Akiko Higashimura Marked 25 Years As Manga Artist And Now Wants Historical Drama
An artist with more than 130 published books is saying she has run out of manga material and is moving into live-action directing and historical drama, which shifts how her audience should read her next work.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
In a new interview, Akiko Higashimura said March of last year was her 25th anniversary as a manga artist, with more than 130 published books. She also discussed her move into live-action directing with Vacance no Hōsoku, which she ideated, scripted and directed, and said she now wants to write a historical drama.
Higashimura says the anniversary passed quietly: March of last year, by her own count, more than 130 books, a number she says she has stopped tracking. The interview is less a retrospective than a list of what she is doing instead. A friend in comedy asked her to host a live event, which grew into a comedy production, and then into Vacance no Hōsoku, which she ideated, wrote and directed after initially refusing.
Her argument about adaptations is blunt. A manga artist should write the script and get involved early, she says. On new material, she names sci-fi as a genre she doubts she can pull off and historical drama as the one she wants, including a story about the Hawaiian princess Ka'iulani.
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