Artists
panpanya
- Born in Kanagawa, Japan. Year of birth and location of work undisclosed.
panpanya is a manga artist who has been active on the web, at doujinshi (self-published works) conventions and other outlets since the 2000s. in 2013 Rakuen, Le Paradis published by Hakusensha marked panpanya’s commercial debut and has been the core of this artist’s works since then, with mainly short stories published continuously. panpanya publishes roughly one book a year and works on the cover design of each. The Second Goldfish was selected as one of the Jury Selections for the Manga Division at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival held by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2019.
- Selected publications
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- 2024
- Sozoro kakuchi tanbo panpanya ryokoki shusei (Exploring various areas, panpanya’s travel journal) published by January and July
- 2023
- Shotengai no ayumi (An Advance of the Shopping Arcade) published by Hakusensha
- 2022
- Mokei no machi (Model town) published by Hakusensha
- 2021
- Sakana shakai (Fish Society) published by Hakusensha
- 2020
- Omusubi no korogaru machi (The Tumbling Omusubi in the Town) published by Hakusensha
- “House of House,” Shotengai no ayumi (An Advance of the Shopping Arcade), 2022