![]() ![]() She returned from the hospital in April 2010, although has yet to reveal when or if she will be continuing the Nana manga serialization. In June 2009, it was revealed that Yazawa had contracted a sudden illness, and had to be sent to hospital for treatment, putting Nana on hiatus. Nana was made into an anime (produced by Madhouse Studios) and a successful movie with a sequel in Japan. In 2003, she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for Nana. In Japan it continues to run in Cookie and is currently up to 84 chapters, plus three side story chapters about different characters" early lives. ![]() ![]() Nana was formerly running in Shojo Beat and is now being released by Viz Media, bi-monthly. All five volumes of Paradise Kiss have been released in English by Tokyopop, with a new edition to be published by Vertical, Incorporated. Yazawa"s most famous manga include Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I"m Not an Angel), Gokinjo Monogatari (Neighborhood Story), Paradise Kiss, and Nana. While most of her manga continues to be published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of Ribon and Cookie (in which Nana is serialized), series like Paradise Kiss now appear in other magazines such as Zipper, published by Shodensha. Throughout her 15 years of publishing, she wrote over 10 series in Ribon. ![]() Yazawa started her manga publishing life in 1985. Her pen name comes from Japanese singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan. ![]()
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