Mitsuki's Case/Tanemura Talk

Hello. For first-time readers, welcome! I'm Tanemura Arina.

It's been a while since I've had a comic out, so I'm happy the the first volume of "Full Moon o Sagashite" is out.

"Full Moon" started in the January 2002 issue of Ribon, but it is already an anime. This was a real surprise. "It's still episode 4!"

When it was decided that the story would be turned into an anime, I was confused because I was dealing with the hassles of starting a new series. I would like to make the story interesting by keeping the manga separate from the anime, while still keeping a good connection with the anime.

The anime, "Full Moon o Sagashite" is... being broadcast on TV Tokyo every Saturday at 7:30AM!

I put out a comment on Ribon's website about stopping drawing cat ears on my self-portrait. I received many comments to keep them, so there they are. But I cut my hair.

Character Introduction


 * Mitsuki Kouyama

Her hairstyle was taken from Ai Kago of Morning Musume. (I usually don't make models or motifs when I create my characters, though.) Her character model is Airi, my assistant. She's a girl who looks like a grade-schooler, although she's 19. Mitsuki's last name was taken from the producer of voice actress Houko Kuwashima's radio "Club db" without permission. (Sorry, Kamiyama-sensei).

Mitsuki is 160-degrees different from my own personality (only 20-degrees the same), so it's difficult to pretend to be Mitsuki and draw. (I have to pretend to be the character so the character talks naturally.) (I am always acting when I do the storyboards!) I believe voice actress Yui Horie's songs match Mitsuki's image, so I listen to her songs a lot to get into the mood.

I love the songs "Tsuki no Kikyuu", "Sakura" and "Kosaji Ippai no Yuuki." LOVE


 * Takuto Kira (Negi-ramen)

He's a Shinigami who talks tough. He wears those clothes because I want him to look like a toy. The cat is that character that I used to draw with my self-portrait. It first appeared in Vol. 7 of "Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne." If you want to be a real maniac, call Takuto the cat "Neko-kun."

Arina Tanemura's "little treasure?!" rare item.

This is a box that can hold all seven volumes of "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne." My illustrations are printed on the box. A publisher in Denmark (I think) made it. (Apparently, you get it when you buy the seventh volume.) The box is made of hard cardboard, and is of good quality.

For some reason, my manga is popular in Europe (maybe because they broadcast the "Jeanne" anime), especially in Germany. In any case, it was a very welcome gift. If you go to Denmark, please check out the bookstores. (The sizes of tankobons in Denmark are the same as Japanese ones, so you can put the Japanese comics in the box too.) Please make a similar box for "Full Moon o Sagashite," Shueisha!