Mayumi Azuma

Japanese manga artist

Azuma Mayumi 東まゆみ
Born	(1975-04-24) April 24, 1975 (age 49) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist, Writer
Notable works	Elemental Gelade

Mayumi Azuma (東まゆみ, Azuma Mayumi, born April 24, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist, who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky. She is also recognized for creating the manga adaptation of the video game Star Ocean: The Second Story, which was later adapted into an anime entitled Star Ocean EX.

Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an assistant to Kozue Amano, creator of Aria.

Works

Manga
- Enix (now Square Enix)
  - Night Walker! (ナイトウォーカー!) (1995–1996, Monthly Shōnen GagOh!)
  - Get! (GET!) (1999, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
  - Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo (ヴァンパイアセイヴァー〜魂の迷い子〜) (1997–2001, Monthly Gangan Wing)
  - Star Ocean: The Second Story (スターオーシャンセカンドストーリー) (1999–2001, Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
- Mag Garden
  - Elemental Gelade (EREMENTAR GERAD) (2002–2009, Monthly Comic Blade)
  - Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky (EREMENTAR GERAD -蒼空の戦旗-) (2003–2014, Comic Blade Masamune)
  - Toraneko Folklore (とらねこフォークロア) (2010–2013, Monthly Comic Blade)
  - Uchū Senkan Yamato Ni-ichi-kyū-kyū: Higan no Ēsu (宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 緋眼のエース) (2013–present, Monthly Comic Blade), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 spin-off manga
Video Game
- Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (Character Designer)