Maki Minami
Description
Maki Minami is a Japanese manga artist known for creating shōjo manga series, which are comics aimed at young female readers. She was born on May 20 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Her professional career began in 2001 when her short story Day Dream Believer received an Honourable Mention at the 25th Hakusensha Athena Newcomer Awards, an accolade for emerging manga artists. She made her official debut in the same year with the short story Faraway Blue, published in the magazine Hana to Yume.
Minami is best known as the creator of the manga series S.A (also known as Special A), which was serialized in Hana to Yume from 2003 to 2009. The series was compiled into seventeen volumes and follows the competitive and romantic relationship between two elite students at a prestigious academy. S.A was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime television series produced by the studios Gonzo and AIC, which aired in 2008. The series has also been released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Following the conclusion of S.A, Minami created Seiyū ka-! (released in English as Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy), which ran from 2009 to 2013 and spans twelve volumes. The story focuses on a girl with a poor singing voice who aspires to become a top voice actor. Her subsequent works include the romantic comedy Komomo Confiserie (2013-2015, five volumes), about a former rich girl and a childhood friend who becomes a pastry chef, and Koi wa Hito no Hoka (2015-2016, three volumes), a romantic comedy set in a world where humans and demons coexist. She also created the short series Kimi wa Girlfriend (2004, one volume) and the S.A sidestory titled S.A: Jougai Rantou (2011-2012, one volume).
Beyond her serialized works, Minami has published collections of her short stories. One such collection is AneMone Seikaten: Minami Maki Kessaku Tanhenshū, released in 2009, which includes her award-winning debut story Day Dream Believer.
Minami's more recent projects include the series Hisureba, Hana, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Melody magazine from October 2022 to December 2024, concluding with three volumes. In 2026, she began drawing the manga adaptation for the original anime Love Through a Prism (Prism Rondo), which is based on an original story by Yōko Kamio, the creator of Boys Over Flowers. This adaptation launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in January 2026.
Minami is best known as the creator of the manga series S.A (also known as Special A), which was serialized in Hana to Yume from 2003 to 2009. The series was compiled into seventeen volumes and follows the competitive and romantic relationship between two elite students at a prestigious academy. S.A was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime television series produced by the studios Gonzo and AIC, which aired in 2008. The series has also been released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Following the conclusion of S.A, Minami created Seiyū ka-! (released in English as Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy), which ran from 2009 to 2013 and spans twelve volumes. The story focuses on a girl with a poor singing voice who aspires to become a top voice actor. Her subsequent works include the romantic comedy Komomo Confiserie (2013-2015, five volumes), about a former rich girl and a childhood friend who becomes a pastry chef, and Koi wa Hito no Hoka (2015-2016, three volumes), a romantic comedy set in a world where humans and demons coexist. She also created the short series Kimi wa Girlfriend (2004, one volume) and the S.A sidestory titled S.A: Jougai Rantou (2011-2012, one volume).
Beyond her serialized works, Minami has published collections of her short stories. One such collection is AneMone Seikaten: Minami Maki Kessaku Tanhenshū, released in 2009, which includes her award-winning debut story Day Dream Believer.
Minami's more recent projects include the series Hisureba, Hana, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Melody magazine from October 2022 to December 2024, concluding with three volumes. In 2026, she began drawing the manga adaptation for the original anime Love Through a Prism (Prism Rondo), which is based on an original story by Yōko Kamio, the creator of Boys Over Flowers. This adaptation launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in January 2026.
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