Katsura Hoshino

Katie Chan

Personal InformationKatsura Hoshino ( 星野 桂 )• Born on 21 April 1980• Shiga prefecture, Japan• Japanese manga artist and

author• O Blood type• 173cm tall• younger raternal twin sister • the second of three children

• has a cat named Koro who is handicapped

• Her favourite manga artist is Takeshi Obata known for his art work “Death Note" and “Bakuman" alongside with the writer Tsugumi Ohba

• Was once a assistant of Takeshi Obata

• has three different editors to date

• Katsura Hoshino has a tattoo on her right arm.

• Hoshino's assistants are: Miyazaki, Okei, Oi-chan and Gunma.

Biography• In 1998, Hoshino moved toTokyo,

Japan. She fulfilled her dream of bringing her mother to Tokyo in 2006.

• First drew manga at the age of 21 with her sister.

• First meeting with Weekly Shonen Jump

• She didn’t sleep for three days straight believing she wasn’t able to attend the meeting.

• Until the day of the meeting, she was wearing her pyjama.

• The editor for some reason didn’t mind she was somewhat late, and liked her manga and decided to be her editor

Reception• Highly praised for her art of the series by

numerous artists• Another reviewer described it as "some of

the best artwork in the business". • The character designs of Katsura Hoshino's,

D.Gray-man received many positive comments ranging from "especially lovely" to "the most visually striking element" of her art and it is said that both male and female readers will enjoy the designs.

• Evenly that she gets those great comments, she has also been highly criticized for her lack of skill in drawing action scenes.

• One reviewer believe that she will not or evenly cannot draw psychical combat scenes.

Works• The D.Gray-man manga series has been

adapted into various forms, including an anime series and two novel adaptations.

• Three volumes placed in the top fifty of Japan's bestselling manga of 2008 and the series is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's bestselling manga series.

• It has gained attention in North America; both the manga and anime adaptions are licensed for English language releases.

• The manga series has been well received in France; it was awarded the prize for Best Manga Series 2006 at the Anime and Manga 2007 French Grand Prix organized by Animeland. It also won Webotaku's prize for Manga of the Year 2006.

• In Japan, D.Gray-man has been put on hiatus many times; once due to Hoshino falling seriously ill with Norovirus and another because of an injury to her neck.

• However the series continued shortly after in both cases.November 2008, Weekly Shōnen Jump announced that Hoshino was again putting the series on hold due to an injured wrist.

• Publication resumed in March 2009.The series once again went on hiatus on May 11.

• The series resumed in the seasonal magazine Akamaru Jump on August 17, 2009. Following the release in Akamaru Jump, D.Gray-Man resumed its serialization on November 4, 2009 in the monthly-release Japanese manga magazine, Jump Square.

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