki Miman Okotowari/Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
    3. Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
    4. Pajama de Ojama
    5. Mint de Kiss Me
    6. Epotoransu! Mai

    Artbooks

  • Watase Yuu Illustration Collection Fushigi Yūgi
  • Watase Yuu Illustration Collection – Part 2 Fushigi Yūgi Animation World
  • "Ayashi no Ceres" Illustration Collection Tsumugi Uta ~Amatsu Sora Naru Hito o Kofutote~
  • Yuu Watase Post Card Book I
  • Yuu Watase Post Card Book II

    • Novels

  • Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 4 Vols.
  • Fushigi Yūgi – 18 Vols.
  • Ayashi no Ceres – 6 Vols.
  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden – 1 Vol.
  • Absolute Boyfriend – 6 Vols.
  • Masei Kishin Den (Illustration)
  • Yada ze! (Illustration)
  • Piratica (Illustration)

    • References

    Yuu Watase Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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