CASES
Keiichiro Hirano / The Eclipse
120th Akutagawa Prize recipient (1998)
Keiichiro Hirano / Dam Break
Awarded the 59th Education, Science and Technology Ministers Art Encouragement Prize for New Writers (2008)
Keiichiro Hirano / Dawn
Recipient of the 19th (2009) Prix Deux Magots Bunkamura Literary Award
Moyoco Anno / Happy Mania
A three million bestseller and 1998 TV drama series.
Moyoco Anno / Sakuran
2007 movie adaptation directed by renowned photographer and director, Mika Ninagawa.
Moyoco Anno / Sugar Sugar Rune
Recipient of the 29th Kodansha Manga Award and adapted into a 2005 TV anime sold in more than 40 countries.
Moyoco Anno / Hataraki Man
The first volume alone sold a record four million copies, and followed with a 2006 TV anime and a 2007 TV drama series.
Chuya Koyama / Space Brothers
Recipient of the Kodansha and Shogakukan Manga Awards with a live action movie adatptation produced in 2012 and a TV anime now shown in over 20 different countries.
Norifusa Mita / Dragon Zakura
Recipient of the 29th Kodansha Manga Award. The series sold over a record 8 million copies, and was adapted into a TV drama aired in over ten countries with viewership ratings as high as 20%.
Norifusa Mita / ANGEL BANK
Adapted into a 2010 TV drama series.
Norifusa Mita / Kurokan
Animated in 2014 into an anime short.
Norifusa Mita / Investor Z
A million-copy bestseller and 2018 TV drama series.