Hiromi Takashima
Description
Hiromi Takashima is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the yuri series Kase-san and Morning Glories. She was born on December 26, though the year has not been publicly disclosed. Her career as a creator began when she was scouted at the Tokyo Comic Market, Comiket, fulfilling a dream she had held since childhood.
Takashima’s early work includes the four-panel strip comedy series Poncho., which ran from 2007 to 2012. She also created several short series and stories in the 2000s, including Shakkin Kanojo in 2008 and Miman Renai, a seinen series published between 2008 and 2010. Her bibliography spans multiple genres; in addition to yuri, she has created conventional romances and, with the 2010 work Twin Bird, a boys love story.
Her most prominent work is the Kase-san series. It began with Asagao to Kase-san. (Kase-san and Morning Glories), which was serialized in Shinshokan’s Hirari magazine starting in August 2010 and later moved to the Flash Wings web publication before concluding in March 2017. The story follows the blossoming romance between two high school girls: the shy, flower-loving Yamada and the athletic track star Kase-san. The series was collected into five tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, Yamada to Kase-san. (Kase-san and Yamada), began serialization in Shinshokan’s Wings magazine in April 2017, following the characters into their college years. The Kase-san franchise was adapted into anime on two occasions. A five-minute original net animation titled Your Light Kase-san and Morning Glories was released in May 2017. This was followed by a 58-minute original video animation, also titled Kase-san and Morning Glories, which was directed by Takuya Satō at Studio Zexcs and had a theatrical screening in Japan in June 2018.
In an interview, Takashima stated that her artistic process for a 24-page chapter typically takes 10 to 14 days, with the storyboard phase requiring about one week. She works with three to four assistants, for whom she sketches and inks the characters while they draw the backgrounds. Her artistic identity is often associated with clean, expressive artwork that focuses on character-driven romantic comedies frequently set in school environments. She has cited Morinaga Milk’s Girl Friends as the first yuri manga she ever read.
Her significance in the industry is largely tied to the success of Kase-san, which has been translated into multiple languages and is recognized as a critically acclaimed work in the yuri genre. Takashima has participated in international events, such as the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in 2019, reflecting her work’s broad appeal. Regarding the anime adaptation of her series, she has described it as a great learning experience that introduced her to a completely different creative world.
Takashima’s early work includes the four-panel strip comedy series Poncho., which ran from 2007 to 2012. She also created several short series and stories in the 2000s, including Shakkin Kanojo in 2008 and Miman Renai, a seinen series published between 2008 and 2010. Her bibliography spans multiple genres; in addition to yuri, she has created conventional romances and, with the 2010 work Twin Bird, a boys love story.
Her most prominent work is the Kase-san series. It began with Asagao to Kase-san. (Kase-san and Morning Glories), which was serialized in Shinshokan’s Hirari magazine starting in August 2010 and later moved to the Flash Wings web publication before concluding in March 2017. The story follows the blossoming romance between two high school girls: the shy, flower-loving Yamada and the athletic track star Kase-san. The series was collected into five tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, Yamada to Kase-san. (Kase-san and Yamada), began serialization in Shinshokan’s Wings magazine in April 2017, following the characters into their college years. The Kase-san franchise was adapted into anime on two occasions. A five-minute original net animation titled Your Light Kase-san and Morning Glories was released in May 2017. This was followed by a 58-minute original video animation, also titled Kase-san and Morning Glories, which was directed by Takuya Satō at Studio Zexcs and had a theatrical screening in Japan in June 2018.
In an interview, Takashima stated that her artistic process for a 24-page chapter typically takes 10 to 14 days, with the storyboard phase requiring about one week. She works with three to four assistants, for whom she sketches and inks the characters while they draw the backgrounds. Her artistic identity is often associated with clean, expressive artwork that focuses on character-driven romantic comedies frequently set in school environments. She has cited Morinaga Milk’s Girl Friends as the first yuri manga she ever read.
Her significance in the industry is largely tied to the success of Kase-san, which has been translated into multiple languages and is recognized as a critically acclaimed work in the yuri genre. Takashima has participated in international events, such as the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in 2019, reflecting her work’s broad appeal. Regarding the anime adaptation of her series, she has described it as a great learning experience that introduced her to a completely different creative world.
Works
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