![]() ![]() However, in February 2000, at a mangaka conference in Taipei, Taiwan Kamio announced that she would continue writing Hana Yori Dango. While Yoko Kamio initially wanted Hanazawa Rui to be the main hero of Hana Yori Dango, due to the outstanding personality of Domyoji Tsukasa (and Domyoji also becoming more popular than Rui) she changed the hero role to Domyoji.ĭespite Hana Yori Dango's success, Kamio had originally planned to end the series by Spring 2000. The manga series finally ended in Margaret's August 2003 issue, and the 36th tankōbon which included the Akira special "Night of the Crescent Moon" was released in January 2004 as the manga's final volume. With its ever-increasing popularity, Hana Yori Dango was then made into a popular live action TV series in Taiwan titled Meteor Garden. Additionally, it was also recreated in a Game Boy Color game (only released in Japan) during the summer of 2001. The anime series has been broadcasted in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, and has also been licensed and released in the United States. The series has also been published in Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese, Thai, Korean, French, and English. Hana Yori Dango ran in the Japanese Margaret magazine as well as the Korean Wink. By 1995, an animated series for Hana Yori Dango was already in progress and Kamio had also helped pick main leads for the anime show. Voice CDs by SMAP and a live action movie about Hanadan charted the series success in the mid-1990s. Kamio watched as the success of Hana Yori Dango's 1992 début followed through with many more months on the best-sellers list. Although Kamio was initially surprised by the confessions of high school violence stated in fan letters, she realized that Tsukushi's fiery character served as a role model for much of Japan's youth and helped others cope with school violence. Many people commended Kamio for her realistic portrayal of high school life and everyday violence through the Hana Yori Dango series. The Hana Yori Dango manga became established relatively quickly in Japan. In the following years, Kamio published Suki Suki Daisuki, Ano Hi ni Aitai, and Meri-san no Hijitsu in Margaret before she finally created Hana Yori Dango in 1992. She then eventually entered the professional mangaka field in 1989. Kamio originally went to secretarial school, but her love of drawing soon led her astray. Yōko Kamio readily admits that she had no intention of becoming a professional manga artist when she was young. Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America. She is most famous for Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango?), for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996. Yōko Kamio ( 神尾葉子) is a popular Japanese manga artist and writer.
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