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Minami OZAKI Biography

Said to be the "queen" of doujinshi, Ozaki Minami ÈøºêÆîis probably one of the most eminent shoujo mangaka of the 4th generation of shoujo manga. She was born on 27 Feb 1968 in Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa prefecture. Her blood type is O. She is 158cm tall. Ozaki Minami is her real name.

Her debut work was "Chuusei no akashi" (The proof of loyalty) in 1988 when she was only 20. The following year, her work "3 days" was published in Margaret No.6. (Both work can be found in "Zetsuai -1989-" tankoubon volume 5.) At the same year (1989), she started "Zetsuai -1989-" and became very popular. She is now working on the sequel, "Bronze -Zetsuai since 1989-".

In an interview, she said she had never thought of being a mangaka. Talking about herself, she described herself as a wilful, negative, conserved, petty, gloomy, niggardly, casual, nervous, poor memory, liar, overworried, trouble asking, self-sadistic, and boring person.

She drives a red Honda NSX. (She used to have a Black Toyota Supra.) Her favourite colour is blood red and black. She thinks no colour in the world can compare to the beauty of the colour of blood. She likes eating fish, sweet food and hot food. She likes the brands Dunhill, Armani and Chanel. In terms of materialistic, she wishes she can have Rolex watch, Ferrari Testarosa, Porsche 959 and Mercedes Benz 500 SL. In terms of jewellery, she likes diamond most. She likes thunder and lightning. She likes sakura, and white roses in a big bunch (at least 30).

She uses Zebra pens, normal ink and normal manga papers. For colour illustration, she uses Special Black pen, Dr. Martin ink BB Kent paper and Panton screen tone. To draw a colour work, the fastest she took was 3 hours. The longest was 3 days. Average 6 hours.

Her impression on Nanjou Kouji was "Hentai! I don't want that sort of man! He should go and find girls occasionally..." Her advice to Izumi Takuto was "Find someone to rescue him!"

Minami OZAKI's Bibliography

Title Vol Publisher Yen 1st Ed ISBN No.

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Manga Tankoubon:

Zetsuai -1989- v.1 Shuueisha 390 90.1.30 ISBN4-08-849611-6

Zetsuai -1989- v.2 Shuueisha 390 90.4.23 ISBN4-08-849639-6

Zetsuai -1989- v.3 Shuueisha 390 90.7.30 ISBN4-08-849666-3

Zetsuai -1989- v.4 Shuueisha 390 90.11.27 ISBN4-08-849703-1

Zetsuai -1989- v.5 Shuueisha 390 91.3.30 ISBN4-08-849740-6

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.1 Shuueisha 390 92.1.29 ISBN4-08-849841-0

Bad Blood Shuueisha 500 92.11.30 ISBN4-08-848035-X

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.2 Shuueisha 390 93.7.28 ISBN4-08-848113-5

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.3 Shuueisha 390 94.1.30 ISBN4-08-848173-9

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.4 Shuueisha 390 94.5.30 ISBN4-08-848213-1

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.5 Shuueisha 390 94.7.30 ISBN4-08-848233-6

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.6 Shuueisha 390 94.12.21 ISBN4-08-848283-2

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.7 Shuueisha 390 95.12.20 ISBN4-08-848436-3

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.8 Shuueisha 400 96.12.21 ISBN4-08-848585-8

BRONZE -Zetsuai since 1989 v.9 Shuueisha 400 97.3.24 ISBN4-08-848624-2

Artbooks:

ZODIAC Seijuudensetsu Shuueisha 2000 91.4.24 ISBN4-08-782122-6

GOD Guuzouhakaishuugi Shuueisha 1300 92.11.15 ISBN4-08-848044-9

Neo Egoism Gakken 1200 93.12.15 ISBN4-05-400254-4

Miscellaneous:

Minami -Bessatsu Puff- Zassousha 1200 94.7.31 Zasshi 17562-7

BRONZE -Anime Mook- Shuueisha 2000 97.3.4 ISBN4-08-102024-8

Akuratsu (Craft)

Doujinshi:

Zetsuai -1989- (Desperate Love) Àä°¦1989

Bronze -Zetsuai since 1989-

Bad Blood

Zodiac

G O D

NEO Egoism

Zetsuai 1989 & Bronze Characters

Izumi Takuto

Born Aug 15, 15 years old. Height 177cm, Weight 57kg. Leo, blood type O.

Nanjou Kouji

Born Dec 24, 18 years old. Height 189cm, Weight 74kg. Capricorn, blood type A.

Nanjou Akihito

Born May 25, 25 years old. Height 179cm, Weight 65kg. Gemini, blood type B.

Nanjou Hirose

Born Mar 22, 33 years old. Height 182cm, Weight 72kg.

Shibuya Katsumi

Born Oct 1, 18 years old. Height 170cm, Weight 54kg. Libra, blood type B.

Minami OZAKI references

Translation of Bronze the manga

Minami OZAKI Anime

Collection of short, symbolic films that are mixed with fantasy and eroticism backed by music. Features superstar Koji Nanjou and soccer star Takuto Izumi from Zetsuai 1989. -Kim E Marlo

Incredible anime with excellent music. Great use of storytelling techniques and one of the most interesting adaptations of manga images I have ever seen. -Kim E Marlo

Susan Ching has uploaded one of the music videos, Katuai, to her site, and you can download it here. It has a size of 20Mb.

For a copy of the translation done by Kamui K. Please click here.

1992 Zetsuai 1989 (Desperate Love 1989) LD/VHS:45 min.

Confession of love by pop star Nanjou Koji to soccer prodigy Izumi Takuto. -Vince Ho

OZAKI Minami distinctive and angular drawing style makes this a unique anime, along with good rock music. Recommended for connoisseurs. -Vince Ho

For a copy of translation done by Narcissus, please click here.

Minami OZAKI CDs: Zetsuai 1989, Bronze, and other related works

Furthur Info on Zetsuai 1989 and Bronze

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