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Mayumi Muroyama
Mayumi Muroyama (室山 まゆみ, Muroyama Mayumi) is the joint pen name of Japanese manga artists Mayumi Muroyama (室山 真弓; born August 30, 1955) and her younger sister Mariko Muroyama (室山 真里子; born September 27, 1957). They made their professional debut in 1976 with Ganbare Aneko in Shōjo Comic.
In 1977, Muroyama published Asari-chan, which was collected in 100 volumes and which had sold 26,500,000 volumes total as of May 2006, making it the seventh best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan. Asari-chan received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. Several of Muroyama's manga have been adapted as anime, including Asari-chan as both a television series and theatrical movie, Dororonpa! as a television series, and Mr. Pen Pen as a television special.
The sisters began drawing manga in their hometown of Gyokuto-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, when they were in junior high school and submitted their work to magazines for manga awards. After winning several awards, they moved to Tokyo when their younger sister Mariko graduated from high school. The older sister Mayumi worked as an office lady while aiming to make her debut as a manga artist. In 1976, one year after moving to Tokyo, she made her debut under the joint name of Muroyama Mayumi in Bessatsu Shojo Comic (Shogakukan) with the story Ganbare Aneko.
After publishing various one-shots, they made their debut in Shogakukan's school year magazine with Kintoto-chan, and in 1977 (Showa 52) began their first serialized work Happy Dandelion. Furthermore, their most famous work, Asari-chan, was serialized in "Shogaku Ni-nensei" for 35 years from 1978 (Showa 53) to February 2014 (Heisei 26), and gained popularity. Since then, they have continued to draw comedy manga for children in Shogakukan's school year magazines ("Shogaku Ichinensei" and "Shogaku Rokunensei" magazines), CoroCoro Comic, Pyonpyon, Ciao, and other magazines.
While the duo is also a manga artist, one person is in charge of the original story and the other in charge of illustrations. Mayumi Muroyama and her partner are both involved in the creation of the story and the illustrations. Incidentally, her younger sister Mariko is in charge of the rough sketches, and her older sister Mayumi is in charge of the inking.
She originally wanted to be a shoujo or horror manga artist but was not good at comedy manga, so she had only drawn a few chapters before her debut. However, at the request of the editorial department, she started serializing a comedy manga for the first time. This became a hit, and she continued to draw comedy manga for children for over 30 years, including her representative work, Asari-chan. This is rare among comedy manga artists, who are said to have short lives. In terms of the number of years alone, she boasts a long serialization that is comparable to that of Osamu Akimoto. He is the author of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Ken-mae Hashutsujo, which was published in Weekly Shonen Jump for 40 years from 1976 (Showa 51) to 2016 (Heisei 28) without a single break. His representative work, Asari-chan, has a total of 100 volumes, making it the longest-running comic series published by Tentōmushi Comics.
They are very service-minded, and at the end of each volume or between stories, they post updates, easy-to-make recipes, and original manga to answer readers' questions. They also write a lot of original manga. In the author's page, they both say that they don't like people to know their ages, but they often start the conversation themselves.
In the past, readers have commented that the content is difficult to understand and if you can't appreciate the humor of Asari-chan, you can't be called a high school student. The fact that the content is not aimed at children and the story development is not easy for children to understand has been a source of concern.
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Mayumi Muroyama
Mayumi Muroyama (室山 まゆみ, Muroyama Mayumi) is the joint pen name of Japanese manga artists Mayumi Muroyama (室山 真弓; born August 30, 1955) and her younger sister Mariko Muroyama (室山 真里子; born September 27, 1957). They made their professional debut in 1976 with Ganbare Aneko in Shōjo Comic.
In 1977, Muroyama published Asari-chan, which was collected in 100 volumes and which had sold 26,500,000 volumes total as of May 2006, making it the seventh best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan. Asari-chan received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. Several of Muroyama's manga have been adapted as anime, including Asari-chan as both a television series and theatrical movie, Dororonpa! as a television series, and Mr. Pen Pen as a television special.
The sisters began drawing manga in their hometown of Gyokuto-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, when they were in junior high school and submitted their work to magazines for manga awards. After winning several awards, they moved to Tokyo when their younger sister Mariko graduated from high school. The older sister Mayumi worked as an office lady while aiming to make her debut as a manga artist. In 1976, one year after moving to Tokyo, she made her debut under the joint name of Muroyama Mayumi in Bessatsu Shojo Comic (Shogakukan) with the story Ganbare Aneko.
After publishing various one-shots, they made their debut in Shogakukan's school year magazine with Kintoto-chan, and in 1977 (Showa 52) began their first serialized work Happy Dandelion. Furthermore, their most famous work, Asari-chan, was serialized in "Shogaku Ni-nensei" for 35 years from 1978 (Showa 53) to February 2014 (Heisei 26), and gained popularity. Since then, they have continued to draw comedy manga for children in Shogakukan's school year magazines ("Shogaku Ichinensei" and "Shogaku Rokunensei" magazines), CoroCoro Comic, Pyonpyon, Ciao, and other magazines.
While the duo is also a manga artist, one person is in charge of the original story and the other in charge of illustrations. Mayumi Muroyama and her partner are both involved in the creation of the story and the illustrations. Incidentally, her younger sister Mariko is in charge of the rough sketches, and her older sister Mayumi is in charge of the inking.
She originally wanted to be a shoujo or horror manga artist but was not good at comedy manga, so she had only drawn a few chapters before her debut. However, at the request of the editorial department, she started serializing a comedy manga for the first time. This became a hit, and she continued to draw comedy manga for children for over 30 years, including her representative work, Asari-chan. This is rare among comedy manga artists, who are said to have short lives. In terms of the number of years alone, she boasts a long serialization that is comparable to that of Osamu Akimoto. He is the author of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Ken-mae Hashutsujo, which was published in Weekly Shonen Jump for 40 years from 1976 (Showa 51) to 2016 (Heisei 28) without a single break. His representative work, Asari-chan, has a total of 100 volumes, making it the longest-running comic series published by Tentōmushi Comics.
They are very service-minded, and at the end of each volume or between stories, they post updates, easy-to-make recipes, and original manga to answer readers' questions. They also write a lot of original manga. In the author's page, they both say that they don't like people to know their ages, but they often start the conversation themselves.
In the past, readers have commented that the content is difficult to understand and if you can't appreciate the humor of Asari-chan, you can't be called a high school student. The fact that the content is not aimed at children and the story development is not easy for children to understand has been a source of concern.