with the anime's "cartoony," colorful rendering. Reviews in general tend to ascribe the anime to children and the manga to teens and adults. Arakawa is married with three children. She gave birth to a daughter in 2007 and had her third child in January 2014. She is currently living in Tokyo and has published more works, including Raiden-18, Sōten no Kōmori (also known as Bat in Blue Sky), and Hero Tales. Arakawa has collaborated with the creation of Hero Tales with Studio Flag under the name of Huang Jin Zhou. In the anime adaptation of the series, Arakawa was responsible for the character designs. She has also drawn the cover from the Japanese edition of the novel The Demon's Lexicon authored by Sarah Rees Brennan. In April 2011, Arakawa began a series called Silver Spoon in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Rather than writing another fantasy series like Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa wanted to challenge herself by trying a more realistic story with Silver Spoon. It quickly rose among Shogakukan's best-selling titles and an anime series by A-1 Pictures began airing in July 2013. Also in July 2013 she began her manga adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's The Heroic Legend of Arslan series of novels in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. Arakawa started the manga series Daemons of the Shadow Realm in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on December 10, 2021. Influences Arakawa states that Suihō Tagawa, the author of Norakuro, is the "root of [her] style as an artist". She also learned composition and drawing during her time as assistant of . She also cites Rumiko Takahashi, Shigeru Mizuki, and Kinnikuman by Yudetamago as influences and is a fan of Mike Mignola's work. Reviewers consider Fullmetal Alchemist to have steampunk influences. Works Stray Dog (1999) (2000) (2001–2010) Raiden-18 (2005–2021) (2006) (2006–2010) (2006–present) (2011–2019) (2013–present) (2021–present) Awards 1999: 9th 21st Century Enix Award for Stray Dog 2003: 49th Shogakukan Manga Award, Shōnen category for Fullmetal Alchemist 2011: 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, "New Artist Prize" category. 2011: 42nd Seiun Award, "Best Science Fiction Comic" category for Fullmetal Alchemist 2012: 5th Manga Taishō Award for Silver Spoon 2012: 58th Shogakukan Manga Award, Shōnen category for Silver Spoon See also References External links "Arakawa Hiromu" (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry by Jonathan Clements) 1973 births 20th-century Japanese women writers 21st-century Japanese women writers Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Japanese women artists Women manga artists Living