Yu Tomofuji
Description
Yu Tomofuji is a Japanese manga artist whose career began with award-winning recognition in the late 2000s. She received the 386th HMC Effort Award in July 2008 for Crepe Sucre and earned the 52nd Big Challenge Award Honorable Mention and Special Writer Jury Prize the following year for Kimi to Meguru Sekai. Her professional debut followed with A Flower Blooming in Shadows, published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Hana to Yume magazine. In 2011, she won the 36th Hakusensha Athena Rookie of the Year Award for Debut Excellence for the same work. Tomofuji was born on February 20 in Hokkaido, Japan.
Tomofuji is the creator of the manga series Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts, which originally appeared as a one-shot in Hana to Yume magazine in 2015 before beginning full serialization later that same year. The series concluded in 2020, with its chapters collected into 15 compiled volumes published by Hakusensha under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint. The story follows a human girl named Sariphi, who is offered as the 99th sacrifice to the King of Beasts but unexpectedly becomes his consort and future queen. The series has been licensed for English publication in North America by Yen Press. A spin-off manga titled Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Heir: White Rabbit and the Prince of Beasts, which focuses on the next generation, began serialization in 2022.
An anime television series adaptation of Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts was produced by J.C. Staff, with Tomofuji credited as the original creator and original character designer. The 24-episode series aired from April to September 2023. The adaptation was directed by Chiaki Kon, with series composition by Seishi Minakami and character design for animation by Shin’ya Hasegawa.
Beyond her most prominent work, Tomofuji has created a number of other manga titles, many of which are single-volume works. Her earlier published works include Merry Unbalance Christmas from 2010, Ikuseisou no Yoru o Koe from 2011, Wolfull Moon from 2012, and Hoshi Furu Makiba from 2013. She also created the series Futatsu no Gespenster, which ran from 2020 to 2023, and Seimiko no Shugosha, published from 2021 to 2022. Her artistic style has been described as having evolved over time from a softer, rounder approach to a more dynamic and clean presentation. Her work is consistently published within Hakusensha's magazines, primarily Hana to Yume, a publication known for shōjo manga.
Tomofuji is the creator of the manga series Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts, which originally appeared as a one-shot in Hana to Yume magazine in 2015 before beginning full serialization later that same year. The series concluded in 2020, with its chapters collected into 15 compiled volumes published by Hakusensha under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint. The story follows a human girl named Sariphi, who is offered as the 99th sacrifice to the King of Beasts but unexpectedly becomes his consort and future queen. The series has been licensed for English publication in North America by Yen Press. A spin-off manga titled Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Heir: White Rabbit and the Prince of Beasts, which focuses on the next generation, began serialization in 2022.
An anime television series adaptation of Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts was produced by J.C. Staff, with Tomofuji credited as the original creator and original character designer. The 24-episode series aired from April to September 2023. The adaptation was directed by Chiaki Kon, with series composition by Seishi Minakami and character design for animation by Shin’ya Hasegawa.
Beyond her most prominent work, Tomofuji has created a number of other manga titles, many of which are single-volume works. Her earlier published works include Merry Unbalance Christmas from 2010, Ikuseisou no Yoru o Koe from 2011, Wolfull Moon from 2012, and Hoshi Furu Makiba from 2013. She also created the series Futatsu no Gespenster, which ran from 2020 to 2023, and Seimiko no Shugosha, published from 2021 to 2022. Her artistic style has been described as having evolved over time from a softer, rounder approach to a more dynamic and clean presentation. Her work is consistently published within Hakusensha's magazines, primarily Hana to Yume, a publication known for shōjo manga.
Works
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