Nami Sano
佐野 菜見
Born(1987-04-17)17 April 1987
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Died5 August 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 36)
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
AwardsComic Natalie Grand Prize (2013)
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Nami Sano (佐野 菜見, Sano Nami, 17 April 1987 – 5 August 2023) was a Japanese manga artist, best known for her series Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto.

Personal life

Sano was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo on 17 April 1987.[1][2] She attended Naruo High School for her secondary education. According to a former classmate, Sano was a quiet student but was skilled in painting, stating that she drew the background for a class play during their school's cultural festival.[3] In an interview at Anime Expo 2016, Sano revealed that she had wanted to be a manga artist since she was in elementary school and started drawing manga while in high school. She cited Magical Circle Guru Guru as her inspiration to become a manga artist.[4] Sano graduated from Kyoto Seika University under a cartooning course.[5]

Sano died of cancer on 5 August 2023 at age 36; a funeral was held on 7 and 8 August. She was diagnosed a month before her death and was in the process of planning a new manga while undergoing treatment. Her death was made public on 16 August.[6] The announcement included a passage from her final letter, which stated, "This ended up being a fun life. I am now going to a more free world. Goodbye."[7]

Career

Sano worked as an assistant for Twin Star Exorcists author Yoshiaki Sukeno.[5] She debuted as a manga artist in 2010 with the one-shot Non-Sugar Coffee, which was published in the magazine Fellows!.[1]

Her debut series Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto was initially a one-shot published in Fellows! in August 2011, before being serialized in the same magazine, later renamed to Harta, until December 2015.[1][8] The series follows a high school student named Sakamoto who has a reputation for being the "coolest" person in the entire student body.[4] It won the Comic Natalie Grand Prize in 2013 and was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2014.[9][10] It was also adapted into an anime series in 2016.[11]

Her second manga, Migi & Dali, was serialized in Harta from June 2017 to November 2021.[12][13] It has been adapted into an anime series in 2023.[14]

Works

  • Non-Sugar Coffee (ノンシュガーコーヒー) (2010, one-shot published in Fellows!)[1]
  • Katahaba Hiroshi (肩幅ひろし) (2011, one-shot published in Costume Fellows! 2011)[15]
  • Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (坂本ですが?, Sakamoto desu ga?) (2011–2015, serialized in Harta)[1][8]
  • Hito Yonde 8823 (人よんで8823) (2016, one-shot published in Harta)[16]
  • Migi & Dali (ミギとダリ) (2017–2021, serialized in Harta)[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 「坂本ですが？」「ミギとダリ」佐野菜見がガンにより死去、家族とハルタが追悼コメント. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ↑ 佐野 菜見. Mangapedia (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ↑ 人気漫画「坂本ですが？」作者早世、西宮で惜しむ声と感謝相次ぐ 阪神沿線に舞台が集中「地元愛が随所に」. Kobe Shimbun (in Japanese). 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 Aoki, Deb (7 September 2016). "Interview: Nami Sano, Author of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 田中圭一×『双星の陰陽師』助野嘉昭先生インタビュー. BookLive (in Japanese). 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ↑ 漫画家・佐野菜見さんが死去 36歳 『坂本ですが?』『ミギとダリ』など描く. Oricon (in Japanese). 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (16 August 2023). "'Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto' Creator Nami Sano Passes Away at 36 Due to Cancer". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (14 December 2015). "Nami Sano's Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Ressler, Karen (18 September 2013). "Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. ↑ マンガ大賞：10作品がノミネート 「乙嫁語り」が3度目の選出 「ワンパンマン」「七つの大罪」も. Mantan Web (in Japanese). 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (14 January 2016). "Hikaru Midorikawa Stars in DEEN's 'Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto' Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (16 June 2017). "Nami Sano's New Manga Titled Migi to Dari, Story Revealed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  13. 1 2 「FOOLPROOF」規格外の学園生活がハルタで開幕！ミギとダリ、九国のジュウシは完結. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  14. ↑ Chapman, Paul (23 July 2023). "Migi & Dali TV Anime Hits Japanese Airwaves in October 2023". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  15. ↑ 締切り間近！森薫、雁須磨子ら参加、制服テーマの小冊子. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  16. ↑ 「坂本」8823先輩スピンオフがハルタに、「ふうらい姉妹」再開＆新連載も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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