Yuu Watase

Yuu Watase (渡瀬 悠宇, Watase Yuu, born March 5, 1970 in Osaka) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997.^[1] Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series.^[2] In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".

Works

Watase Yuu Flower Comics

• Fushigi Yûgi The Mysterious Play – 18 vol.
• Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden – 12 Vols.
• Fushigi Yûgi Byakko Ibun – (oneshot)
• Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 3 Vols.
• Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 3 Vols.
• Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsu Hen – 1 Vol.
• Epotoransu! Mai – 2 Vols.
• Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) – 14 Vols.
• Appare Jipangu! – 3 Vols.
• Imadoki! – 5 Vols.
• Alice 19th – 7 Vols.
• Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend) – 6 Vols.
• Sakura Gari – 3 Vols.

Shōnen Sunday Comics

• Arata Kangatari (Arata: The Legend) – 22 Vols.

Watase Yuu Masterpiece Collection

1. Gomen Asobase!
2. Magical
3. Otenami Haiken!
4. Suna no Tiara
5. Mint de Kiss Me

YuuTopia Collection

1. Oishii Study
2. Musubiya Nanako

Yuu Watase Best Selection

1. Sunde ni Touch
2. Perfect Lovers

Watase Yuu Flower Comics Deluxe, Kanzenban, Shogakukan Bunko

Bunko Ban

• Fushigi Yūgi Bunko – 10 Vols.
• Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) Bunko – 7 Vols.
• Alice 19th Bunko – 4 Vols.
• Zettai Kareshi Bunko – 3 Vols.
• Imadoki! Bunko – 3 Vols.
• Shishunki Miman Okotowari Bunko – 3 Vols.

Kanzenban

• Fushigi Yūgi Kanzenban – 9 Vols.

Flower Comics Deluxe

1. Shishunki Miman Okotowari
2. Shishunki Miman Okotowari/Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
3. Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
4. Pajama de Ojama
5. Mint de Kiss Me
6. Epotoransu! Mai

Artbooks

• Watase Yuu Illustration Collection Fushigi Yūgi
• Watase Yuu Illustration Collection – Part 2 Fushigi Yūgi Animation World
• "Ayashi no Ceres" Illustration Collection Tsumugi Uta ~Amatsu Sora Naru Hito o Kofutote~
• Yuu Watase Post Card Book I
• Yuu Watase Post Card Book II

Novels

• Shishunki Miman Okotowari – 4 Vols.
• Fushigi Yūgi – 18 Vols.
• Ayashi no Ceres – 6 Vols.
• Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden – 1 Vol.
• Absolute Boyfriend – 6 Vols.
• Masei Kishin Den (Illustration)
• Yada ze! (Illustration)
• Piratica (Illustration)

References

http://www.viz.com/shojo-beat

External links

• Yuu Watase's personal website (Japanese)
• Sho Comi (Japanese)
• Tasuki no Miko's Watase Yuu Page – Unofficial Website on Yuu Watase and source for the majority of this info.
• Random Play with Yuu Watase – interview