Mangaka of the Month:: Ai Yazawa

So first a little intro on the 'Manga-ka of the month' entry. This is where I want to share my favorite manga-ka with you guys. Some are cute, some just plain awesome (less cute) but for the sake of pretty shoujo girls and amazing character designs I will start with: AI YAZAWA!

(Miwako from Paradise Kiss)

This is one of the manga artists you should absolutely get to know if you haven't already. She wrote:
(with wiki links to the latest manga's)

• 15-nenme (1986)
• Love Letter (1987)
• Kaze ni Nare! (1988)
• Escape (1988)
• Ballad Made Soba ni Ite (1989, 2 volumes)
• Marine Blue no Kaze ni Dakarete (1990–1991, 4 volumes)
• Usubeni no Arashi (1992)
• Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (1992–1995, 8 volumes)
• Gokinjo Monogatari (1995–1998, 7 volumes)
• Kagen no Tsuki (1998–1999, 3 volumes)
• Paradise Kiss (2000–2004, 5 volumes)
• Nana (2000–ongoing, 21 volumes in Japan so far)

She also did the character designs for the manga 'Princess Ai' (which is fully drawn by the lovely Misaho Kujiradou... her art = amazing as well)
My favorite Manga series by Yazawa is, by far, Paradise Kiss. It's cute, amazing art, great story and it brought my back to shoujo Mangas.