Yukiru Sugisaki
Description
Yukiru Sugisaki, born December 26, 1974, is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator who works under this name as a pseudonym. She began drawing in elementary school and started creating manga around the age of seventeen or eighteen. Her professional debut came in 1995 with the manga Namaiki no N, which was published in the Kadokawa Shoten shojo magazine Monthly Asuka. This was followed by Sotsugyou M, a work serialized from 1996 to 1997.
Sugisaki is best known for creating several manga series that have been adapted into anime television series. Her most recognized work is D.N.Angel, which began serialization in Monthly Asuka in 1997 and concluded in 2021, spanning twenty volumes. The story follows Daisuke Niwa, a boy who transforms into a legendary phantom thief on his fourteenth birthday. D.N.Angel was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime series in 2003. Because the manga was still incomplete at the time of the anime's production, the television series features significant differences from the original story, particularly in its ending.
Another notable original creation is Rizelmine, a manga serialized in the magazine Ace Next from November 2001 to April 2002 and collected in a single volume. The story centers on Iwari Tonomori, a fourteen-year-old boy forced by the government to marry a twelve-year-old genetically engineered girl. This manga was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime television series that aired on Kids Station in 2002, split into two seasons of twelve episodes each. Sugisaki is also credited as the original creator for The Candidate for Goddess, also known as Megami Kouhosei, a series serialized from 1997 to 2001 that received a twelve-episode anime adaptation in 2000 and an OVA in 2002.
Beyond her original works, Sugisaki has worked on manga adaptations of other properties. She collaborated with Yoshiyuki Tomino on the manga version of the anime series Brain Powerd, which was serialized in Shonen Ace from 1998 to 1999. Her other original manga series include Lagoon Engine, serialized from 2002 to 2007; its related work Lagoon Engine Einsatz from 2004; Eden from 2006 to 2007; Ascribe to Heaven beginning in 2008; 1001 Knights, serialized from 2012 to 2017; and Junkissa Neko from 2012.
Sugisaki has described her artistic approach as drawing influence from shonen manga for her illustration style while her story-writing is influenced by shojo manga. Her works often feature young protagonists and blend action with romantic and supernatural elements. In her profile illustrations, she frequently depicts herself as a figure wearing a rabbit mask, and she is known for her interest in collecting rabbit-themed items. Her hobbies include video games and dramas. Sugisaki has a noted tendency for irregular publication schedules and has left several series unfinished for extended periods before resuming them or moving on to new projects. She has also produced art books, including Neutral in 1999 and D.N. Angel Illustrations Feder in 2003, and has created doujinshi based on other popular series.
Sugisaki is best known for creating several manga series that have been adapted into anime television series. Her most recognized work is D.N.Angel, which began serialization in Monthly Asuka in 1997 and concluded in 2021, spanning twenty volumes. The story follows Daisuke Niwa, a boy who transforms into a legendary phantom thief on his fourteenth birthday. D.N.Angel was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime series in 2003. Because the manga was still incomplete at the time of the anime's production, the television series features significant differences from the original story, particularly in its ending.
Another notable original creation is Rizelmine, a manga serialized in the magazine Ace Next from November 2001 to April 2002 and collected in a single volume. The story centers on Iwari Tonomori, a fourteen-year-old boy forced by the government to marry a twelve-year-old genetically engineered girl. This manga was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime television series that aired on Kids Station in 2002, split into two seasons of twelve episodes each. Sugisaki is also credited as the original creator for The Candidate for Goddess, also known as Megami Kouhosei, a series serialized from 1997 to 2001 that received a twelve-episode anime adaptation in 2000 and an OVA in 2002.
Beyond her original works, Sugisaki has worked on manga adaptations of other properties. She collaborated with Yoshiyuki Tomino on the manga version of the anime series Brain Powerd, which was serialized in Shonen Ace from 1998 to 1999. Her other original manga series include Lagoon Engine, serialized from 2002 to 2007; its related work Lagoon Engine Einsatz from 2004; Eden from 2006 to 2007; Ascribe to Heaven beginning in 2008; 1001 Knights, serialized from 2012 to 2017; and Junkissa Neko from 2012.
Sugisaki has described her artistic approach as drawing influence from shonen manga for her illustration style while her story-writing is influenced by shojo manga. Her works often feature young protagonists and blend action with romantic and supernatural elements. In her profile illustrations, she frequently depicts herself as a figure wearing a rabbit mask, and she is known for her interest in collecting rabbit-themed items. Her hobbies include video games and dramas. Sugisaki has a noted tendency for irregular publication schedules and has left several series unfinished for extended periods before resuming them or moving on to new projects. She has also produced art books, including Neutral in 1999 and D.N. Angel Illustrations Feder in 2003, and has created doujinshi based on other popular series.
Works
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