Everything about Waki Yamato totally explained
is a
Japanese mangaka. She debuted in
1966 with the short story
Dorobou Tenshi.
Since this debut, Yamato steadly created and published a variety of works in the genre of
shōjo manga. Among her early time works,
Mon Cherie CoCo, 1971, was adapted into TV anime series, and her work,
Haikara-san ga Tōru, 1975 to 1977, got great success. Yamato won the 1st
Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977 by this work. This work was also adapted into the stage musical in
Takarazuka Revue. Through these early works, she established her position in Japanese shoujo manga world as one of the most popuilar manga artist.
The Activities
After the success of
Haikara-san ga Tōru, she continued to create many manga works which made her more popular. These works are comical story
Aramis '78 (series),
Yokohama Monogatari (The Story of Yokohama), and
N. Y. Komachi (The Belle of New York) and so on. These three works were series story, especially the latter two were histrocal manga, taking the background age in
Meiji period.
Heroines of these stories were active girls who travelled overseas and took active part internationally. So the Yamato's early work
Reidii Mitsuko (Lady Mitsuko), 1976, was the story of Mitsuko Aoyama, who is the mother of
Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi. Heroine Mitsuko married Count Coudenhove-Kalergi and went to Germany.
Like Mitsuko von Coudenhove-Kalergi, the two heroines of
Yokohama Monogatri, Uno and Mariko actively conducted in the early
Meiji period. Uno went to
California in
America and married her Japanese lover there and returned back to
Yokohama, Japan. On the other hand, Mariko went to
London,
England to meet her Japanese husband. In
N. Y. Komachi whose stage is same as in early Meiji period, heroine tomboy, but brave Shino went to
Newyork and became a female cameraman, and at the end of story, she lived in America with her American husband Danny.
Asaki Yume Mishi
Yamato's life work is
Asaki Yume Mishi. Yamato spent 13 years to complete her represenative, most famous long work, based on
Murasaki Shikibu's
The Tale of Genji, for example 1980 to 1993. On the one hand, Yamato studied and investigated exact historical details of cultures of the
Heian period peers, such as their clothes, furnitures, manners, habits etc. But on the other hand, Yamato boldly changed the images of persons and stories. The criteria of beauty and love are just those of the contemporary Japan, not those of Heian period. Yet her work presents the best-visualization of cultures of Heian period.
Works
- Dorobou Tenshi, (どろぼう天使, Thief Angel) debut short work, 1966
- Mon Cherie CoCo, (モンシェリCoCo) 1971
- Redii Mitsuko, (レディーミツコ, Lady Mitsuko ). 1975 - 1976
- Haikara-san ga Tōru, (はいからさんが通る, "The Modern Girl Passes By") 1975 - 1977
- Killa, (Killa) 1977 - 1978
- Ten no Hate, Chi no Kagiri, (天の果て地の限り) 1978
- Aramis ’78, (アラミス’78) 1978 - 1984
- Kigen 2600 nen no Playball, (紀元2600年のプレイボール) 1979 - 1980
- Gekkou-ju, (月光樹, Moonlight Shining Tree) 1980
- Yokohama Monogatari, (ヨコハマ物語, The Story of Yokohama) 1981 - 1983
- N. Y. Komachi, (NY小町, The Belle of New York) 1985 - 1988
- Asaki Yume Mishi, (あさきゆめみし, Asakiyunemishi, based on Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji) 1980 - 1993
- Hi-heel Cop, (ハイヒールCOP) 1989 - 1994
- Tenshi no Kajitsu, (天使の果実, Fruit of the Angel, based on novel by Shizuka Ijuuin) 1993 - 1994
- Niji no Natascha, (虹のナターシャ, Natascha of Rainbow, based on novel by Mariko Hayashi) 1995 - 1997
- Nishimuku Samurai, (にしむく士, Samurai facing to the West) 1997
- Baby-sitter Gin!, (ベビーシッター・ギン!) 1997
- Kurenai Niwofu, (紅匂ふ)
Two of Yamato's works were adapted into
anime television series:
Mon Cherie Coco in
1972, and
Haikara-san ga Tōru (also known as
Mademoiselle Anne in
Italy and
Marc et Marie in
France) in
1978. The latter also became a live-action movie in
1987.
Haikara-san ga Tōru, Yamato's well-known and popular work, was awarded the 1st
Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977.
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