*anese manga artist

Mayumi Azuma (東 まゆみ, Azuma Mayumi, born April 24, 1975) is a *anese manga artist who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky. She is also recognized for creating the manga adaptation of the video game Star Ocean: The Second Story, which was later adapted into an anime en*led Star Ocean EX.

Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an *istant to Kozue Amano, creator of Aria.

Works

• Manga
  • Enix (now Square Enix)
    • Night Walker! (ナイトウォーカー!) (1995–1996, Monthly Shōnen GagOh!)
    • Get! (GET!) (1999, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
    • Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo (ヴァンパイア セイヴァー 〜魂の迷い子〜) (1997–2001, Monthly Gangan Wing)
    • Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー) (1999–2001, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
  • Mag Garden
    • Elemental Gelade (EREMENTAR GERAD) (2002–2009, Monthly Comic Blade)
    • Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky (EREMENTAR GERAD -蒼空の戦旗-) (2003–present, Comic Blade Masamune)
    • Toraneko Folklore (とらねこフォークロア) (2010–2013, Monthly Comic Blade)
    • Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū: Higan no Ēsu (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 緋眼のエース) (2013–present, Monthly Comic Blade), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 spin-off manga
• Video Game
  • Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (Character Designer)

External links

• Mayumi Azuma Official Site 'AZUMA-YA' (in *anese)
• Mayumi Azuma at Anime News Network's encyclopedia