Although
she is not as well-known in North America where I live, Ohkami
Mineko sensei is one of my favorite manga-ka's (for both her
stories and artwork). Her artwork is very distinct in style, so
you may not appreciate it at first, but her stories are simply fascinating.
Her long running series DRAGON KNIGHTS is unpredictable and will
have you wanting to read on. Best of all, you must read her stories
carefully because she'll throw in hints where you may not notice
them. Her comedies are pointless most of the time but are absolutely
hilarious.
There
seems to be a growing number of non-Japanese Ohkami Mineko fans
out there, but no one who has an English page up seems to completely
understand the stories of her manga (especially the original Japanese
versions). Since I'm a big fan of how she presents her stories,
I have decided to create a homepage dedicated to all I know about
her manga. I would like this page to be more info based than image
based, so if I feel I don't need an image, or if someone has a
certain image up that I was hoping to use, I will simply link
you to that page. I will also try to complete translations for
all her tankoubons because everyone deserves to know what is going
on in her manga's. This will take some time, so please be patient.
Recently
Dragon Knights has been released in English by Tokyo
Pop, but all the information found on my fan-page are from
the Japanese manga versions. Therefore, there may be discrepancies
between the two versions. I will keep Ohkami Mineko's English
name spellings for those that exist and will continue with my
interpretations of the stories, character's lines, etc. This does
not mean not to support the Tokyo Pop versions. If you have access
to the US release Tokyo Pop versions and would like to read them
in English, please support them by purchasing their versions too.
My page is for those who have the Japanese versions and cannot
get the English versions or those who are interested in Dragon
Knights in general but have no clue about it. Also my translations
are quite literal so that the reader can interpret various lines,
etc. in their own way most of the time.
Her
currently running series includes DRAGON KNIGHTS (Doragon Kishidan)
in "Monthly Wings", and GEKKA KAJIN ~LUMEN LUNAE which ran in
"Bimonthly South" until the magazine died. Her comedy "Asuka²"
(Double Asuka) also appears irregularily in WINGS. She has also
been doing the novel illustrations for Shindou Natsuki's FATAL
ERROR series running in the "Seasonal Wings Novel". All three
magazines are published by Shinshokan.
If
you have any questions about anything on this homepage please feel
free to ask me.
This page is link free!!
Please choose one of the banners from below when linking to my page!
My URL is http://oocities.com/Tokyo/Villa/6711/wolfcat.html
Disclaimer: All of Ohkami Mineko's images found on this homepage
are the property of Ohkami Mineko and Shinshokan. The images are
used simply to explain and show her style of artwork. They are for
your viewing pleasure on this homepage only! Please do not copy
any of the images (except for the banners) and use them in any way.
All the translations found on this homepage are copyrighted to me.
If you wish to use any of these translations on your page, simply
link to my homepage (the main page). Also, if you'd like to use
information that is obviously from my page (ie. CD romanizations,
title translations, about the CD's, CD cast seiyuu's other roles,
etc.), please link to my page from your page where you have included
the information. I have spent long hours gathering and compiling
information (mostly from books and not other web-pages), translating,
etc., and I would like to be given credit for the hard work I have
put in to provide you with much information as possible. Thank you
for understanding.
Please enjoy your visit here.
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